Anala — #5243 US girls' name
355 babies named Anala in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 70% of names given to girls today.
49% of everyone ever named Anala was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Anala in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anala
The Social Security Administration has registered 355 babies named Anala between 2002 and 2024, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anala currently holds the #5243 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anala performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 174 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anala shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anala in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anala 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 355 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.
Anala at a glance
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Current rank
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Anala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2002
- Peak year (2013)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
Currently ranks #5243 among girls.
355 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 28 births in a single year.
Anala by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 174 births that decade — 49% of Anala's all-time total
Anala decade highlights
- Peak decade 174 births
- Runner-up 99 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anala's strongest decade
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 49% of all-time use.
Anala by state
Where Anala concentrates geographically — total births since 2002
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 1.4% |
5 of 355 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 1.4% 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, 2002–2024 (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.