Anil

Peak · boys
1974 · 39 births
Debut · boys
9 births
In top 100 · boys
never
of 146 years
Total births · boys
1,160
since 1959

Anil over time

boys

Rank among boys' names. Anil has never cracked the top 1,000 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank19501960197019801990200020102020peak #1,370, 1974boys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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rankbirths
2025—
2024#9,8947
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2019#8,2159
2018#10,7606
2017#12,2465
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2014#12,1085
2013#9,6557
2012#10,7706
2011#9,6007
2010#7,59110
2009#7,69210
2008#6,76312
2007#10,9216
2006#7,42710
2005#7,09610
2004#7,5369
2003#5,87712
2002#4,70316
2001#3,97420
2000#3,07528
1999#3,70420
1998#3,01726
1997#2,82327
1996#3,54919
1995#3,10022
1994#3,10922
1993#2,57728
1992#2,74725
1991#2,14334
1990#2,01237
1989#1,67846
1988#2,36725
1987#1,65541
1986#2,29024
1985#1,86631
1984#1,65635
1983#1,59437
1982#1,85030
1981#1,76632
1980#1,72633
1979#1,43542
1978#1,65233
1977#1,85827
1976#1,87326
1975#1,40739
1974#1,37039
1973#1,98221
1972#2,15818
1971#2,27917
1970#2,50914
1969#2,13016
1968#2,03016
1967#1,97416
1966#3,5376
1965#2,61710
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1962#3,6406
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1959#2,8219
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First appearance
1959

The first year at least five boys were named Anil! It came in at #2,821, and was given to 9 baby boys.


Quietest stretch: 1961, when fewer than 5 boys a year got the name.

Where Anil is popular in 2025

No state had 5 or more boys named Anil in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

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Momentum · boys
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
Rise & fade · boys
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1959
  • Peaked 1974 at #1,370 (39 births)
  • Births halved by 1996, 22 yrs later
Top of the charts · boys
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · boys
1 in 40,035
  • Highest: 1 in 40,035 boys born in 1975 were named Anil (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 246,127 boys born in 2024 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #1,370 in 1974, was only 1 in 40,316 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · boys
The 1980s
  • 28.8% of all boys named Anil (334) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1950s9#2,821 (1959)#2,821
1960s86#1,974 (1967)#2,765
1970s276#1,370 (1974)#1,852
1980s334#1,594 (1983)#1,845
1990s260#2,012 (1990)#2,878
2000s133#3,075 (2000)#6,506
2010s55#7,591 (2010)#10,118
2020s7#9,894 (2024)#9,894

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 boys in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

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