Annabelle

#343 for girls in 2025, 891 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2014 · 4,363 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
4 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
67,543
since 1880

Annabelle over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201896peak #57, 2014girls
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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#343891—
2024#348897—
2023#340917—
2022#322997—
2021#2741,147—
2020#2201,322—
2019#1701,700—
2018#1421,989—
2017#1182,625—
2016#1043,001—
2015#923,283—
2014#574,363—
2013#813,560—
2012#993,058#12,2745
2011#1112,732—
2010#1172,640—
2009#1562,057#12,4915
2008#1881,813—
2007#1961,731—
2006#2071,667—
2005#2391,405—
2004#3001,067—
2003#2921,063—
2002#331917—
2001#349862—
2000#464597—
1999#499521—
1998#641359—
1997#848241—
1996#926211—
1995#970194—
1994#1,312129—
1993#1,518103—
1992#1,486106—
1991#1,77980—
1990#1,90573—
1989#1,58788—
1988#1,96861—
1987#2,15650—
1986#2,05252—
1985#2,02153—
1984#1,72663—
1983#2,02250—
1982#2,02451—
1981#1,93555—
1980#1,90456—
1979#2,02050—
1978#2,39037—
1977#1,83255—
1976#1,43373—
1975#1,93546—
1974#1,77250—
1973#1,47864—
1972#1,67453—
1971#1,61358—
1970#1,38975—
1969#1,22683—
1968#1,74945—
1967#1,50655—
1966#1,35165—
1965#1,36665—
1964#1,41963—
1963#1,62349—
1962#1,47657—
1961#1,32770—
1960#1,37364—
1959#1,32665—
1958#1,29966—
1957#1,42755—
1956#1,47052—
1955#2,10826—
1954#1,39252—
1953#1,43946—
1952#1,25657—
1951#1,13368—
1950#890100—
1949#835111—
1948#801116—
1947#829112—
1946#767115—
1945#728105—
1944#631134—
1943#652135—
1942#600153—
1941#559156—
1940#504188—
1939#479194—
1938#456218—
1937#499175—
1936#440215—
1935#415248—
1934#380282—
1933#396263—
1932#336356—
1931#298452—
1930#309462—
1929#303480—
1928#274566—
1927#276567—
1926#266629—
1925#278574—
1924#254673—
1923#260615—
1922#266584—
1921#262631—
1920#273571—
1919#294472—
1918#288484—
1917#275500—
1916#282448—
1915#284427—
1914#295315—
1913#305240—
1912#310219—
1911#309164—
1910#361121—
1909#347108—
1908#335113—
1907#36394—
1906#38878—
1905#35290—
1904#37776—
1903#40760—
1902#38765—
1901#40454—
1900#38873—
1899#43345—
1898#35577—
1897#56728—
1896#43444—
1895#43742—
1894#49433—
1893#48731—
1892#41341—
1891#44033—
1890#40040—
1889#45429—
1888#57219—
1887#47122—
1886#47621—
1885#39427—
1884#55614—
1883#57911—
1882#37722—
1881#47013—
1880#5809—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annabelle was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.

Where Annabelle is popular in 1896

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Annabelle
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#348 → #343)
  • 123 spots since 2020 (#220 → #343)
  • 251 spots since 2015 (#92 → #343)
  • Biggest jump: 342 spots in 1995 (#1,312 → #970)
  • Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1951 (#890 → #1,133)
Rise & fade · girls
134 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2014 at #57 (4,363 births)
  • Births halved by 2018, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2012–2015
  • Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 409
  • Highest: 1 in 409 girls born in 2014 were named Annabelle (0.24%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,804 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 42.9% of all girls named Annabelle (28,951) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #254 (1924) → #2,390 (1978) → #57 (2014)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s187#377 (1882)#493
1890s414#355 (1898)#446
1900s811#335 (1908)#375
1910s3,390#275 (1917)#300
1920s5,890#254 (1924)#271
1930s2,865#298 (1931)#401
1940s1,325#504 (1940)#691
1950s587#890 (1950)#1,374
1960s616#1,226 (1969)#1,442
1970s561#1,389 (1970)#1,754
1980s579#1,587 (1989)#1,940
1990s2,017#499 (1999)#1,188
2000s13,179#156 (2009)#272
2010s28,951#57 (2014)#109
2020s6,171#220 (2020)#308

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.

Annabelle in 1896

girls
#434
44 births · 1 in 5,407 girls

Top girls' names in 1896

  1. #1Mary13,811
  2. #2Anna5,860
  3. #3Helen4,392
  4. #4Margaret4,050
  5. #5Ruth3,905
  6. #6Ethel3,502
  7. #7Elizabeth3,471
  8. #8Florence3,323
  9. #9Marie3,087
  10. #10Emma2,872
  11. #434Annabelle44
More about 1896

girls

237,918 girls got a published name in 1896; 1 in 5,407 of them was named Annabelle, which outranked 76.2% of the 1,825 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annabelle
  1. #428Lorraine45
  2. #428Odessa45
  3. #428Peggy45
  4. #434Annabelle44
  5. #434Connie44
  6. #434Corine44
  7. #434Lennie44
  8. #440Albina43
  9. #440Bella43
  10. #440Ester43

Tied with 5 names at #434; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1895
Risers
  1. ↑ 749Jeanie#1,592 → #843
  2. ↑ 698Vernice#1,426 → #728
  3. ↑ 689Buena#1,592 → #903
  4. ↑ 689Odell#1,592 → #903
  5. ↑ 642Albertina#1,592 → #950
Fallers
  1. ↓ 858Theodosia#725 → #1,583
  2. ↓ 794Dagmar#622 → #1,416
  3. ↓ 725Carl#858 → #1,583
  4. ↓ 691Palma#725 → #1,416
  5. ↓ 690Adline#893 → #1,583

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

See the top 100 for 1896 →