Boy or Girl

Is Anibal a boy or girl name?

Anibal is a boy name in the US. In 2024, 0 girls and 34 boys were named Anibal, so 0% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 0.6% of the 3,912 US babies named Anibal were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
#3,388
Girl rank, 2024
Not ranked
Babies named Anibal since 1914
3,912
Most popular year
1990
92 babies
Babies named Anibal each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Anibal from 1914 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.0255075100192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Anibal, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s2800%
1920s6400%
1930s3300%
1940s5100%
1950s30300%
1960s51200%
1970s60850.8%
1980s63700%
1990s644172.6%
2000s45500%
2010s37700%
2020s17800%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
202434#3,3880–
202343#2,8960–
202240#3,0570–
202129#3,7400–
202032#3,4220–
201942#2,9010–
201827#3,8960–
201744#2,7570–
201641#2,8850–
201539#2,9690–
201436#3,0930–
201335#3,1300–
201241#2,8690–
201139#2,9520–
201033#3,3100–
200962#2,1680–
200847#2,6360–
200747#2,6060–
200668#1,9680–
200521#4,2020–
200440#2,6450–
200340#2,5470–
200239#2,5060–
200143#2,3070–
200048#2,0890–
199940#2,2650–
199847#2,0130–
199744#2,0250–
199675#1,4000–
199562#1,5270–
199460#1,5455#13,577
199375#1,3135#13,570
199275#1,3017#10,552
199174#1,3080–
199092#1,1170–
198972#1,2820–
198879#1,1240–
198761#1,2480–
198669#1,1360–
198566#1,1480–
198450#1,3240–
198377#1,0060–
198258#1,2190–
198161#1,1770–
198044#1,4320–
197947#1,3530–
197855#1,2030–
197760#1,1215#9,713
197683#9110–
197564#1,0300–
197465#1,0190–
197356#1,0820–
197259#1,0500–
197160#1,0470–
197059#1,0640–
196959#1,0010–
196850#1,0460–
196753#9920–
196654#9910–
196552#1,0200–
196452#1,0460–
196351#1,0690–
196242#1,2030–
196162#9800–
196037#1,2960–
195955#1,0340–
195845#1,1480–
195741#1,2140–
195635#1,2980–
195530#1,3970–
195425#1,5270–
195320#1,7120–
195220#1,7040–
195120#1,6840–
195012#2,2110–
194910#2,4600–
19487#3,0150–
19478#2,8710–
19468#2,6990–
19450–0–
19440–0–
19436#3,2410–
19426#3,2260–
19410–0–
19406#3,1480–
19390–0–
19380–0–
19379#2,4840–
19365#3,5660–
19350–0–
19340–0–
19330–0–
19325#3,8020–
19315#3,7840–
19309#2,7850–
19296#3,5730–
19285#4,1760–
192710#2,7070–
19266#3,7180–
192511#2,5990–
19240–0–
19236#3,8340–
19227#3,5460–
19215#4,3500–
19208#3,2210–
19198#3,1220–
19185#4,2040–
19175#4,0060–
19160–0–
19155#3,8460–
19145#3,2800–

Highest rank

As a boy name, Anibal reached #911 in 1976. As a girl name, it reached #9,713 in 1977. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 1990s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.