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Anael

#7,917 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

God has answered

Anael has been given to 280 babies in the U.S. since 1999. In 2025 it ranked #7,917 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 22 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Anael, 2025

1 in 255,000

Anael over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
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Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Anael over time

In 2025, Anael went to 59% girls and 41% boys.

19992025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Anael: meaning, origin, and history

God has answered

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Anael means

Anael means “God has answered”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 215 girls were recorded with the name Anael between 1999 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 22 in 2022; its best national rank was #5,652 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #8,004 in 2020 to #7,917 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,647 in 2015 to #7,917 in 2025.

In the United States, 65 boys were recorded with the name Anael between 2003 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 12 in 2018; its best national rank was #6,719 in 2018.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #9,621 in 2020 to #8,296 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Anael?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 255,000
13 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 124,000
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#7,917
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
176,762 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Anael sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 176,762 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anael. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anaels were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anael was born before 2018 — so the typical Anael is around 7 today.

Median birth year
2018
About 7 years old
Biggest decade
2020s
42.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
93.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
215
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Choose a decade

2020s — 42.3% of all recorded uses (91).

Is Anael rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−959
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+87
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
+6,730
Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago
2.17×
More babies than then
Share of its own peak
59.1%
Peak was 2022 (22)
Years since peak
3
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
32.8% average annual change
Best rank ever
#5,652
2022

Spellings of Anael

Anael is not the most common spelling — Angela is, with 45.2% against Anael's 0.01%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Anael around the world

Where Anael ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    2025–2025
    #4,867
    in 2025
  • France
    1978–2025
    #2,391
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1995–2024
    #2,710
    in 2024

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Statistics Canada. ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Anael by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#7,917
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 87
Best rank ever
#5,652
2022
Peak year
2022
22 that year
First recorded
1999
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
215
Count in 2025
13

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#8,296
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 1,325
Best rank ever
#6,719
2018
Peak year
2018
12 that year
First recorded
2003
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
65
Count in 2025
9

Names similar to Anael

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Anael

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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