How rare is the name Anibal?

8,137 people in the United States have the first name Anibal, about 1 in 37,118. It ranks #2,843 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANIBAL

#2,843

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,137
About
1 in 37,118
This common or more
81%
Who bears it

Of the 8,137 people named Anibal, 95.2% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino and 3.8% as White. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anibal peaked in 1990, when 92 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19142025
Peak year
1990
Births that year
92
In 2025*
38 ▼59%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 3,950 babies have been given the name since 1914. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anibal by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #2,575. The largest share of babies named Anibal, 28.4%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1910s#7,38928
1920s#6,77764
1930s#7,62033
1940s#6,87951
1950s#3,159303
1960s#2,575512
1970s#2,601613
1980s#2,909637
1990s#3,551661
2000s#5,711455
2010s#6,833377
2020s#7,023216
Greatest Generation 1901–272.1%
Silent Generation 1928–451.6%
Baby boom 1946–6414.7%
Generation X 1965–8023.4%
Millennials 1981–9628.4%
Generation Z 1997–1217.7%
2013 and later12.2%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Anibal is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anibal has been most common in New York (5×), New Jersey (3.4×), and California (2.4×), and least common in Pennsylvania (0.24×).

2,425 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Anibal

#2,841 Brennen · 8,145#2,842 Alysha · 8,140#2,844 Soren · 8,135#2,845 Rana · 8,124

Spelled almost the same

2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anibal, most common first.

#20,132 Anival · 516#46,524 Anibel · 143

Also a last name

As a last name, Anibal ranks #102,164 of 156,621, with 188 people. See Anibal as a last name

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