Anel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NEL
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Anel is a girls' name. In 2025 it ranked 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
Where does Anel come from?
Uncertain; used in Mexico and as a Kazakh name
Is Anel a girl's or a boy's name?
Anel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 7 girls in the US were named Anel, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 76 girls. It first appears in the records in 1971.
2025 had the fewest girls named Anel since it first appeared, in 1971.
Half of all the girls named Anel in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2009, 82% of the babies named Anel in the US were girls.
Anel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 12 | #8,481 |
| 2022 | 11 | #9,050 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 18 | #6,410 |
| 2018 | 15 | #7,405 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 15 | #7,610 |
| 2014 | 24 | #5,454 |
| 2013 | 19 | #6,459 |
| 2012 | 10 | #10,424 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 17 | #7,214 |
| 2009 | 40 | #3,869 |
| 2008 | 37 | #4,178 |
| 2007 | 57 | #3,047 |
| 2006 | 43 | #3,616 |
| 2005 | 39 | #3,726 |
| 2004 | 50 | #3,067 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 50 | #2,931 |
| 2001 | 44 | #3,138 |
| 2000 | 38 | #3,448 |
| 1999 | 42 | #3,096 |
| 1998 | 50 | #2,688 |
| 1997 | 45 | #2,730 |
| 1996 | 43 | #2,792 |
| 1995 | 45 | #2,682 |
| 1994 | 64 | #2,119 |
| 1993 | 41 | #2,877 |
| 1992 | 57 | #2,290 |
| 1991 | 76 | #1,851 |
| 1990 | 55 | #2,284 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 29 | #3,166 |
| 1986 | 28 | #3,201 |
| 1985 | 25 | #3,418 |
| 1984 | 35 | #2,624 |
| 1983 | 33 | #2,658 |
| 1982 | 34 | #2,704 |
| 1981 | 33 | #2,723 |
| 1980 | 35 | #2,651 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 47 | #2,012 |
| 1977 | 52 | #1,901 |
| 1976 | 36 | #2,292 |
| 1975 | 44 | #1,986 |
| 1974 | 58 | #1,616 |
| 1973 | 37 | #2,127 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
Names like Anel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angel, Abigail, Autumn, Ariel, Amber, Rachel, Itzel, Ashley, Jasmine, Jordan, Aubrey, Taylor
Names related to Anel
Yaneli, Anela, Anyeli, Yanely, Aniela, Anella, Anael, Anneli
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, “Anel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anel, updated 20 October 2026.