Anacaren — girls' name
126 babies named Anacaren in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1991. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
126 girls have been named Anacaren since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2008.
- 126
- total births
- 1989–2008
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 65%
- born in that decade
65% of everyone ever named Anacaren was born in this single decade.
13 babies were named Anacaren in 1991 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anacaren
The Social Security Administration has registered 126 babies named Anacaren between 1989 and 2008, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anacaren currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 13 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anacaren performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 82 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anacaren shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 33 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anacaren in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anacaren 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 126 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.
Anacaren at a glance
Last recorded 2008Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anacaren popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–1989
- Peak year (1991)
- 13
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2008.
126 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1991 with 13 births in a single year.
Anacaren by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 82 births that decade — 65% of Anacaren's all-time total
Anacaren decade highlights
- Peak decade 82 births
- Runner-up 39 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Anacaren's strongest decade
82 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 65% of all-time use.
Anacaren by state
Where Anacaren concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 26.2% |
33 of 126 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 26.2% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 26.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1989–2008 (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.