Sanuel — boys' name
118 babies named Sanuel in U.S. Social Security records since 1969, with the highest year being 1986. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
62% of everyone ever named Sanuel was born in this single decade.
15 babies were named Sanuel in 1986 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Sanuel
The Social Security Administration has registered 118 babies named Sanuel between 1969 and 1996, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Sanuel currently falls outside the top 1,000 boys' names for 1996. The name reached its historical peak in 1986, when 15 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Sanuel performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 73 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Sanuel shows notable generational variation in parental adoption.
No etymological entry is currently available for Sanuel 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 118 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.
Sanuel at a glance
Last recorded 1996Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Sanuel popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–1969
- Peak year (1986)
- 15
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1996.
118 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1986 with 15 births in a single year.
Sanuel by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1980s
- 73 births that decade — 62% of Sanuel's all-time total
Sanuel decade highlights
- Peak decade 73 births
- Runner-up 40 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1980s was Sanuel's strongest decade
73 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 62% of all-time use.
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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, 1969–1996 (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.