Anatole — boys' name

What the Data Says About Anatole

The Social Security Administration has registered 199 babies named Anatole between 1889 and 2022, spanning 134 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anatole currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2022. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 11 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anatole performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 57 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Anatole shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 13 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anatole in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anatole 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 199 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.