Girls' name · since 1996
Anapaola
Anapaola has 147 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anapaola currently ranks #13841 among girls' names in America, with 147 babies recorded since 1996.
Anapaola has 147 recorded births among girls since 1996, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13841 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #22,950 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,841 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 147 born since 1996
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anapaola ranks #22,950 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,841 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 147 born since 1996, peaking in the 2000s.
- #22,950 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 147
- born since 1996
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anapaola's 147 recorded births place it above 68.19% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Anapaola compares
147 31st 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
Anapaola's all-time total is 61% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anapaola | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 147 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 14 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anapaola's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anapaola splits its recorded history at 2011: 46% of all births land in the more recent half, 54% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2003 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2008 peak of 14 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anapaola popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2008)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Anapaola by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (66 births, 45% of the file).
2000s was Anapaola's strongest decade.
66 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Anapaola births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
66 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 66 births (45% of all-time use).
Anapaola by state
Where Anapaola concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 5 | 3.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 3.4% |
5 of 147 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Anapaola's data
- Anapaola's decade-level peak was the 2000s (66 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anapaolas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Anapaola: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Anapaola 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.