Anaila

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 7 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Anaila by the numbers

Anaila was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 9 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Anaila

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anaila. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anilawind; one of Hindu mythology15 in the US (2017)
  • Analafire12 in the US (2017)
  • Anaiya25 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anaira8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anaiza40 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anayla25 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anaila

Names that are said the same way as Anaila, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Anelaangel51 in the US (2017)
  • Annaleagrace and lea meadow; a modern blend of Anna and Lea30 in the US (2017)
  • Anyelaangel; a form of Angela5 in the US (2017)
  • Anyla155 in the US (2017)
  • Anylah91 in the US (2017)
  • Aniylah62 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Anaila

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