Canela

#15,360 in 2025Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Canela has been given to 62 babies in the U.S. since 2000. In 2025 it ranked #15,360 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2010, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Canela, 2025

1 in 663,000

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Canela: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Canela means

Canela is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Canela is used in Spanish.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Canela is pronounced /kaˈnela/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 62 girls were recorded with the name Canela between 2000 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2010; its best national rank was #12,459 in 2021.

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.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Canela?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 321,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #15,360; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Canela 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Canela. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Canelas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Canela was born before 2011 — so the typical Canela is around 14 today.

Median birth year: 2011; About 14 years old
Biggest decade: 2010s; 38.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 91.9%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 62; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2010s — 38.7% of all recorded uses (24).

Is Canela 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 71.4%; Peak was 2010 (7)
Years since peak: 15; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 13.5% average annual change
Best rank ever: #12,459; 2021

Spellings of Canela

Canela is not the most common spelling — Angela is, with 37.2% against Canela's <0.01%.

Angela37.2%673,257
Pamela32.9%595,076
Carla8.3%150,390
Camila6.8%123,854
Daniela3.8%68,514
Carmela1.4%24,506
Chanel1.1%19,097
Janell0.87%15,733

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.

Canela by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #15,360
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #12,459; 2021
Peak year: 2010; 7 that year
First recorded: 2000
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 62
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Canela

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

Candela Canyla Canon Candid Canada Canyon Nayela Amiela Zarela Canaan Canice Briela Anyela Canary Canna Azaela Cansas Azriela Xaela Candle Candas Mirela Adriela Vaela

Sibling names for Canela

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

Abagail Shyann Halie Allyssa Sydni Sydnie Rhianna Alysa

For a brother

Aaden Kale Brennen Jerimiah Gavyn Jorden Jarod Keven

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