Anala
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-nuh-luh
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Anala is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “fire”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Anala mean?
Sanskrit
“fire”
Sanskrit word for fire; Anala is one of the Vasus, the elemental gods of Hindu tradition.
Is Anala a girl's or a boy's name?
Anala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 13% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anala, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 28 girls. It first appears in the records in 2002.
2025 had fewer girls named Anala than any year since 2007.
Half of all the girls named Anala in the US since 1880 were born between 2010 and 2021, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 25 | #5,145 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 19 | #6,224 |
| 2021 | 26 | #4,960 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 20 | #6,234 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 18 | #6,868 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,510 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
Names like Anala
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amora, Alora, Ximena, Alara, Alaia, Solana, Aitana, Amoura, Amara, Aria, Avianna, Arya
Names related to Anala
Analia, Analeia, Anyla, Annalia, Analeah, Anali, Analy, Analiah
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Anala: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anala, updated 20 October 2026.