Recorded 1995–2017 Girls' name Peak 2007 72 births

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.

1990s152000s522010s5
2000s
Peak decade

72% of everyone ever named Aanchal was born in this single decade.

2007
Single peak year

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 2017

Total births

72

Since 1995

23 years of records

Peak year

2007

11 births that year

Strongest decade: 2000s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2017

Active since

1995

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2017

Aanchal popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1995

Last recorded 2017
Peak year (2007)
11
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
4681012 2017200820072005200420032001200019981995 8

Aanchal by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 2000s
Peak decade
2000s
52 births that decade — 72% of Aanchal's all-time total
1990s152000s522010s5

Aanchal by state

Where Aanchal concentrates geographically — total births since 1995

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Aanchal
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
6 8.3%
California share of Aanchal's total US births 8.3%

6 of 72 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Aanchal?
72 babies have been named Aanchal since 1995. It was last recorded in 2017. The peak year was 2007 with 11 births.
When was Aanchal most popular?
Aanchal was most popular in the 2000s decade with 52 total births. The single peak year was 2007.
Where is Aanchal most popular?
The top states for the name Aanchal are California (6 births).
How long has the name Aanchal been used?
Aanchal has been recorded in Social Security data since 1995, spanning 23 years of data through 2017.
What names are similar to Aanchal?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Aanya, Aaniyah, Aanvi, Aanika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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.