Aanchal — girls' name
72 babies named Aanchal in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2007. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
72% of everyone ever named Aanchal was born in this single decade.
11 babies were named Aanchal in 2007 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Aanchal
The Social Security Administration has registered 72 babies named Aanchal between 1995 and 2017, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Aanchal currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 2007, when 11 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Aanchal performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 52 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Aanchal shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Aanchal in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Aanchal in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 72 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Aanchal at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Aanchal popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995
- Peak year (2007)
- 11
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
72 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2007 with 11 births in a single year.
Aanchal by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 52 births that decade — 72% of Aanchal's all-time total
Aanchal decade highlights
- Peak decade 52 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Aanchal's strongest decade
52 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 72% of all-time use.
Aanchal by state
Where Aanchal concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 6 | 8.3% |
6 of 72 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 8.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 8.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.