Anelia

#5,254 in 2025Girls' name

Alternate transcription of Aneliya

Anelia has been given to 280 babies in the U.S. since 1920. In 2025 it ranked #5,254 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2025, with 24 recorded.

Babies named Anelia, 2025

1 in 138,000

Anelia over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Anelia: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Aneliya

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Anelia means

Anelia is a alternate transcription of Aneliya.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Aneliya.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 280 girls were recorded with the name Anelia between 1920 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 2025; its best national rank was #3,979 in 1920.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #7,240 in 2020 to #5,254 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,664 in 2015 to #5,254 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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Anelia?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 138,000; 24 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 67,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #5,254; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 95,747 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Anelia 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 95,747 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Anelia. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Anelias were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Anelia was born before 2016 — so the typical Anelia is around 9 today.

Median birth year: 2016; About 9 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 35.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 86.4%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 268; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 35.0% of all recorded uses (98).

Is Anelia 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: +1,161; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +1,986; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +9,410; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 4.00×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 100.0%; Peak was 2025 (24)
Years since peak: Peaking now; At its all-time high
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 42.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,979; 1920

Spellings of Anelia

Anelia is not the most common spelling — Angela is, with 38.3% against Anelia's 0.02%.

Angela38.3%673,257
Amelia16.0%281,130
Angelina7.2%126,281
Angelica5.3%93,217
Celia3.2%56,642
Shelia2.7%47,780
Alexia2.6%46,192
Delia2.1%37,318

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.

Anelia around the world

Where Anelia 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
2010–2023
#4,057
in 2023
France
1994–2025
#2,275
in 2025
Canada
2018–2018
#2,616
in 2018

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.

Anelia by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #5,254
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 1,986
Best rank ever: #3,979; 1920
Peak year: 2025; 24 that year
First recorded: 1920
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 280
Count in 2025: 24

Names similar to Anelia

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

Aneliz Anelis Anevay Anella Aneira Aneli Anelly Aneth Aneeka Aneri Anely Anesa Jahlia Dhalia Emalia Arelia Omelia Laelia Nahlia Emylia Anelise Kailia Aneita Anelie

Sibling names for Anelia

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

For a sister

Leonor Karleigh Keren Kendyl Hayleigh Shaniya Eloisa Leigha

For a brother

Evans Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden Leander

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