Anabella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anabella: Recorded every year since 2002, it reached #446 in 2021, and it stood at #2,000 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
25times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#446highest recorded position
8groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2868
2003	#3594
2004	#3725
2005	#2247
2006	#2320
2007	#1854
2008	#3397
2009	#1909
2010	#1901
2011	#1067
2012	#1210
2013	#1484
2014	#890
2015	#1168
2016	#1370
2017	#1457
2018	#1586
2019	#1349
2020	#1939
2021	#1962
2022	#2673
2023	#1640
2024	#2000

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

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in every year from 2002 to 2024.

In 2021: #446 among girls in Northern Ireland, #1962 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2868 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #2000 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anabella 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 Anabella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	63	8 of 10	8
2010sbusiest	253	10 of 10	25
2020s	69	5 of 10	14

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 25 births a year.

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

Anabella 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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021.

Anabella'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	#2000	14	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#2673	9	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1962	14	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1939	14	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1349	23	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#1586	19	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1457	22	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1370	24	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#1168	29	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#890	42	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1484	21	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1210	27	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1067	32	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#1901	14	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1909	13	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3397	6	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2247	9	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#3594	4	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#446	3	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
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 3 registrars between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 23 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #446, first reached in 2021.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 42 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2011, and 19 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.

Anaaya · #1649, 17y
Anabel · #576, 29y
Anabelle · #390, 29y
Anabia · #293, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 3 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.

Emie · #446, 25y
Layna · #446, 27y
Riva · #446, 25y
Kalina · #444, 22y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Darcie-Rose · #446, 16y
Emie · #446, 25y
Eva-Mae · #446, 20y
Aimee-Rose · #444, 12y

Anabella was ranked #446 in Northern Ireland · Girls in 2021. 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.

Anabella 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 Anabella without appearing here.

Anabella moved ahead of

Brittany Compare
In 2009 they stood at #3397 and #2487 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.
Jesse Compare
In 2009 they stood at #1909 and #1837 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2010 that had become #1901 and #4688.
Finlay Compare
In 2008 they stood at #3397 and #3005 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #1909 and #4564.
Jeanette Compare
In 2004 they stood at #3725 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #2247 and #4798.

Moved ahead of Anabella

Rory Compare
In 2021 they stood at #1962 and #2201 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #2673 and #1452.
Eabha Compare
In 2019 they stood at #1349 and #2458 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #1939 and #1313.
Blake Compare
In 2015 they stood at #1168 and #1240 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #1370 and #768.
Marilyn Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2063 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #2000 and #1541.

Moved the opposite way to Anabella

Kristin Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #2868 to #1640 while Kristin went from #2868 to #5687.
Kristine Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #3594 to #2000 while Kristine went from #2191 to #5891.
Tracey Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #2868 to #1640 while Tracey went from #1530 to #5687.
Finlay Compare
Between 2002 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #2868 to #1586 while Finlay went from #998 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Anabella

Harper Compare
Between 2003 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #3594 to #2000 and Harper from #4373 to #22.
Eabha Compare
Between 2004 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #3725 to #2000 and Eabha from #4598 to #1262.
Ezra Compare
Between 2008 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabella went from #3397 to #2000 and Ezra from #3397 to #1302.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 3 regions, from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #446 in Northern Ireland in 2021. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anabella

Anabella at a glance

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Anabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anabella at a glance

Anabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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