How Many People Are Named Anibal?

3,489

people named Anibal are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 97,960 people in the US has this name

Based on 3,950 babies named Anibal in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#4,681

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Boy Names

#1,759

See the top 100

Peak Year

1990

92 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Spanish, Portuguese
Gender: Primarily Male

Meaning:

Spanish and Portuguese form of HANNIBAL.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
0.6%
Male
99.4%

Of the babies given the name Anibal, 0.6% were girls and 99.4% were boys.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Anibal alive today is about 37 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 22 and 51 in 2025.

Under 30 1,238
35.5%
30 to 59 1,777
50.9%
60 and over 474
13.6%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Anibal first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 1990, to 92 babies. In 2025, 38 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Anibal has never been one of the 100 most popular boys' names. Its best rank was #911, in 1976. In 2025 it ranked #3,127.

Boys
Rank in 2025#3,127
Best rank#911 (1976)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#1,521 in the 1990s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Anibal alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Anibal were born in New York than in any other state: about 789 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anibal was given 5.2 times as often in New York, 3.4 times in New Jersey and 2 times in California.

New York 789
California 552
Texas 367
New Jersey 209
Illinois 105
Florida 61
Massachusetts 35
Pennsylvania 28
Connecticut 15

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