Anela
Anela a given name.Anela Choy, American oceanographer Anela Lubina, Crotian footballer
Meaning & Origin of Anela
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anela a given name.Anela Choy, American oceanographer Anela Lubina, Crotian footballer
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The Story of Anela
American parents first put Anela on the record books as a baby girl name in 1959, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2007, when 79 Anelas were born — ranking #2,394 that year. About 32% of every Anela on record arrived during the 2000s, its defining decade. As of 2026, Anela ranks #2,830 for baby girls with 59 births, rising sharply (+39% over the past five years). All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Anela
Anela is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Anela's peak popularity came in 2007 when it ranked #2,368. Use the chart and map above to compare Anela's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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