Anella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEL-a
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Anella is a girls' name of Hebrew origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
Where does Anella come from?
Hebrew: probably an elaboration of Anna
Is Anella a girl's or a boy's name?
Anella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Anella, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2021, with 6 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Anella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
How popular is Anella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Anella, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,165th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 27 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
Half of all the girls named Anella in the US since 1880 were born between 1990 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 14 | #7,590 |
| 2023 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 20 | #5,951 |
| 2020 | 24 | #5,165 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 14 | #7,836 |
| 2016 | 16 | #7,227 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 11 | #9,512 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 27 | #5,112 |
| 2011 | 10 | #10,370 |
| 2010 | 12 | #9,227 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,375 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 5 | #15,426 |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 6 | #7,678 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 7 | #4,343 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 5 | #4,966 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 5 | #4,812 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
Nicknames for Anella
Names like Anella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella, Ava, Aurora, Ariella, Aria, Eliza, Maeva, Isla, Isabella, Eliana, Luna, Athena
Names related to Anella
Aniela, Anaelle, Anelia, Anela, Aniella, Aneela, Anely, Annaelle, Anel, Aneli
More Hebrew names
Noah, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias, Mateo, Elsie
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, “Anella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anella, updated 20 October 2026.