Anneli — #6969 US girls' name
478 babies named Anneli in U.S. Social Security records since 1967, with the highest year being 2018. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 61% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Anneli was born in this single decade.
23 babies were named Anneli in 2018 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anneli
The Social Security Administration has registered 478 babies named Anneli between 1967 and 2024, spanning 58 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anneli currently holds the #6969 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2018, when 23 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anneli performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 161 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Anneli shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 7 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anneli in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anneli 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 478 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.
Anneli at a glance
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Current rank
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Anneli popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1967
- Peak year (2018)
- 23
- Annual births at peak — across 58 years of records
Currently ranks #6969 among girls.
478 total births across 58 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2018 with 23 births in a single year.
Anneli by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 161 births that decade — 34% of Anneli's all-time total
Anneli decade highlights
- Peak decade 161 births
- Runner-up 121 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anneli's strongest decade
161 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Anneli by state
Where Anneli concentrates geographically — total births since 1967
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.5% |
7 of 478 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.5% 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, 1967–2024 (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.