Anjanette — girls' name
2,563 babies named Anjanette in U.S. Social Security records since 1963, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
56% of everyone ever named Anjanette was born in this single decade.
276 babies were named Anjanette in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anjanette
The Social Security Administration has registered 2,563 babies named Anjanette between 1963 and 2017, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anjanette currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2017. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 276 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anjanette performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 1,424 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anjanette shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 396 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anjanette in 31 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anjanette 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 2,563 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.
Anjanette at a glance
Last recorded 2017Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anjanette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2017–1963
- Peak year (1971)
- 276
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2017.
2,563 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 276 births in a single year.
Anjanette by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 1,424 births that decade — 56% of Anjanette's all-time total
Anjanette decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,424 births
- Runner-up 705 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Anjanette's strongest decade
1,424 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 56% of all-time use.
Anjanette by state
Where Anjanette concentrates geographically — total births since 1963
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 396 | 15.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 166 | 6.5% |
| #3 | New York | | 123 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Michigan | | 102 | 4.0% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 100 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 79 | 3.1% |
| #7 | Indiana | | 44 | 1.7% |
| #8 | Louisiana | | 43 | 1.7% |
396 of 2,563 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 31 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 15.5% of nationwide
- Texas 6.5% of nationwide
- New York 4.8% of nationwide
- Michigan 4.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 31 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 15.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anjanette appears in 31 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1963–2017 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.