Anival — boys' name

What the Data Says About Anival

The Social Security Administration has registered 283 babies named Anival between 1961 and 2023, spanning 63 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anival currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1990, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anival performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 94 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anival shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 55 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anival in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anival 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 283 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.