Anapaula
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-na-POW-la
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #5,409 for girls
Anapaula is a girls' name of Modern origin, meaning “grace + small”. In 2025 it ranked 5,409th for girls in the US (23 babies).
What does Anapaula mean?
Modern: Spanish and Portuguese double name Ana Paula written as one
“grace + small”
Ana is the Spanish and Portuguese form of Hannah; Paula comes from Latin paulus, 'small'.
Is Anapaula a girl's or a boy's name?
Anapaula is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 23 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anapaula in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,409among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 23about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 23 girls in the US were named Anapaula, making it the 5,409th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,356th. Its busiest year was 2022, with 37 girls. It first appears in the records in 1996.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Anapaula than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Anapaula in the US since 1880 were born between 2007 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anapaula in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 23 | #5,409 |
| 2024 | 27 | #4,890 |
| 2023 | 34 | #4,189 |
| 2022 | 37 | #3,961 |
| 2021 | 27 | #4,829 |
| 2020 | 31 | #4,356 |
| 2019 | 24 | #5,304 |
| 2018 | 32 | #4,356 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 26 | #5,129 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 21 | #6,014 |
| 2012 | 26 | #5,251 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 14 | #8,450 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 26 | #5,374 |
| 2006 | 18 | #6,838 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 12 | #8,189 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 6 | #12,065 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
Nicknames for Anapaula
- Ana 103 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anapaula
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avianna Ximena Amaria Alora Analia Amora Solana Ariana Ariadna Aliana Xiomara Luciana
Names related to Anapaula
More Modern names
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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, “Anapaula: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anapaula, updated 20 October 2026.