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How popular is the name Anabel?
Births per year, rank history and how many Anabels are alive today.
Anabel (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Annabelle in England and Wales, ranked 3705th in 2025 and given to 6 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2014, when 39 babies were given the name, the 940th most popular that year. It has declined since 2014; the 2025 figure is roughly 15% of its peak.
Across all spellings of the name, the Annabelle you are most likely to meet is around 11 years old. Half of all Annabelles born in England and Wales are between 9 and 21, and there are at least 17,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 5.3% chance that at least one of them will be called Annabelle.
How many babies are named Anabel each year?
Includes all spellings: Anabel, Annabelle. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Anabel spelling rank?
Where does the Annabelle spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Anabel most popular?
The most popular form of the name, Annabelle, peaked in 2014, when 1,147 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Anabel spelling itself peaked in 2014, with 39 babies.
How many people are called Anabel?
At least 17,000 people named Anabel in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Anabel?
Most living Anabels are between 9 and 21; the most common age is about 11.
Is Anabel becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2014 peak.