Anabel

#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1887 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,780
since 1882

Anabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anabel has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201892peak #633, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,26533—
2024#3,57543—
2023#4,87327—
2022#3,31348—
2021#2,84859—
2020#2,71261—
2019#2,56168—
2018#1,925103—
2017#1,752120—
2016#1,560143—
2015#1,411164—
2014#911297—
2013#899285—
2012#967262—
2011#996254—
2010#950270—
2009#1,101232—
2008#961279—
2007#951285—
2006#1,036247—
2005#1,037231—
2004#965248—
2003#1,160186—
2002#1,002219—
2001#1,158180—
2000#1,113183—
1999#1,159168—
1998#1,173160—
1997#1,139164—
1996#1,155157—
1995#1,197143—
1994#1,095164—
1993#1,094165#8,7005
1992#999189—
1991#731284#5,9428
1990#747277#6,4157
1989#795239#4,81110
1988#960173—
1987#1,234115—
1986#1,129128—
1985#1,212114—
1984#1,157117—
1983#1,103124—
1982#1,243105#6,3855
1981#1,068132—
1980#921162—
1979#1,39488—
1978#1,29993—
1977#1,41479—
1976#1,46471—
1975#1,51667—
1974#1,42871—
1973#1,85745—
1972#1,85645—
1971#1,90645—
1970#2,16037—
1969#2,13435—
1968#2,36027—
1967#2,21229—
1966#1,91636—
1965#1,71543—
1964#1,94737—
1963#2,06133—
1962#2,31227—
1961#3,06017—
1960#2,30726—
1959#3,10415—
1958#2,66319—
1957#2,48621—
1956#2,38922—
1955#2,72517—
1954#3,9679—
1953——
1952#3,7969—
1951#4,8336—
1950#3,42310—
1949#3,6129—
1948#5,2435—
1947#4,7646—
1946#4,9605—
1945——
1944#3,1399—
1943#4,1966—
1942#2,81711—
1941#3,0309—
1940#2,73710—
1939#4,2505—
1938#4,3425—
1937#3,4347—
1936#3,1038—
1935#2,73110—
1934#2,18714—
1933#1,97016—
1932#2,13015—
1931#1,68621—
1930#1,87519—
1929#2,43713—
1928#1,89720—
1927#1,66925—
1926#1,54128—
1925#2,01819—
1924#1,20643—
1923#1,38833—
1922#1,36634—
1921#1,47631—
1920#1,62626—
1919#1,24237—
1918#1,23437—
1917#1,55224—
1916#1,16737—
1915#1,31729—
1914#1,54118—
1913#1,30819—
1912#1,47714—
1911#1,6569—
1910#1,26713—
1909#1,6078—
1908#1,08414—
1907#1,6397—
1906#96515—
1905#1,2989—
1904#1,17010—
1903#1,4407—
1902#1,2199—
1901——
1900#1,4318—
1899——
1898#1,7005—
1897#1,2637—
1896——
1895#1,2997—
1894#85013—
1893#1,2776—
1892#1,0858—
1891#1,0937—
1890——
1889#1,0257—
1888#1,2765—
1887#63313—
1886#9936—
1885#8427—
1884#1,0245—
1883#7547—
1882#9085—
1881——
1880——
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Anabel! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Anabel is popular in 1892

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Anabel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 690 spots since 2024 (#3,575 → #4,265)
  • 1,553 spots since 2020 (#2,712 → #4,265)
  • 2,854 spots since 2015 (#1,411 → #4,265)
  • Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1980 (#1,394 → #921)
  • Biggest drop: 674 spots in 1907 (#965 → #1,639)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1887 at #633 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1988–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,015
  • Highest: 1 in 6,015 girls born in 2014 were named Anabel (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #633 in 1887, was only 1 in 11,229 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 23.4% of all girls named Anabel (2,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#633 (1887)#932
1890s53#850 (1894)#1,224
1900s87#965 (1906)#1,317
1910s237#1,167 (1916)#1,376
1920s272#1,206 (1924)#1,662
1930s120#1,686 (1931)#2,771
1940s70#2,737 (1940)#3,833
1950s128#2,389 (1956)#3,265
1960s310#1,715 (1965)#2,202
1970s641#1,299 (1978)#1,629
1980s1,409#795 (1989)#1,082
1990s1,871#731 (1991)#1,049
2000s2,290#951 (2007)#1,048
2010s1,966#899 (2013)#1,393
2020s271#2,712 (2020)#3,598

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anabel in 1892

girls
#1,085
8 births · 1 in 26,542 girls

Top girls' names in 1892

  1. #1Mary13,172
  2. #2Anna5,542
  3. #3Elizabeth3,461
  4. #4Margaret3,435
  5. #5Ruth3,290
  6. #6Florence3,154
  7. #7Emma3,128
  8. #8Ethel3,035
  9. #9Helen2,936
  10. #10Clara2,661
  11. #1,085Anabel8
More about 1892

girls

212,339 girls got a published name in 1892; 1 in 26,542 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 34.7% of the 1,661 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anabel
  1. #1,017Verlie9
  2. #1,017Violetta9
  3. #1,017Zoa9
  4. #1,085Anabel8
  5. #1,085Agness8
  6. #1,085Aida8
  7. #1,085Alexina8
  8. #1,171Aggie7
  9. #1,171Alla7
  10. #1,171Alline7

Tied with 85 names at #1,085; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1891
Risers
  1. ↑ 553Lollie#1,093 → #540
  2. ↑ 536Leonore#1,332 → #796
  3. ↑ 528Gwendolyn#1,213 → #685
  4. ↑ 507Antonette#1,213 → #706
  5. ↑ 507Monnie#1,213 → #706
Fallers
  1. ↓ 700Nathalie#750 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 654Eudora#624 → #1,278
  3. ↓ 611Leva#839 → #1,450
  4. ↓ 611Roy#839 → #1,450
  5. ↓ 609Pollie#669 → #1,278

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1892 →