# Aníbal (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anibal/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,950 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,928 / 22 (1% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1977 | 5 | 9,714 |
| 1992 | 7 | 10,553 |
| 1993 | 5 | 13,571 |
| 1994 | 5 | 13,578 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 39 | 2,952 |
| 2012 | 41 | 2,870 |
| 2013 | 35 | 3,130 |
| 2014 | 36 | 3,093 |
| 2015 | 39 | 2,969 |
| 2016 | 41 | 2,886 |
| 2017 | 44 | 2,758 |
| 2018 | 27 | 3,896 |
| 2019 | 42 | 2,902 |
| 2020 | 32 | 3,424 |
| 2021 | 29 | 3,742 |
| 2022 | 40 | 3,058 |
| 2023 | 43 | 2,899 |
| 2024 | 34 | 3,400 |
| 2025 | 38 | 3,128 |

## People named Aníbal

- Aníbal Pinto, Chilean politician and President (1825-1884)
- Aníbal Troilo, Argentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Aníbal Tarabini, Argentine association football player (1941-1997)
- Aníbal Ciocca, Footballer (1915-1981)
- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá, 9th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico
- Aníbal Muñoz Duque, Catholic cardinal (1908–1987)
- Aníbal Alzate, Colombian footballer (1933-2016)
- Aníbal Fernández, Argentine politician (born 1957)
- Aníbal Zañartu, Chilean politician and Vice President (1847-1902)
- Aníbal Matellán, Argentine footballer
- Aníbal Moreno, Argentine footballer
- Aníbal Ibarra, Argentine lawyer and politician

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.