Anel — #11271 US unisex name

What the Data Says About Anel

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,869 babies named Anel between 1971 and 2024, spanning 54 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anel currently holds the #11271 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1991, when 76 babies received it in a single year. Anel is classified as unisex in SSA records: the opposite-sex variant accounts for 264 additional births since 1981.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 518 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 730 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Anel in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anel 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 1,869 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.