girls:
1.7k births since 1959
#4082 (29th percentile)
overall:
1.7k births since 1959
#6069 (22nd percentile)
The name Anela is the #6,069 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,681 recorded births since 1959. This represents the 21.6% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 21.6% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,082 (28.6% percentile) for all time with 1,681 births since 1959.
Anela first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1959 (first recorded for girls in 1959). Birth data for Anela is available in 55 out of the 65 years between 1959 and 2023. 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.
For girls, Anela reached its peak popularity in 2007, achieving the 7.5% percentile (ranked #913) with 37 births per million. The name was most common in 2012, with 38 births per million (ranked 7.4% percentile). Since reaching a low point around 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been increasing. Currently, Anela ranks #900 for girls (5.0% percentile) with 30 births per million, which is 77.9% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anela".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Anela. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 73.2% confident that Anela is pronounced as uh-NEH-luh, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is ah-NEH-luh, at 14.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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