girl's name

Anabela

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,548

Anabela is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in France in 1972, when 100 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1966.

Anabela over time

Births per decade in France, 1960s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2020, not a full ten years.

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'60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anabela by decade in France
Decade Births
1960s 45
1970s 665
1980s 140
1990s 30
2000s 15
2010s 45
2020s (to 2020) 5

How popular is Anabela?

In 2020, Anabela was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Anabela is used

England & Wales #2,610 10 in 2023
Canada #3,753 5 in 2022
France #6,885 5 in 2020
United States #16,205 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Anabela is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Ana-Bela Ana-Bela is Anabela written with a hyphen, recorded mostly in France. 135

Names that peaked alongside Anabela

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anabela also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anabela over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Anabela

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anabela — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anabela

How popular is the name Anabela?

In 2020, Anabela was given to 5 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Is Anabela a girl's or a boy's name?

Anabela is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anabela most popular?

Anabela peaked in 1972, when 100 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Anabela a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anabela currently ranks #16,205 in France. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.