Girls' name · since 1997

Anelly

Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 127 babies named Anelly, peaking in 2012. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#24,453 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,875 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
127
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade

Yes -- Anelly is the #13875 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 127 recorded since 1997.

Anelly has 127 recorded births among girls since 1997, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13875 as of the latest data, more common than 20% 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 1997 to 2025.

  • #24,453 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #13,875 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 127 born since 1997
  • 2010s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anelly ranks #24,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,875 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 127 born since 1997, peaking in the 2010s.

#24,453 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#13,875 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
127
born since 1997
2010s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%19.7%
Anelly vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Anelly's 127 recorded births place it above 66.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

1 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.

How Anelly compares

127 29th 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

Anelly's all-time total is 66% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Anelly Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 127 376 567,345
Peak-year births 12 21 19,840

Anelly's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Divide Anelly's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1997, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2012 peak of 12, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.

Anelly popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2012)
12
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
468101214 1997200820122015202120242025 6

Anelly by decade

2010s is the heaviest window (53 births, 42% of the file).

2010s was Anelly's strongest decade.

53 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.

Anelly births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2010s at 53 births (42% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Anelly by state

Where Anelly concentrates geographically, total births since 1997

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Anelly
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
5 3.9%
California share of Anelly's total US births 3.9%

5 of 127 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Anelly?
Anelly has been given to 127 babies in the U.S. since 1997, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #24,453 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #13,875 of 17,297. 12 babies were born in 2012, its single highest year.
Where does Anelly sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anelly ranks #24,453 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,875 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Anelly most popular?
Anelly was most popular in the 2010s decade with 53 total births. The single peak year was 2012.
Where is Anelly most popular?
The top states for the name Anelly are California (5 births).
How long has the name Anelly been used?
Records for Anelly go back to 1997, giving 29 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Anelly?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anessa, Anette, Anel, Anela, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Anelly's data

  • Anelly's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (53 total births) through the 2020s (44) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • California records the most Anellys (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Anelly

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Anelly: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

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, 1997–2025 (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 Anelly 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.