Anayely
A feminine given name of uncertain meaning and origin.
Name Census estimates that about 240 living Americans carry the first name Anayely. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Anayely today is around 23 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Anayely births was 2001 (30 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Anayely. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
People living today
240
~ 1 in 1,428,143 Americans
Peak year
2001
30 babies that year
Average age
23
years old
2021 SSA rank
#15,452
Tracked since 1991
Census
Anayely in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 343 people with the first name Anayely, which placed it at #26,904 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#26,904
National first-name rank
People counted
343
343 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
0.1
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
100.0% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Anayely
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anayely is Hispanic at 100.0%. These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Anayely described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Anayely at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino100.0% · 343
Popularity
Anayely: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Anayely from the 1990s through to the 2020s, spanning 4 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 133 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anayely by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Anayely during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Anayelys live
Origin
Meaning and history of Anayely
The name Anayely is a relatively modern invention, believed to have originated in Mexico in the late 20th century. It is a combination of the Spanish names Ana and Ely, with the latter being a diminutive form of names like Eliana or Eloisa. The name does not appear to have any direct connection to ancient languages or historical records.
While there are no definitive records of the name's earliest use, it is believed to have gained popularity in Mexico during the 1980s and 1990s. Some of the earliest known individuals with this name include Mexican actress and model Anayely Sánchez, who was born in 1988, and Mexican singer Anayely Guadalupe, whose birth year is unknown but who rose to prominence in the early 2000s.
Outside of Mexico, one of the earliest notable individuals with the name Anayely is Anayely Delaney, an American fashion designer and entrepreneur from California, born in 1981. She is known for her sustainable and ethical fashion line, which she launched in the late 2000s.
Another individual with the name Anayely is Anayely Navarro, a Venezuelan actress and model born in 1992. She has appeared in several telenovelas and television shows in Venezuela and other Latin American countries.
In the world of sports, Anayely Vásquez is a Mexican professional soccer player who has played for various clubs in Mexico and the United States since the early 2010s. She was born in 1991 and has also represented the Mexican national team.
Overall, while the name Anayely is relatively new and does not have a long historical background, it has gained popularity in recent decades, particularly in Latin American countries like Mexico and Venezuela, where it is associated with various notable individuals in the entertainment, fashion, and sports industries.
People
Anayely + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Anayely as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Anayely: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Anayely?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 240 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Anayely going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 1,428,143 US residents.
Is Anayely a common name?
We classify Anayely as "Very Rare". It ranks above 76.6% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 245 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Anayely most popular?
The single biggest year for Anayely was 2001, when 30 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Anayely is about 23 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Anayely in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 343 people with the name Anayely, or 0.11 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #26,904 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Anayely in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Anayely?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Anayely appears almost entirely female. Of the 347 people counted with this name, 100.0% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Anayely?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anayely is Hispanic at 100.0%. These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Anayely most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Anayely in the 2020 Census, accounting for 100.0% (343 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Anayely in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Anayely a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Anayely in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Anayely still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Anayely in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Anayely can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have the name Anayely?
See how many Americans are named Anayely on HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site built around that single question.