Anival
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- a-NEE-val
Anival is a boys' name, meaning “grace of Baal”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anival mean?
Spelling of Spanish Aníbal, from Punic Hannibal 'grace of Baal'
“grace of Baal”
A spelling of Spanish Aníbal, form of Hannibal, the Carthaginian general who crossed the Alps to invade Italy.
Is Anival a girl's or a boy's name?
Anival is a boys' name.
How popular is Anival in the US?
No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1990, with 13 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
Half of all the boys named Anival in the US since 1880 were born between 1986 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anival in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 5 | #12,232 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 5 | #12,267 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 6 | #10,915 |
| 2006 | 9 | #7,992 |
| 2005 | 8 | #8,292 |
| 2004 | 6 | #9,941 |
| 2003 | 6 | #9,574 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 10 | #6,438 |
| 2000 | 11 | #5,913 |
| 1999 | 6 | #8,697 |
| 1998 | 6 | #8,472 |
| 1997 | 10 | #5,636 |
| 1996 | 7 | #7,129 |
| 1995 | 6 | #7,785 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 12 | #4,690 |
| 1992 | 13 | #4,319 |
| 1991 | 13 | #4,223 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 11 | #4,521 |
| 1988 | 6 | #6,420 |
| 1987 | 7 | #5,453 |
| 1986 | 11 | #3,878 |
| 1985 | 7 | #5,142 |
| 1984 | 12 | #3,457 |
| 1983 | 9 | #4,139 |
| 1982 | 6 | #5,617 |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 10 | #3,426 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
Names like Anival
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Avi Aj Ravi Ajani Rishi Armani Aviv Akiva Aarav Atharva Aviraj Dhruv
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, “Anival: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anival, updated 20 October 2026.