girls:
186 births since 1999
#5530 (3rd percentile)
boys:
56 births since 2003
#4530 (1st percentile)
overall:
242 births since 1999
#7497 (3rd percentile)
The name Anael is the #7,497 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 242 recorded births since 1999. This represents the 3.1% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 3.1% of all names). For girls, it ranks #5,530 (3.2% percentile) for all time with 186 births since 1999. For boys, it ranks #4,530 (1.2% percentile) for all time with 56 births since 2003.
Anael first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1999 (1999 for girls and 2003 for boys). Birth data for Anael is available in 20 out of the 25 years between 1999 and 2023 (19 years for girls and 7 years for boys). The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
The name Anael has been given predominantly to girls, with 76.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 100.0% of babies named Anael were girls.
For girls, Anael reached its peak popularity in 2022, achieving the 1.8% percentile (ranked #941) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 2022, with 12 births per million (ranked 1.8% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2016, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Anael ranks #941 for girls (0.6% percentile) with 6 births per million, which is 51.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Anael reached its peak popularity in 2018, achieving the 0.8% percentile (ranked #906) with 6 births per million. The name was most common in 2018, with 6 births per million (ranked 0.8% percentile). There have been no recorded male births with this name since 2022.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anael".
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Our model has identified 9 different pronunciations for the name Anael. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 31.0% confident that Anael is pronounced as A-nuh-ehl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nuh-EHL, at 23.8% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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