Anayeli
Anayeli is a name with a single cultural origin: Zapotec.
- Zapotec
Meaning & Origin of Anayeli
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anayeli is a name with a single cultural origin: Zapotec.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Zapotec
The Story of Anayeli
Anayeli first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1986, with 6 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2001: 188 births, good for #1,122 nationwide. About 35% of every Anayeli on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Anayeli ranks #1,942 for baby girls with 102 births, rising sharply (+37% over the past five years). All told, over 3K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Anayeli
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About the name Anayeli
Anayeli is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1986 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Anayeli's peak popularity came in 2001 when it ranked #1,122. Use the chart and map above to compare Anayeli's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.