girl's name
Anabel
- Gender Girl
- Letters 6
- Popularity Uncommon
- Births on record 11,967
Ireland
#819
2018 births
Anabel is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 33 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
- Peaked in 2014, when 297 babies were given the name.
- It has been falling over the past decade.
- Today about 1 in 100,472 babies in the United States is given this name.
- First appears in US birth records in 1882.
Anabel over time
Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.
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| Decade | Births |
|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 |
| 1890s | 53 |
| 1900s | 87 |
| 1910s | 237 |
| 1920s | 272 |
| 1930s | 120 |
| 1940s | 70 |
| 1950s | 128 |
| 1960s | 310 |
| 1970s | 641 |
| 1980s | 1,424 |
| 1990s | 1,891 |
| 2000s | 2,290 |
| 2010s | 1,966 |
| 2020s (to 2025) | 271 |
How popular is Anabel?
In 2025, Anabel was given to 33 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Where Anabel is used
US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.
Names that peaked alongside Anabel
These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.
Parents who like Anabel also like
Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anabel over the last century — the same taste, a different name.
Sibling names for Anabel
Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anabel — the two things that make a sibling set grate.
Common questions about Anabel
How popular is the name Anabel?
In 2025, Anabel was given to 33 babies in the United States. It is used consistently but remains uncommon.
Is Anabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Anabel is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.
When was Anabel most popular?
Anabel peaked in 2014, when 297 babies were given the name. It has been falling over the past decade.
Is Anabel a good name?
That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anabel currently ranks #4,000 in the United States. It has been falling over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.