Anabel

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anabel: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anabel: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #576 in 2004, and it stood at #3,015 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
36times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#576highest recorded position
11groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2096
1997	#1365
1998	#2407
1999	#1473
2000	#1313
2001	#962
2002	#1372
2003	#1129
2004	#1715
2005	#1012
2006	#1087
2007	#1234
2008	#1584
2009	#982
2010	#1013
2011	#1043
2012	#1150
2013	#1048
2014	#940
2015	#1452
2016	#1241
2017	#1681
2018	#1788
2019	#1782
2020	#2042
2021	#1962
2022	#1767
2023	#2689
2024	#3015

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 1996 to 2024.

In 2018: #734 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1788 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2096 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2004–2018
Highest recorded position: #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2004 (recorded 2004–2018).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3015 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anabel appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, which has ranked it in 29 years beginning in 1996, and has registered 569 births with the name.

Anabel across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Anabel's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
England and Wales · Girls	#2096 (1996)	#940 (2014)	#3015 (2024)	29 of 29	569 (1996–2024)	39 (2014)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (2004)	#576 (2004)	#734 (2018)	7 of 15	34 (2004–2018)	6 (2013)

Anabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anabel in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	38	4 of 10	10
2000s	204	10 of 10	20
2010sbusiest	267	10 of 10	27
2020s	60	5 of 10	12

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 27 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anabel appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #576 in Republic of Ireland in 2004.

Anabel's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#3015	8	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#2689	9	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2042	13	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1782	16	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1788	16	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1681	18	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1241	27	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1452	22	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#940	39	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1048	34	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1150	29	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1043	33	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1013	33	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#982	33	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1584	17	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1234	22	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1087	25	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1012	25	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1715	12	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1129	20	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#962	22	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1313	14	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1473	12	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2407	6	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1365	13	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2096	7	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#581	6	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#752	4	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#587	6	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#705	4	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #576, first reached in 2004.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 39 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, and 8 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Ana-Maria · #764, 17y
Anaaya · #1649, 17y
Anabella · #446, 23y
Anabelle · #390, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Chisom · #576, 25y
Kaylin · #576, 24y
Kiya · #576, 29y
Oluwakemi · #576, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Chisom · #576, 25y
Danah · #576, 20y
Kaylin · #576, 24y
Kiya · #576, 29y

Anabel was ranked #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2004. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Anabel and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anabel without appearing here.

Anabel moved ahead of

Jeanette Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2407 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1473 and #3900.
Therese Compare
In 1998 they stood at #2407 and #2165 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #1473 and #3900.
Lynette Compare
In 1996 they stood at #2096 and #2096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1365 and #3174.
Rachael Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2042 and #1939 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #1962 and #3519.

Moved ahead of Anabel

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #2689 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3015 and #1743.
Arlo Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #1849 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #1469.
Selma Compare
In 2022 they stood at #1767 and #2058 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2023 that had become #2689 and #1705.
Audrey Compare
In 2003 they stood at #1129 and #1325 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #1715 and #736.

Moved the opposite way to Anabel

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Anabel

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabel went from #2096 to #3015 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

What's not yet available

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Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #576 in Republic of Ireland in 2004. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anabel

Anabel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anabel across 2 official records

Anabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anabel across 2 official records

Anabel by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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