Anael
- Gender
- Mostly girls
- Say it
- ah-nah-EL
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #7,883 for girls
Anael is a name of Hebrew origin, meaning “grace of God”. In 2025 it ranked 7,883rd for girls in the US (13 babies).
What does Anael mean?
Hebrew: form of Haniel, an angel's name
“grace of God”
Anael, or Haniel, is an archangel in Jewish and Christian angel lore, linked with the planet Venus.
Is Anael a girl's or a boy's name?
In recent years, Anael has been given to girls and boys, mostly girls. In 2025, it was given to 13 girls and 9 boys in the US.
How popular is Anael in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 7,883rd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 13 about 1 in 120,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 13 girls in the US were named Anael, making it the 7,883rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 22 girls. It first appears in the records in 1999. 9 boys were also named Anael in 2025 (8,239th for boys).
Half of all the girls named Anael in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2022, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were given Anael or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #2,290, up from #7,883 for this spelling alone.
Anael in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 13 | #7,883 |
| 2024 | 16 | #6,928 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 22 | #5,635 |
| 2021 | 16 | #6,962 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 6 | #14,477 |
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 9 | #11,240 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 11 | #8,831 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 6 | #13,147 |
| 1999 | 9 | #9,472 |
Names like Anael
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alaia, Azariah, Amoura, Alara, Amora, Alaya, Annalise, Aria, Briella, Adalynn, Hadassah, Ariella
Other spellings of Anael
Names related to Anael
Analia, Analeia, Annalee, Analeah, Anayeli, Anali, Analy, Anela
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anael: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anael, updated 20 October 2026.