Anael — #7086 US unisex name
202 babies named Anael in U.S. Social Security records since 1999, with the highest year being 2022. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 60% of names given to girls today.
39% of everyone ever named Anael was born in this single decade.
22 babies were named Anael in 2022 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anael
The Social Security Administration has registered 202 babies named Anael between 1999 and 2024, spanning 26 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anael currently holds the #7086 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2022, when 22 babies received it in a single year. Anael is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 56 additional births since 2003.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anael performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 78 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Anael shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anael 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 202 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.
Anael at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anael popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1999
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak — across 26 years of records
Currently ranks #7086 among girls.
202 total births across 26 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2022 with 22 births in a single year.
Anael popularity over time — boys
56 total births recorded since 2003 (Anael as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Anael accounts for 22% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anael by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 78 births that decade — 39% of Anael's all-time total
Anael decade highlights
- Peak decade 78 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Anael's strongest decade
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 39% of all-time use.
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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, 1999–2024 (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.