Anibal
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ah-NEE-bahl
- US rank, 2025
- #3,127 for boys
Anibal is a boys' name, meaning “grace of Baal”. In 2025 it ranked 3,127th for boys in the US (38 babies).
What does Anibal mean?
Phoenician (Punic), via the Spanish form of Hannibal
“grace of Baal”
A form of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who led an army with elephants across the Alps against Rome in 218 BC.
Is Anibal a girl's or a boy's name?
Anibal is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 38 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anibal in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,127th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 38 about 1 in 45,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 14% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 38 boys in the US were named Anibal, making it the 3,127th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,416th. Its busiest year was 1990, with 92 boys. It first appears in the records in 1914.
Half of all the boys named Anibal in the US since 1880 were born between 1969 and 2001, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anibal in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 38 | #3,127 |
| 2024 | 34 | #3,392 |
| 2023 | 43 | #2,894 |
| 2022 | 40 | #3,051 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 32 | #3,416 |
| 2019 | 42 | #2,896 |
| 2018 | 27 | #3,887 |
| 2017 | 44 | #2,754 |
| 2016 | 41 | #2,884 |
| 2015 | 39 | #2,965 |
| 2014 | 36 | #3,088 |
| 2013 | 35 | #3,120 |
| 2012 | 41 | #2,867 |
| 2011 | 39 | #2,949 |
| 2010 | 33 | #3,307 |
| 2009 | 62 | #2,167 |
| 2008 | 47 | #2,631 |
| 2007 | 47 | #2,602 |
| 2006 | 68 | #1,966 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 40 | #2,639 |
| 2003 | 40 | #2,541 |
| 2002 | 39 | #2,500 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 48 | #2,083 |
| 1999 | 40 | #2,260 |
| 1998 | 47 | #2,009 |
| 1997 | 44 | #2,021 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,398 |
| 1995 | 62 | #1,522 |
| 1994 | 60 | #1,539 |
| 1993 | 75 | #1,308 |
| 1992 | 75 | #1,296 |
| 1991 | 74 | #1,302 |
| 1990 | 92 | #1,113 |
| 1989 | 72 | #1,276 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,122 |
| 1987 | 61 | #1,246 |
| 1986 | 69 | #1,135 |
| 1985 | 66 | #1,146 |
| 1984 | 50 | #1,319 |
| 1983 | 77 | #1,006 |
| 1982 | 58 | #1,216 |
| 1981 | 61 | #1,177 |
| 1980 | 44 | #1,432 |
| 1979 | 47 | #1,352 |
| 1978 | 55 | #1,203 |
| 1977 | 60 | #1,121 |
| 1976 | 83 | #911 |
| 1975 | 64 | #1,029 |
| 1974 | 65 | #1,019 |
| 1973 | 56 | #1,082 |
| 1972 | 59 | #1,050 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,047 |
| 1970 | 59 | #1,063 |
| 1969 | 59 | #1,000 |
| 1968 | 50 | #1,047 |
| 1967 | 53 | #992 |
| 1966 | 54 | #991 |
| 1965 | 52 | #1,020 |
| 1964 | 52 | #1,044 |
| 1963 | 51 | #1,068 |
| 1962 | 42 | #1,203 |
| 1961 | 62 | #979 |
| 1960 | 37 | #1,294 |
| 1959 | 55 | #1,033 |
| 1958 | 45 | #1,147 |
| 1957 | 41 | #1,213 |
| 1956 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1955 | 30 | #1,395 |
| 1954 | 25 | #1,524 |
| 1953 | 20 | #1,708 |
| 1952 | 20 | #1,700 |
| 1951 | 20 | #1,682 |
| 1950 | 12 | #2,206 |
| 1949 | 10 | #2,452 |
| 1948 | 7 | #3,009 |
| 1947 | 8 | #2,861 |
| 1946 | 8 | #2,689 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 6 | #3,229 |
| 1942 | 6 | #3,211 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,130 |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 9 | #2,479 |
| 1936 | 5 | #3,548 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 5 | #3,774 |
| 1931 | 5 | #3,761 |
| 1930 | 9 | #2,779 |
| 1929 | 6 | #3,557 |
| 1928 | 5 | #4,149 |
| 1927 | 10 | #2,702 |
| 1926 | 6 | #3,706 |
| 1925 | 11 | #2,586 |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 6 | #3,819 |
| 1922 | 7 | #3,530 |
| 1921 | 5 | #4,320 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,114 |
| 1918 | 5 | #4,178 |
| 1917 | 5 | #3,979 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 5 | #3,263 |
Names like Anibal
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ariel, Gabriel, Adrian, Rafael, Alexis, Anthony, Christopher, Jonathan, Ismael, Adam, Zachary, Jeremy
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, “Anibal: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anibal, updated 20 October 2026.