Girls' name · since 2003
Anele
60 babies named Anele in U.S. Social Security records since 2003, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #32,790 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anele currently ranks #14089 among girls' names in America, with 60 babies recorded since 2003.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anele has been recorded 60 times among girls since 2003, currently ranked #14089 nationally and more common than 19% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2025.
- #32,790 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,089 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 60 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anele ranks #32,790 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,089 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 60 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #32,790 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,089 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 60
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anele's 60 recorded births place it above 54.42% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anele compares
60 18th percentile among 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
Anele's all-time total is 84% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anele | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 60 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 8 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anele's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anele's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2003, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2014 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anele popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
Anele by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (27 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Anele's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Anele births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
16 births
- 2010s
2010s
27 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 27 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Anele's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 2020s (17) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anele: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~22 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, 2003–2025 (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 Anele 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.