Anilah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ah-NEE-lah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- US rank, 2025
- #5,721 for girls
Anilah is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “wind, air”. In 2025 it ranked 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Anilah mean?
Sanskrit: spelling of Anila; feminine of Anil; also a separate Albanian name
“wind, air”
In Hindu tradition Anila is a name for Vayu, god of the wind; Anila is also a common name in Albania.
Meaning borrowed from Anila.
Is Anilah a girl's or a boy's name?
Anilah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anilah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Anilah, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,878th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 40 girls. It first appears in the records in 2004.
Half of all the girls named Anilah in the US since 1880 were born between 2011 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anilah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 24 | #5,245 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 17 | #6,686 |
| 2020 | 26 | #4,878 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 23 | #5,515 |
| 2016 | 28 | #4,849 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 40 | #3,853 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 26 | #5,245 |
| 2009 | 25 | #5,535 |
| 2008 | 26 | #5,431 |
| 2007 | 17 | #7,390 |
| 2006 | 16 | #7,480 |
| 2005 | 7 | #13,003 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
Names like Anilah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Hadassah Sariyah Zaniyah Kaliyah Alaiyah Aziyah Amoura Alaya Zaliyah Jaliyah Kamiyah
Names related to Anilah
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Anilah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anilah, updated 20 October 2026.