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The name Anibal is a boy's name of Spanish, American, Portuguese origin meaning "my grace is Ba'al".

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While Hannibal may always be associated with the fictional cannibal to English ears, this alternative form is an Anglicization of the Portuguese and Spanish variant, Aníbal. Familiar (though not popular) in Spain and Brazil, it also ranked briefly in the US during the 60s and 70s.
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Ultimately derived from Phoenician, it celebrates a number of storm and fertility Gods from Semitic mythology who were all given the title Ba'al.

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The name Anibal is currently ranked #3128 in U.S. births. and peaked for boys at #911 in 1976. The name is most popular in Texas, Texas, and Texas. Anibal is occasionally used for girls in 1994.

The name Anibal is a girl's name meaning "grace of Ba'al; loveable".

Typically used as the Spanish and Portuguese form of Hannibal and more traditionally written as as Aníbal, this name has appeared in the US stats for girls a number of times over the years. There are a couple of explanations for this: one is that it is simply the result of data-entry errors, another is that parents were honoring a family name in their daughter's name, while a third is that it was used as a creative respelling on Annabel.


The name Anibal peaked for girls at #9713 in 1977. Anibal is occasionally used for boys in 2025.

Year	US rank	Births	Per million
2014	#3,093	36	18.7
2015	#2,969	39	20.3
2016	#2,885	41	21.6
2017	#2,757	44	23.8
2018	#3,896	27	14.9
2019	#2,901	42	23.4
2020	#3,422	32	18.5
2021	#3,740	29	16.6
2022	#3,057	40	22.9
2023	#2,896	43	25.1
2024	#3,388	34	19.7
2025	#3,128	38	22.2

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