How rare is the name Anil?

7,485 people in the United States have the first name Anil, about 1 in 40,352. It ranks #2,991 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ANIL

#2,991

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
7,485
About
1 in 40,352
This common or more
81.4%
Who bears it

Of the 7,485 people named Anil, 89.1% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 4.3% as White and 2.8% as two or more races. 99% are male. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anil peaked in 1989, when 46 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19592024
Peak year
1989
Births that year
46
In 2024
7 ▼85%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 1,160 babies have been given the name since 1959. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.

Anil by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1970s, when it ranked #4,370. The largest share of babies named Anil, 42.1%, were born between 1981 and 1996, as millennials.

1950s#13,4979
1960s#7,03786
1970s#4,370276
1980s#4,484334
1990s#6,687260
2000s#13,457133
2010s#23,26555
2020s#35,7127
Baby boom 1946–642.7%
Generation X 1965–8032.2%
Millennials 1981–9642.1%
Generation Z 1997–1219.7%
2013 and later3.4%

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.

Either side of Anil

#2,989 Felecia · 7,505#2,990 Queen · 7,504#2,992 Kitty · 7,484#2,992 Priscila · 7,484

Spelled almost the same

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

#5,061 Anel · 3,482#8,091 Anila · 1,816#19,654 Aniel · 535#36,519 Anilu · 217#42,346 Aneil · 170#53,270 Anal · 101

Also a last name

As a last name, Anil ranks #44,135 of 156,621, with 525 people. See Anil as a last name

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