Anzel
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- AN-zel
- Origin
- Germanic
- US rank, 2025
- #5,606 for boys
Anzel is a boys' name of Germanic origin, meaning “god + helmet”. In 2025 it ranked 5,606th for boys in the US (16 babies).
What does Anzel mean?
Germanic: probably a respelling of Ansel, from Anselm
“god + helmet”
Ansel is a medieval form of Anselm, as borne by St Anselm, Archbishop of Canterbury.
Is Anzel a girl's or a boy's name?
Anzel is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 16 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anzel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,606th among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 110,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 16 boys in the US were named Anzel, making it the 5,606th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. It first appears in the records in 2008.
2025 had the most boys named Anzel of any year since it first appeared, in 2008.
Half of all the boys named Anzel in the US since 1880 were born between 2015 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anzel in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #5,606 |
| 2024 | 15 | #5,899 |
| 2023 | 8 | #8,916 |
| 2022 | 11 | #7,256 |
| 2021 | 13 | #6,330 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 12 | #6,721 |
| 2015 | 12 | #6,671 |
| 2014 | 7 | #9,636 |
| 2013 | 5 | #12,129 |
| 2012 | 7 | #9,703 |
| 2011 | 6 | #10,801 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
Names like Anzel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ares, Aziel, Axel, Azriel, Ansel, Azai, Abdiel, Archer, Atlas, Hendrix, Luca, Thiago
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Anzel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anzel, updated 20 October 2026.