Girls' name · since 1988
Annalena
Annalena has 275 recorded births since 1988 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
275 babies have been named Annalena since 1988, making it today's #15541 girls' name.
Annalena has 275 recorded births among girls since 1988, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15541 as of the latest data, more common than 10% 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 1988 to 2025.
- #16,654 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,541 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 275 born since 1988
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Annalena ranks #16,654 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,541 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 275 born since 1988, peaking in the 2010s.
- #16,654 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,541 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 275
- born since 1988
- 2010s
- peak decade
Annalena's 275 recorded births place it above 76.94% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Annalena compares
275 43rd 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
Annalena's all-time total is 27% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Annalena | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 275 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 21 | 21 | 19,840 |
Annalena's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Annalena's full recorded timeline at 2009, 60% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 40% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1988, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 21 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Annalena popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1988–2025
- Peak year (2010)
- 21
- Annual births at peak, across 38 years of records
Annalena by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (123 births, 45% of the file).
2010s was Annalena's strongest decade.
123 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 45% of all-time use.
Annalena births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
- 1990s 36
1990s
36 births
- 2000s
2000s
82 births
- 2010s
2010s
123 births
- 2020s 29
2020s
29 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 123 births (45% of all-time use).
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- Annalena's decade-level peak was the 2010s (123 total births); usage has since declined to 29 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Annalena: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2010)
Similar record span (~37 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, 1988–2025 (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 Annalena 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.