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 1993
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#559 · 1 in 3,285
- California#674 · 1 in 4,799
- Illinois#709 · 1 in 5,371
- Texas#736 · 1 in 5,270
- Florida#736 · 1 in 5,728
Best ever in a state: #246 in Idaho, 1991.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #559 | 8 | 1 in 3,285 |
| California | #674 | 52 | 1 in 4,799 |
| Illinois | #709 | 14 | 1 in 5,371 |
| Florida | #736 | 13 | 1 in 5,728 |
| Texas | #736 | 26 | 1 in 5,270 |
| Washington | #804 | 5 | 1 in 5,946 |
| New York | #872 | 16 | 1 in 7,069 |
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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 1993
Top girls' names in 1993
Top boys' names in 1993
More about 1993
girls
1,809,072 girls got a published name in 1993; 1 in 10,964 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 93.1% of the 15,801 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 13.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,089Juliet166
- #1,089Lia166
- #1,089Tiarra166
- #1,094Anabel165
- #1,094Adilene165
- #1,094Annmarie165
- #1,094Denisha165
- #1,100Lisette164
- #1,100Maci164
- #1,100Vanesa164
Tied with 5 names at #1,094; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,961,328 boys got a published name in 1993; 1 in 392,266 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 14.5% of the 10,170 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,470 names at #8,700; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.