girls:
22 births since 1977
#5694 (0th percentile)
boys:
3.9k births since 1914
#1994 (57th percentile)
overall:
3.9k births since 1914
#4416 (43rd percentile)
The name Anibal is the #4,416 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 3,878 recorded births since 1914. This represents the 42.9% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 42.9% of all names). For boys, it ranks #1,994 (56.5% percentile) for all time with 3,856 births since 1914. For girls, it ranks #5,694 (0.4% percentile) for all time with 22 births since 1977.
Anibal first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1914 (1914 for boys and 1977 for girls). Birth data for Anibal is available in 100 out of the 110 years between 1914 and 2023 (100 years for boys and 4 years for girls). 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 Anibal has been given almost exclusively to boys, with 99.4% of all recorded births being male.
For boys, Anibal reached its peak popularity in 1976, achieving the 11.9% percentile (ranked #578) with 51 births per million. The name was most common in 1976, with 51 births per million (ranked 11.9% percentile). Despite a peak around 2019, the name has seen a recent rise in popularity for boys. Currently, Anibal ranks #873 for boys (4.2% percentile) with 23 births per million, which is 46.2% of its peak share of births.
For girls, Anibal reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 0.2% percentile (ranked #857) with 3 births per million. The name was most common in 1992, with 3 births per million (ranked 0.2% percentile). There have been no recorded female births with this name since 1994.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anibal".
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Our model has identified 6 different pronunciations for the name Anibal. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 39.5% confident that Anibal is pronounced as A-nih-buhl, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is uh-NEE-buhl, at 25.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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