Anberlin — #16503 US girls' name
266 babies named Anberlin in U.S. Social Security records since 2006, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 7% of names given to girls today.
70% of everyone ever named Anberlin was born in this single decade.
29 babies were named Anberlin in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anberlin
The Social Security Administration has registered 266 babies named Anberlin between 2006 and 2024, spanning 19 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anberlin currently holds the #16503 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 29 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anberlin performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 187 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anberlin shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anberlin in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anberlin 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 266 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.
Anberlin at a glance
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Current rank
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Anberlin popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2006
- Peak year (2012)
- 29
- Annual births at peak — across 19 years of records
Currently ranks #16503 among girls.
266 total births across 19 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 29 births in a single year.
Anberlin by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 187 births that decade — 70% of Anberlin's all-time total
Anberlin decade highlights
- Peak decade 187 births
- Runner-up 49 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anberlin's strongest decade
187 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 70% of all-time use.
Anberlin by state
Where Anberlin concentrates geographically — total births since 2006
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 16 | 6.0% |
16 of 266 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 6.0% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 6.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2006–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.