Anjel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AHN-hel
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #8,239 for boys
Anjel is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “messenger”. In 2025 it ranked 8,239th for boys in the US (9 babies).
What does Anjel mean?
Greek: variant of Angel, from angelos
“messenger”
As a boy's name it follows Spanish Angel, from Greek angelos, which became the word for a heavenly messenger.
Is Anjel a girl's or a boy's name?
Anjel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anjel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,239among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 190,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 9 boys in the US were named Anjel, making it the 8,239th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,695th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 68 boys. It first appears in the records in 1954.
It has been given to fewer boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer boys named Anjel than any year since 1988.
Half of all the boys named Anjel in the US since 1880 were born between 1999 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2015, 16% of the babies named Anjel in the US were girls.
Anjel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #8,239 |
| 2024 | 13 | #6,464 |
| 2023 | 15 | #5,922 |
| 2022 | 22 | #4,566 |
| 2021 | 15 | #5,771 |
| 2020 | 15 | #5,695 |
| 2019 | 17 | #5,336 |
| 2018 | 24 | #4,222 |
| 2017 | 20 | #4,742 |
| 2016 | 19 | #4,941 |
| 2015 | 27 | #3,881 |
| 2014 | 34 | #3,232 |
| 2013 | 30 | #3,495 |
| 2012 | 32 | #3,368 |
| 2011 | 42 | #2,797 |
| 2010 | 52 | #2,401 |
| 2009 | 48 | #2,584 |
| 2008 | 59 | #2,236 |
| 2007 | 56 | #2,304 |
| 2006 | 64 | #2,061 |
| 2005 | 63 | #1,979 |
| 2004 | 38 | #2,737 |
| 2003 | 68 | #1,761 |
| 2002 | 35 | #2,681 |
| 2001 | 43 | #2,302 |
| 2000 | 26 | #3,213 |
| 1999 | 24 | #3,275 |
| 1998 | 21 | #3,482 |
| 1997 | 24 | #3,059 |
| 1996 | 26 | #2,833 |
| 1995 | 18 | #3,553 |
| 1994 | 17 | #3,745 |
| 1993 | 17 | #3,655 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 20 | #3,099 |
| 1990 | 13 | #4,161 |
| 1989 | 10 | #4,805 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 15 | #3,197 |
| 1986 | 7 | #5,327 |
| 1985 | 9 | #4,328 |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 6 | #5,466 |
| 1980 | 5 | #6,248 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #5,056 |
| 1977 | 5 | #5,843 |
| 1976 | 5 | #5,584 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 9 | #3,443 |
| 1972 | 5 | #4,983 |
| 1971 | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1970 | 6 | #4,228 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #4,063 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #3,825 |
Names like Anjel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Axel Angel Arjun Avi Armani Aarav Xander River Luca Abel Aryan Lucas
Names related to Anjel
More Greek names
Theodore Sophia George Theo Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris Maisie
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, “Anjel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anjel, updated 20 October 2026.