Girls' name · since 1996
Anley
Anley has 5 recorded births since 1996 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1996 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #62,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anley is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 5 have been recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Anley recorded 5 times among girls since 1996, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1990s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 1996.
- #62,758 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 5 born since 1996
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anley ranks #62,758 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 5 born since 1996, peaking in the 1990s.
- #62,758 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 5
- born since 1996
- 1990s
- peak decade
Anley's 5 recorded births place it above 0% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anley popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1996
- Peak year (1996)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 1 years of records
Anley by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (5 births, 100% of the file).
1990s was Anley's strongest decade.
5 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 100% of all-time use.
Anley births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 5 births (100% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anley: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1996)
Similar record span (~0 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, 1996–1996 (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 Anley 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.