Girls' name · since 1991
Anayely
245 babies named Anayely in U.S. Social Security records since 1991, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anayely sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 245 recorded since 1991.
Anayely has 245 recorded births among girls since 1991, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, 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 1991 to 2021.
- #17,774 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 245 born since 1991
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anayely ranks #17,774 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 245 born since 1991, peaking in the 2000s.
- #17,774 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 245
- born since 1991
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anayely's 245 recorded births place it above 75.38% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
Anayely's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anayely splits its recorded history at 2003: 45% of all births land in the more recent half, 55% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2010 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2001 peak of 30 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anayely popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1991–2021
- Peak year (2001)
- 30
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 2021.
245 total births across 31 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2001 with 30 births in a single year.
Anayely by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (133 births, 54% of the file).
2000s was Anayely's strongest decade.
133 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Anayely births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
133 births
- 2010s 29
2010s
29 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 133 births (54% of all-time use).
Anayely decade highlights
- Peak decade 133 births
- Runner-up 78 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Anayely by state
Where Anayely concentrates geographically, total births since 1991
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 28 | 11.4% |
| #2 | Illinois | | 8 | 3.3% |
28 of 245 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 11.4% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 11.4% of all recorded births nationwide - a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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- Anayely's decade-level peak was the 2000s (133 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anayelys (28 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 Anayely: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1991–2021 (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 Anayely 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.
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