Girls' name · since 1959
Anela
Anela has 1,793 recorded births since 1959 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #5,073 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,793
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anela is the #2911 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 1,793 recorded since 1959.
Anela has 1,793 recorded births among girls since 1959, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2911 as of the latest data, more common than 83% of girls, 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 1959 to 2025.
- #5,073 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,911 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 1,793 born since 1959
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anela ranks #5,073 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,911 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,793 born since 1959, peaking in the 2000s.
- #5,073 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,911 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 1,793
- born since 1959
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anela's 1,793 recorded births place it above 92.98% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Hawaii.
How Anela compares
1,793 Top 24% higher than 76% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anela's all-time total is 5x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anela | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 1,793 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 79 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anela's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anela's full recorded timeline at 1997, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1959, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2007 peak of 79 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1959–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 79
- Annual births at peak, across 67 years of records
Anela by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (590 births, 33% of the file).
2000s was Anela's strongest decade.
590 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 33% of all-time use.
Anela births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 5
1950s
5 births
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 73
1970s
73 births
- 1980s 104
1980s
104 births
- 1990s 169
1990s
169 births
- 2000s
2000s
590 births
- 2010s
2010s
545 births
- 2020s
2020s
297 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 590 births (33% of all-time use).
How Anela compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anela's total volume
Anela by state
Where Anela concentrates geographically, total births since 1959
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Hawaii | | 471 | 26.3% |
| #2 | California | | 243 | 13.6% |
| #3 | Washington | | 29 | 1.6% |
| #4 | Florida | | 26 | 1.5% |
| #5 | Texas | | 14 | 0.8% |
| #6 | New York | | 7 | 0.4% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
| #8 | Colorado | | 5 | 0.3% |
471 of 1,793 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Anela appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anela's data
- Anela's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (590 total births) through the 2020s (297) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Hawaii records the most Anelas (471 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Hawaii names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anela: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~66 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, 1959–2025 (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 Anela 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.