Boys' name · since 1986
Aneil
Since 1986, U.S. Social Security records show 35 babies named Aneil, peaking in 1988. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #24,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aneil sits outside today's top ranks for boys, with 35 recorded since 1986.
Aneil has 35 recorded births among boys since 1986, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1986 to 2013.
- #24,632 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 35 born since 1986
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aneil ranks #24,632 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 35 born since 1986, peaking in the 1990s.
- #24,632 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 35
- born since 1986
- 1990s
- peak decade
Aneil's 35 recorded births place it above 45.39% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aneil's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Aneil's SSA record in two at 1994 and the more recent half accounts for 46% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 54%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1986, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1988 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Aneil popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1986–2013
- Peak year (1988)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Aneil by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (17 births, 49% of the file).
1990s was Aneil's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 49% of all-time use.
Aneil births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s
1980s
13 births
- 1990s
1990s
17 births
- 2010s 5
2010s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 17 births (49% of all-time use).
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- Aneil's decade-level peak was the 1990s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 2010s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aneil: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1988)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1986–2013 (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 Aneil 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.