Anjeanette vs Anjel
American parents have registered 1,591 Anjels since 1880, against 389 Anjeanettes. Anjel is still ahead, with 9 babies in 2025.
Babies given each name, 1880–2025
Anjeanette Anjel
Each line is every baby given the name that year, girls and boys added together — the only count that means the same thing for both names. A line breaks where the name fell below five babies in a year — the point at which the SSA stops publishing it — rather than being drawn through a figure nobody published. A single published year in a gap shows as a dot.
Who was ahead
Of the 64 years in which either name was published, Anjel for 44 years and Anjeanette for 20 years. The lead changed hands 4 times.
- 1954–1961 Anjel ahead
- 1964–1981 Anjeanette ahead
- 1982 Anjel ahead
- 1983–1984 Anjeanette ahead
- 1985–2025 Anjel ahead
Side by side
| Anjeanette | Anjel | |
|---|---|---|
| Total US births | 389 | 1,591 |
| Most in one year | 40 | 83 |
| Babies in 2025 | under 5 | 9 |
| Estimated living today | 360 | 1,600 |
| Median age today | 52 | 20 |
| Peak year | 1971 | 2003 |
| Best rank | 2,064th girls | 1,764th boys |
| Rank in 2025 | unranked | 8,243rd |
| First recorded | 1964 | 1954 |
| Girls / boys | 389 / 0 | 403 / 1,188 |
A rank is a position within one sex’s list for one year, so the two rank rows are not subtracted from one another and the winning column is not marked on them. The living figure is a life-table estimate, not a count.
Which name is older
Half of the Anjeanettes alive today are over 52; half the Anjels are over 20. That is 32 years between them: two names in use at the same time, worn by two different generations.
Where each one is strongest
- Anjeanette California (8.6×)
- Anjel California (5.7×), Texas (4.9×)
How much commoner the name is in that state than it is nationally, from births recorded since 1910.
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Social Security Administration birth records, 1880–2025, public domain. Full histories: Anjeanette and Anjel.