Anela Girl
How popular is Anela?
#2,895 girl name in 2025
58 baby girls were named Anela in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
Anela popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,895 for girls (▲ 118 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 58 girls |
| 10-year trend | Rising (+38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #3,649 in 2015, #4,004 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2007 (79 girls) |
| Highest rank | #2,365 in 2003 |
| First recorded | 1959 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anela counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anyla family of names ranked #713 for girls in 2025 (#648 the year before), with 369 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anyla | 131 | 36% |
| Anylah | 88 | 24% |
| Anela | 58 | 16% |
| Anilah | 21 | 6% |
| Anila | 21 | 6% |
| Anella | 16 | 4% |
| Anala | 8 | 2% |
| Ahnyla | 8 | 2% |
| Anola | 11 | 3% |
| Annella | 7 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anela is most popular
Babies named Anela per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 5.3 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Nevada: 0.1 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Florida: 0.0 per 1,000 (10 girls)
Anela by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1960s | 10 | #6,766 |
| 1970s | 73 | #4,419 |
| 1980s | 104 | #4,961 |
| 1990s | 169 | #3,828 |
| 2000s | 590 | #2,365 |
| 2010s | 545 | #2,474 |
| 2020s | 297 | #2,895 |
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Questions
- Is Anela a boy or girl name?
- Anela is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anela were girls.
- How popular is the name Anela?
- 58 baby girls were named Anela in the US in 2025, making it the 2895th most popular girl name.
- When was Anela most popular?
- Anela peaked in 2007, when 79 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,365 in 2003.
- How many people are named Anela?
- 1,793 babies have been named Anela in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,773 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 17.
- Where is Anela most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anela was most common in Hawaii, at 5.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.