Anzel — #6116 US boys' name
132 babies named Anzel in U.S. Social Security records since 2008, with the highest year being 2024. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 57% of names given to boys today.
55% of everyone ever named Anzel was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Anzel in 2024 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anzel
The Social Security Administration has registered 132 babies named Anzel between 2008 and 2024, spanning 17 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Anzel currently holds the #6116 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2024, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anzel performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 72 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Anzel shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Anzel in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anzel 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 132 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.
Anzel at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Anzel popularity over time — boys
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2008
- Peak year (2024)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 17 years of records
Currently ranks #6116 among boys.
132 total births across 17 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2024 with 15 births in a single year.
Anzel popularity over time — girls
5 total births recorded since 2016 (Anzel as girls' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The girls' variant of Anzel accounts for 4% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anzel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 72 births that decade — 55% of Anzel's all-time total
Anzel decade highlights
- Peak decade 72 births
- Runner-up 54 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Anzel's strongest decade
72 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 55% of all-time use.
Anzel by state
Where Anzel concentrates geographically — total births since 2008
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 6 | 4.5% |
6 of 132 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 4.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 4.5% 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, 2008–2024 (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.