Anadalay — girls' name
103 babies named Anadalay in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
103 girls have been named Anadalay since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2012.
- 103
- total births
- 2002–2012
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 85%
- born in that decade
85% of everyone ever named Anadalay was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Anadalay in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anadalay
The Social Security Administration has registered 103 babies named Anadalay between 2002 and 2012, spanning 11 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anadalay currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anadalay performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 88 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Anadalay shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anadalay in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anadalay 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 103 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.
Anadalay at a glance
Last recorded 2012Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anadalay popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2012–2002
- Peak year (2005)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 11 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2012.
103 total births across 11 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 20 births in a single year.
Anadalay by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 88 births that decade — 85% of Anadalay's all-time total
Anadalay decade highlights
- Peak decade 88 births
- Runner-up 15 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anadalay's strongest decade
88 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 85% of all-time use.
Anadalay by state
Where Anadalay concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 9.7% |
10 of 103 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 9.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 9.7% 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, 2002–2012 (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.