Girls' name · since 1920
Anelia
Since 1920, U.S. Social Security records show 280 babies named Anelia, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anelia is the #5261 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 280 recorded since 1920.
Anelia has 280 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #5261 as of the latest data, more common than 70% of girls, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2025.
- #16,490 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #5,261 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 280 born since 1920
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anelia ranks #16,490 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #5,261 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 280 born since 1920, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,490 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #5,261 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 280
- born since 1920
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anelia's 280 recorded births place it above 77.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Anelia compares
280 44th 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
Anelia's all-time total is 26% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anelia | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 280 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 24 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anelia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anelia's SSA record in two at 2011 and the more recent half accounts for 67% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 33%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1949, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 24, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anelia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 24
- Annual births at peak, across 106 years of records
Anelia by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (98 births, 35% of the file).
2010s was Anelia's strongest decade.
98 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Anelia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 7
1920s
7 births
- 1940s 5
1940s
5 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 21
1990s
21 births
- 2000s
2000s
48 births
- 2010s
2010s
98 births
- 2020s
2020s
96 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 98 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Anelia's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (98 total births) through the 2020s (96) -- 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 Anelia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~105 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, 1920–2025 (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 Anelia 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.