Anela
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEH-la
- Origin
- Hawaiian
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,895 for girls
Anela is a girls' name of Hawaiian origin, meaning “angel”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 2,895th for girls in the US (58 babies).
What does Anela mean?
Hawaiian: Hawaiian 'anela, from English angel
“angel”
Is Anela a girl's or a boy's name?
Anela is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 58 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anela in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 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, 6 girls in the UK were named Anela, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls.
2025 had the most girls named Anela of any year since it first appeared, in 2010.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Anela in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 1 | #7,664 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
How popular is Anela in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,895th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 58 about 1 in 28,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 58 girls in the US were named Anela, making it the 2,895th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,004th. Its busiest year was 2007, with 79 girls. It first appears in the records in 1959.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Anela than any year since 2014.
Half of all the girls named Anela in the US since 1880 were born between 2002 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anela in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 58 | #2,895 |
| 2024 | 54 | #3,013 |
| 2023 | 52 | #3,140 |
| 2022 | 51 | #3,170 |
| 2021 | 47 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 35 | #4,004 |
| 2019 | 37 | #3,922 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 51 | #3,145 |
| 2016 | 53 | #3,100 |
| 2015 | 42 | #3,649 |
| 2014 | 67 | #2,613 |
| 2013 | 52 | #3,122 |
| 2012 | 74 | #2,474 |
| 2011 | 71 | #2,533 |
| 2010 | 72 | #2,538 |
| 2009 | 66 | #2,729 |
| 2008 | 48 | #3,419 |
| 2007 | 79 | #2,394 |
| 2006 | 61 | #2,850 |
| 2005 | 53 | #3,005 |
| 2004 | 70 | #2,421 |
| 2003 | 70 | #2,365 |
| 2002 | 56 | #2,706 |
| 2001 | 48 | #2,959 |
| 2000 | 39 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 30 | #3,891 |
| 1998 | 30 | #3,828 |
| 1997 | 24 | #4,367 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 18 | #5,244 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 14 | #6,125 |
| 1989 | 6 | #10,841 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 15 | #4,961 |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,455 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 9 | #6,886 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 14 | #4,977 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,419 |
| 1978 | 13 | #4,931 |
| 1977 | 6 | #8,442 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 7 | #6,361 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
Names like Anela
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amara, Aria, Sienna, Amira, Alora, Ava, Athena, Arabella, Ayla, Aurora, Ariana, Ariella
Names related to Anela
Aniela, Analeia, Anella, Anelia, Anila, Aniella, Aneela, Anyla, Analeah, Analee, Analeya, Analea
More Hawaiian names
Kai, Leilani, Koa, Kailani, Kalani, Nalani, Makai, Keanu, Koah, Meilani, Kailany, Leilany, Laylani, Kaleo, Lani, Luana
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Anela: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anela, updated 20 October 2026.