Girls' name · since 1979
Anavel
35 babies named Anavel in U.S. Social Security records since 1979, with the highest year being 1990. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
35 girls have been named Anavel since 1979, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Anavel has 35 recorded births among girls since 1979, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1979 to 2008.
- #39,039 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 35 born since 1979
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anavel ranks #39,039 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1979, peaking in the 1980s.
- #39,039 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 35
- born since 1979
- 1980s
- peak decade
Anavel's 35 recorded births place it above 45.6% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anavel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anavel splits its recorded history at 1988: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1980 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1990 peak of 8 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anavel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1979–2008
- Peak year (1990)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Anavel by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (15 births, 43% of the file).
1980s was Anavel's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Anavel births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
6 births
- 1980s
1980s
15 births
- 1990s
1990s
8 births
- 2000s
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 15 births (43% of all-time use).
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- Anavel's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (15 total births) through the 2000s (6) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anavel: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1990)
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, 1979–2008 (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 Anavel 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.