Unisex name · since 1999
Anael
Since 1999, U.S. Social Security records show 215 babies named Anael, peaking in 2022. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anael is the #8142 most popular unisex name in the U.S. today, with 215 recorded since 1999.
Social Security Administration records show Anael recorded 215 times among girls since 1999, holding rank #8142 nationally today, ahead of 53% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #19,052 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,142 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 215 born since 1999
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anael ranks #19,052 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,142 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 215 born since 1999, peaking in the 2020s.
- #19,052 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,142 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 1999
- 2020s
- peak decade
Anael's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anael compares
215 38th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anael's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anael | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 215 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 22 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anael's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anael's SSA record in two at 2015 and the more recent half accounts for 63% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 37%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 2000, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2022 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anael popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2022)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Anael popularity over time - boys
65 total births recorded since 2003 (Anael as boys' name)
Anael by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (91 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Anael's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Anael births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 9
1990s
9 births
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
69 births
- 2020s
2020s
91 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 91 births (42% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1999–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anael draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.