girls:
1.9k births since 1971
#3931 (31st percentile)
boys:
264 births since 1981
#4322 (6th percentile)
overall:
2.1k births since 1971
#5662 (27th percentile)
The name Anel is the #5,662 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 2,125 recorded births since 1971. This represents the 26.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 26.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #3,931 (31.2% percentile) for all time with 1,861 births since 1971. For boys, it ranks #4,322 (5.7% percentile) for all time with 264 births since 1981.
Anel first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1971 (1971 for girls and 1981 for boys).
The name Anel has been given predominantly to girls, with 87.6% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 70.6% of babies named Anel were girls.
For girls, Anel reached its peak popularity in 1991, achieving the 8.4% percentile (ranked #779) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 1991, with 37 births per million (ranked 8.4% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2017, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anel ranks #940 for girls (0.7% percentile) with 7 births per million, which is 18.4% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Anel reached its peak popularity in 2003, achieving the 1.7% percentile (ranked #811) with 9 births per million. The name was most common in 2003, with 9 births per million (ranked 1.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2012, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Anel ranks #911 for boys (0.0% percentile) with 3 births per million, which is 30.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anel".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Anel. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 70.0% confident that Anel is pronounced as uh-NEHL, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-NEHL, at 17.5% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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