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
- Peak · girls
- 1887 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 9,780since 1882
Anabel over time
Rank among girls' names. Anabel has never cracked the top 600 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,265 | 33 | — | |
| 2024 | #3,575 | 43 | — | |
| 2023 | #4,873 | 27 | — | |
| 2022 | #3,313 | 48 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,848 | 59 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,712 | 61 | — | |
| 2019 | #2,561 | 68 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,925 | 103 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,752 | 120 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,560 | 143 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,411 | 164 | — | |
| 2014 | #911 | 297 | — | |
| 2013 | #899 | 285 | — | |
| 2012 | #967 | 262 | — | |
| 2011 | #996 | 254 | — | |
| 2010 | #950 | 270 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,101 | 232 | — | |
| 2008 | #961 | 279 | — | |
| 2007 | #951 | 285 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,036 | 247 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,037 | 231 | — | |
| 2004 | #965 | 248 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,160 | 186 | — | |
| 2002 | #1,002 | 219 | — | |
| 2001 | #1,158 | 180 | — | |
| 2000 | #1,113 | 183 | — | |
| 1999 | #1,159 | 168 | — | |
| 1998 | #1,173 | 160 | — | |
| 1997 | #1,139 | 164 | — | |
| 1996 | #1,155 | 157 | — | |
| 1995 | #1,197 | 143 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,095 | 164 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,094 | 165 | #8,700 | 5 |
| 1992 | #999 | 189 | — | |
| 1991 | #731 | 284 | #5,942 | 8 |
| 1990 | #747 | 277 | #6,415 | 7 |
| 1989 | #795 | 239 | #4,811 | 10 |
| 1988 | #960 | 173 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,234 | 115 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,129 | 128 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,212 | 114 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,157 | 117 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,103 | 124 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,243 | 105 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #1,068 | 132 | — | |
| 1980 | #921 | 162 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,394 | 88 | — | |
| 1978 | #1,299 | 93 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,414 | 79 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,464 | 71 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,516 | 67 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,428 | 71 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,857 | 45 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,856 | 45 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,906 | 45 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,160 | 37 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,134 | 35 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,360 | 27 | — | |
| 1967 | #2,212 | 29 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,916 | 36 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,715 | 43 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,947 | 37 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #2,312 | 27 | — | |
| 1961 | #3,060 | 17 | — | |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 | — | |
| 1959 | #3,104 | 15 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #2,486 | 21 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,725 | 17 | — | |
| 1954 | #3,967 | 9 | — | |
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | #3,796 | 9 | — | |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 | — | |
| 1950 | #3,423 | 10 | — | |
| 1949 | #3,612 | 9 | — | |
| 1948 | #5,243 | 5 | — | |
| 1947 | #4,764 | 6 | — | |
| 1946 | #4,960 | 5 | — | |
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | #3,139 | 9 | — | |
| 1943 | #4,196 | 6 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,817 | 11 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #2,737 | 10 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | #3,434 | 7 | — | |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 | — | |
| 1935 | #2,731 | 10 | — | |
| 1934 | #2,187 | 14 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 | — | |
| 1932 | #2,130 | 15 | — | |
| 1931 | #1,686 | 21 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,875 | 19 | — | |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,897 | 20 | — | |
| 1927 | #1,669 | 25 | — | |
| 1926 | #1,541 | 28 | — | |
| 1925 | #2,018 | 19 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1923 | #1,388 | 33 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,366 | 34 | — | |
| 1921 | #1,476 | 31 | — | |
| 1920 | #1,626 | 26 | — | |
| 1919 | #1,242 | 37 | — | |
| 1918 | #1,234 | 37 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,552 | 24 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,167 | 37 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,317 | 29 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,541 | 18 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,477 | 14 | — | |
| 1911 | #1,656 | 9 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,267 | 13 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,607 | 8 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,084 | 14 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 | — | |
| 1906 | #965 | 15 | — | |
| 1905 | #1,298 | 9 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,170 | 10 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,219 | 9 | — | |
| 1901 | — | — | ||
| 1900 | #1,431 | 8 | — | |
| 1899 | — | — | ||
| 1898 | #1,700 | 5 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,263 | 7 | — | |
| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | #1,299 | 7 | — | |
| 1894 | #850 | 13 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,277 | 6 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,085 | 8 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,025 | 7 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1886 | #993 | 6 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #1,024 | 5 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
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 1979
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Texas#474 · 1 in 3,175
- California#723 · 1 in 5,833
- Illinois#966 · 1 in 9,337
Best ever in a state: #246 in Idaho, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | #474 | 35 | 1 in 3,175 |
| California | #723 | 28 | 1 in 5,833 |
| Illinois | #966 | 8 | 1 in 9,337 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Anabel
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1887 at #633 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1988–1992
- 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
- 23.4% of all girls named Anabel (2,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 55 | #633 (1887) | #932 |
| 1890s | 53 | #850 (1894) | #1,224 |
| 1900s | 87 | #965 (1906) | #1,317 |
| 1910s | 237 | #1,167 (1916) | #1,376 |
| 1920s | 272 | #1,206 (1924) | #1,662 |
| 1930s | 120 | #1,686 (1931) | #2,771 |
| 1940s | 70 | #2,737 (1940) | #3,833 |
| 1950s | 128 | #2,389 (1956) | #3,265 |
| 1960s | 310 | #1,715 (1965) | #2,202 |
| 1970s | 641 | #1,299 (1978) | #1,629 |
| 1980s | 1,409 | #795 (1989) | #1,082 |
| 1990s | 1,871 | #731 (1991) | #1,049 |
| 2000s | 2,290 | #951 (2007) | #1,048 |
| 2010s | 1,966 | #899 (2013) | #1,393 |
| 2020s | 271 | #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 1979
Top girls' names in 1979
More about 1979
girls
1,605,268 girls got a published name in 1979; 1 in 18,242 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 88.4% of the 11,972 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,377Shay89
- #1,377Tamisha89
- #1,377Tesha89
- #1,394Anabel88
- #1,394Alishia88
- #1,394Blair88
- #1,394Carlene88
- #1,410Coral87
- #1,410Ethel87
- #1,410Ilana87
Tied with 15 names at #1,394; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.