Anabelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Anabelle: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #390 in 2016, and it stood at #4,192 in 2024.

3registrars recorded it
42times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#390highest recorded position
12groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#3824
1998	#1979
1999	#2444
2000	#2167
2001	#1870
2002	#2105
2003	#1843
2004	#1459
2005	#1500
2006	#1660
2007	#1102
2008	#804
2009	#738
2010	#695
2011	#552
2012	#423
2013	#421
2014	#460
2015	#609
2016	#744
2017	#1184
2018	#886
2019	#1389
2020	#1507
2021	#1628
2022	#1767
2023	#1640
2024	#4192

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 2020: #700 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1507 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 3 national registrars across 3 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #3126 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 recorded2008–2020
Highest recorded position: #390 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2016 (recorded 2008–2020).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4192 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anabelle 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 939 births with the name.

Anabelle 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.

Anabelle'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	#3126 (1996)	#421 (2013)	#4192 (2024)	29 of 29	939 (1996–2024)	108 (2012)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#862 (2008)	#390 (2016)	#700 (2020)	12 of 13	75 (2008–2020)	11 (2016)

Anabelle 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 Anabelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	21	4 of 10	5
2000s	195	10 of 10	20
2010sbusiest	646	10 of 10	65
2020s	77	5 of 10	15

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 65 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2011 and 2012, when recorded births rose by 33, from 75 to 108.

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

Anabelle 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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2016.

Anabelle'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	#4192	5	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1640	18	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1767	16	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1628	18	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1507	20	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1389	22	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#886	42	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#1184	29	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#744	53	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#609	68	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#460	95	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#421	101	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#423	108	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#552	75	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#695	53	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#738	49	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#804	42	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1102	26	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1660	14	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1500	15	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1459	15	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1843	10	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2105	8	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#1870	9	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2167	7	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1979	8	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#3824	3	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#439	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#700	4	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#716	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#390	11	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#427	10	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#540	7	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	9	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#612	6	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#593	6	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#582	6	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#862	3	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 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #390, first reached in 2016.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 108 births, registered in England and Wales in 2012.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2008, and 18 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.

Anabel · #576, 29y
Anabella · #446, 23y
Anabia · #293, 17y
Anabiya · #1230, 12y

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.

Alessio · #390, 30y
Braden · #390, 29y
Odette · #391, 28y
Sia · #391, 27y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Alessio · #390, 30y
Ameen · #390, 29y
Braden · #390, 29y
Coady · #390, 14y

Anabelle was ranked #390 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2016. 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.

Anabelle 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 Anabelle without appearing here.

Anabelle moved ahead of

Lene Compare
In 2000 they stood at #2167 and #1831 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #1870 and #3998.
Brittany Compare
In 2005 they stood at #1500 and #1500 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #1660 and #3548.
Lynette Compare
In 1999 they stood at #2444 and #2444 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2000 that had become #2167 and #3912.
Ellinor Compare
In 1998 they stood at #3824 and #2152 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #2444 and #3900.

Moved ahead of Anabelle

Noah Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #3218 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #1743.
Selma Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #1705 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #2000.
Malin Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #2346 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3015.
Luca Compare
In 2023 they stood at #1640 and #3598 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #4192 and #3318.

Moved the opposite way to Anabelle

Kristin Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #3126 to #1640 while Kristin went from #1434 to #5687.
Therese Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #3126 to #1640 while Therese went from #2096 to #4709.
Tracey Compare
Between 1996 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #3126 to #1640 while Tracey went from #783 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 1996 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #3126 to #1628 while Carol went from #802 to #3519.

Moved the same way as Anabelle

Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #2167 to #4192 and Hayden from #3912 to #5891.
Dianne Compare
Between 2002 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anabelle went from #2105 to #4192 and Dianne from #4137 to #5891.

What's not yet available

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Nicknames and spelling variants

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 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #390 in Republic of Ireland in 2016. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Anabelle

Anabelle at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Anabelle across 2 official records

Anabelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anabelle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Anabelle at a glance

Anabelle across 2 official records

Anabelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Anabelle appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Anabelle

Anabelle and the names beside it

Anabelle moved ahead of

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