The first name Aníbal
A boy’s name.
3 syllables Male
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Aníbal at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 38 boys born in the United States were named Aníbal, the 3,128th most popular boys’ name that year. It was used most in 1990, when 92 were.
3,950
babies named Aníbal since 1880
#3,128
rank in 2025
1990
peak year
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Famous people named Aníbal
18 on Wikidata, most written-about first
- Aníbal PintoChilean politician and President (1825-1884)
- Aníbal TroiloArgentine tango musician (1914-1975)
- Aníbal TarabiniArgentine association football player (1941-1997)
- Aníbal CioccaFootballer (1915-1981)
- Aníbal Acevedo Vilá9th Governor of the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, born 1962
- Aníbal Muñoz DuqueCatholic cardinal (1908–1987)
- Aníbal AlzateColombian footballer (1933-2016)
- Aníbal FernándezArgentine politician (born 1957)
- Aníbal ZañartuChilean politician and Vice President (1847-1902)
- Aníbal MatellánArgentine footballer, born 1977
- Aníbal MorenoArgentine footballer, born 1999
- Aníbal IbarraArgentine lawyer and politician, born 1958
Questions
- Is Aníbal a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a boy's name: 99% of the 3,950 US babies named Aníbal since 1880 were boys.
- When was Aníbal most popular?
- 1990 in the United States, when 92 babies were named Aníbal, its highest rank at 1,117th.