Annabel

#2,064 for girls in 2025, 91 births

Peak · girls
#447
2014 · 716 births
Debut · girls
1880
13 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
14,974
since 1880

Annabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Annabel has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201881peak #447, 2014girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#2,06491
2024#1,598131
2023#1,802112
2022#1,573135
2021#1,327169
2020#1,214188
2019#1,109220
2018#951279
2017#789348
2016#701410
2015#621463
2014#447716
2013#481632
2012#519584
2011#539538
2010#629467
2009#711405
2008#799361
2007#796361
2006#844318
2005#776338
2004#850289
2003#859281
2002#812285
2001#855266
2000#941227
1999#1,044195
1998#1,069182
1997#1,206149
1996#1,328128
1995#1,286130
1994#1,416113
1993#1,485107
1992#1,548100
1991#1,485106
1990#1,325122
1989#1,373110
1988#1,49191
1987#1,59178
1986#1,73667
1985#1,56277
1984#1,81259
1983#2,04749
1982#2,28843
1981#1,91256
1980#1,80560
1979#2,27342
1978#1,93850
1977#2,02647
1976#1,77553
1975#1,96345
1974#2,17237
1973#2,40531
1972#2,35631
1971#2,10739
1970#2,57728
1969#2,13435
1968#2,29628
1967#1,84840
1966#1,95235
1965#1,59549
1964#1,86740
1963#1,98135
1962#1,98934
1961#1,66646
1960#2,01332
1959#2,02131
1958#2,26025
1957#2,65119
1956#3,04815
1955#2,10826
1954#2,45020
1953#1,70734
1952#1,57837
1951#2,01624
1950#1,72030
1949#1,91725
1948#2,00823
1947#1,79029
1946#1,80825
1945#1,74323
1944#2,19916
1943#1,83422
1942#1,80422
1941#1,35532
1940#1,51826
1939#1,16039
1938#1,38229
1937#1,33030
1936#1,37528
1935#1,24433
1934#1,07942
1933#1,08541
1932#86964
1931#87661
1930#92662
1929#82873
1928#82576
1927#73993
1926#686113
1925#693113
1924#669123
1923#683118
1922#671118
1921#649130
1920#628130
1919#631124
1918#622129
1917#621121
1916#589129
1915#622112
1914#61387
1913#65163
1912#63261
1911#59451
1910#63045
1909#76128
1908#66434
1907#63734
1906#91716
1905#68327
1904#83719
1903#65426
1902#73422
1901#53832
1900#56737
1899#62924
1898#58630
1897#78616
1896#51433
1895#81515
1894#74416
1893#54726
1892#59022
1891#66916
1890#59919
1889#51624
1888#61217
1887#63313
1886#57215
1885#69510
1884#64011
1883#6928
1882#59610
1881#7406
1880#46613
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annabel was already there! It came in at #466, and was given to 13 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1881, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Annabel is popular in 1881

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Annabel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 466 spots since 2024 (#1,598 → #2,064)
  • 850 spots since 2020 (#1,214 → #2,064)
  • 1,443 spots since 2015 (#621 → #2,064)
  • Biggest jump: 301 spots in 1896 (#815 → #514)
  • Biggest drop: 274 spots in 1881 (#466 → #740)
Rise & fade · girls
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2014 at #447 (716 births)
  • Births halved by 2017, 3 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 72 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 72 yrs · run 1880–1932
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,495
  • Highest: 1 in 2,495 girls born in 2014 were named Annabel (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 17,662 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 31.1% of all girls named Annabel (4,657) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s127#466 (1880)#616
1890s217#514 (1896)#648
1900s275#538 (1901)#699
1910s922#589 (1916)#621
1920s1,087#628 (1920)#707
1930s429#869 (1932)#1,133
1940s243#1,355 (1941)#1,798
1950s261#1,578 (1952)#2,156
1960s374#1,595 (1965)#1,934
1970s403#1,775 (1976)#2,159
1980s690#1,373 (1989)#1,762
1990s1,332#1,044 (1999)#1,319
2000s3,131#711 (2009)#824
2010s4,657#447 (2014)#679
2020s826#1,214 (2020)#1,596

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.

Annabel in 1881

girls
#740
6 births · 1 in 15,326 girls

Top girls' names in 1881

  1. #1Mary6,919
  2. #2Anna2,698
  3. #3Emma2,034
  4. #4Elizabeth1,852
  5. #5Margaret1,658
  6. #6Minnie1,653
  7. #7Ida1,439
  8. #8Annie1,326
  9. #9Bertha1,324
  10. #10Alice1,308
  11. #740Annabel6
More about 1881

girls

91,953 girls got a published name in 1881; 1 in 15,326 of them was named Annabel, which outranked 21.1% of the 938 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annabel
  1. #679Will7
  2. #679Zetta7
  3. #679Zillah7
  4. #740Annabel6
  5. #740Aida6
  6. #740Albertine6
  7. #740Allene6
  8. #830Aggie5
  9. #830Alba5
  10. #830Aletha5

Tied with 89 names at #740; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1880
Risers
  1. ↑ 431Isa#836 → #405
  2. ↑ 389Opal#836 → #447
  3. ↑ 345Natalie#836 → #491
  4. ↑ 304Arvilla#738 → #434
  5. ↑ 304Lauretta#738 → #434
Fallers
  1. ↓ 381Avis#449 → #830
  2. ↓ 365Clementine#375 → #740
  3. ↓ 364Eleanore#466 → #830
  4. ↓ 364Lonnie#466 → #830
  5. ↓ 319Luvenia#421 → #740

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

See the top 100 for 1881 →