Girls' name · since 1972
Aneka
Aneka has 317 recorded births since 1972 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #15,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aneka sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 317 recorded since 1972.
Social Security Administration records show Aneka recorded 317 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 2015.
- #15,447 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 317 born since 1972
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aneka ranks #15,447 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 317 born since 1972, peaking in the 1970s.
- #15,447 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 317
- born since 1972
- 1970s
- peak decade
Aneka's 317 recorded births place it above 78.62% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aneka's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Aneka's full recorded timeline at 1992, 43% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 57% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1972, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Aneka popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–2015
- Peak year (1978)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 44 years of records
Aneka by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (93 births, 29% of the file).
1970s was Aneka's strongest decade.
93 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Aneka births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
93 births
- 1980s
1980s
62 births
- 1990s
1990s
78 births
- 2000s
2000s
61 births
- 2010s 23
2010s
23 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 93 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Aneka's decade-level peak was the 1970s (93 total births); usage has since declined to 23 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 Aneka: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~43 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, 1972–2015 (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 Aneka 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.