Anjela — #12348 US girls' name
582 babies named Anjela in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 30% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Anjela was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Anjela in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anjela
The Social Security Administration has registered 582 babies named Anjela between 1964 and 2024, spanning 61 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anjela currently holds the #12348 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anjela performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anjela shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anjela in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anjela 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 582 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.
Anjela at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Anjela popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1964
- Peak year (2005)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 61 years of records
Currently ranks #12348 among girls.
582 total births across 61 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 31 births in a single year.
Anjela by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 176 births that decade — 30% of Anjela's all-time total
Anjela decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 139 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anjela's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Anjela by state
Where Anjela concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 34 | 5.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5 | 0.9% |
34 of 582 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Texas 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 2 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 5.8% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1964–2024 (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.