Girls' name · since 2002
Anala
Anala has 363 recorded births since 2002 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2013 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
363 babies have been named Anala since 2002, making it today's #11481 girls' name.
Anala has 363 recorded births among girls since 2002, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11481 as of the latest data, more common than 34% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2002 to 2025.
- #14,340 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,481 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 363 born since 2002
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anala ranks #14,340 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,481 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 363 born since 2002, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,340 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,481 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 363
- born since 2002
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anala's 363 recorded births place it above 80.15% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Anala compares
363 49th 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
Anala's all-time total is 3% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anala | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 363 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 28 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anala's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2002, with only 6 births recorded -- set against the 2013 peak of 28, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2002–2025
- Peak year (2013)
- 28
- Annual births at peak, across 24 years of records
Anala by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (174 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Anala's strongest decade.
174 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Anala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
174 births
- 2020s
2020s
107 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 174 births (48% 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 363 births nationwide.
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- Anala's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (174 total births) through the 2020s (107) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Analas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~23 yrs)
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, 2002–2025 (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 Anala 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.