Annel — girls' name
545 babies named Annel in U.S. Social Security records since 1964, with the highest year being 2004. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Annel was born in this single decade.
31 babies were named Annel in 2004 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Annel
The Social Security Administration has registered 545 babies named Annel between 1964 and 2021, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Annel currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2021. The name reached its historical peak in 2004, when 31 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Annel performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 176 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Annel shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 224 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Annel in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Annel 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 545 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.
Annel at a glance
Last recorded 2021Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Annel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2021–1964
- Peak year (2004)
- 31
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2021.
545 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2004 with 31 births in a single year.
Annel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 176 births that decade — 32% of Annel's all-time total
Annel decade highlights
- Peak decade 176 births
- Runner-up 160 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Annel's strongest decade
176 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
Annel by state
Where Annel concentrates geographically — total births since 1964
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 224 | 41.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 32 | 5.9% |
| #3 | New York | | 5 | 0.9% |
224 of 545 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 41.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.9% of nationwide
- New York 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 41.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration 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, 1964–2021 (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.