Annabel

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Annabel: Recorded since 1973, it reached #100 in 2012, and it stood at #544 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
86times a registrar ranked it
53years from first to last
#100highest recorded position
18groupings 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	#122
1997	#120
1998	#112
1999	#119
2000	#115
2001	#119
2002	#104
2003	#134
2004	#129
2005	#128
2006	#120
2007	#123
2008	#118
2009	#122
2010	#110
2011	#120
2012	#109
2013	#112
2014	#119
2015	#154
2016	#158
2017	#198
2018	#227
2019	#245
2020	#282
2021	#287
2022	#339
2023	#296
2024	#337

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 Republic of Ireland in 34 of the 53 years from 1973 to 2025.

In 2024: #337 among girls in England and Wales, #342 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #351 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1973–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1973
First recorded at #508 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1973 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #544 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Annabel appears in 3 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 34 years beginning in 1973, and has registered 380 births with the name.

Annabel across 3 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.

Annabel'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
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#508 (1973)	#164 (2014)	#544 (2025)	34 of 53	380 (1973–2025)	35 (2014)
England and Wales · Girls	#122 (1996)	#104 (2002)	#337 (2024)	29 of 29	10,511 (1996–2024)	525 (2010)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#351 (1998)	#135 (2013)	#305 (2022)	21 of 25	144 (1998–2022)	16 (2014)

Annabel by decade in Republic of Ireland · 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 Annabel in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1970s	7	2 of 10	4
1980s	11	3 of 10	4
1990s	14	3 of 10	5
2000s	102	10 of 10	10
2010sbusiest	204	10 of 10	20
2020s	42	6 of 10	7

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 20 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Annabel 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 5 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in New South Wales, Australia in 2012.

Annabel'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	#337	128	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#296	148	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#339	128	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#287	165	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#282	166	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#245	198	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#227	222	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#198	263	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#158	350	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#154	352	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#119	468	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#112	484	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#109	524	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#120	486	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#110	525	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#122	444	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#118	442	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#123	455	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#120	443	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#128	429	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#129	392	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#134	374	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#104	443	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#119	397	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#115	424	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#119	415	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#112	448	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#120	418	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#122	380	High	Verified
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	71	Insufficient	Not yet available
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#305	5	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#350	4	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#313	5	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#355	4	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#251	7	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#223	8	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#142	16	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#172	11	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#224	8	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#213	9	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#253	7	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#311	5	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#301	5	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#318	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#212	7	High	Verified
2003	Northern Ireland	female	#202	7	High	Verified
2002	Northern Ireland	female	#227	6	High	Verified
2001	Northern Ireland	female	#293	4	High	Verified
1998	Northern Ireland	female	#351	3	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#544	6	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#342	11	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#559	6	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#764	4	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#336	12	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	12	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#387	11	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#247	19	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#291	17	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#164	35	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#220	25	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#193	29	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#250	21	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#230	24	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#248	21	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#257	20	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#286	16	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#367	10	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#677	3	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#406	6	High	Verified
2001	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	4	High	Verified
2000	Republic of Ireland	female	#378	6	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#392	5	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#394	6	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#492	3	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#432	5	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#467	4	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#508	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#351	9	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New South Wales, Australia hub — collected by NSW Registry of Births Deaths and Marriages
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland
Scotland hub — collected by National Records of Scotland

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

What the record shows

Recorded by 5 registrars between 1973 and 2025, ranked in 35 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #100, first reached in 2012.

It held a top-100 place in 1 year.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 525 births, registered in England and Wales in 2010.

Its record falls into 5 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 7 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 51 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.

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Anna-Rose · #281, 22y
Annabell · #660, 29y
Annabella · #296, 29y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 5 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.

Clayton · #100, 35y
Josiah · #98, 30y
Kyla · #98, 30y
Antoni · #103, 38y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1970 and 1979.

Clayton · #100, 35y
Rachelle · #100, 23y
Doireann · #99, 50y
Szymon · #99, 50y

Annabel was ranked #100 in New South Wales, Australia · Girls in 2012. 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.

Annabel 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 Annabel without appearing here.

Annabel moved ahead of

Tania Compare
In 2009 they stood at #677 and #677 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2010 that had become #230 and #910.
Audrey Compare
In 2023 they stood at #856 and #856 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2024 that had become #342 and #898.
Tracey Compare
In 2006 they stood at #677 and #576 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #286 and #842.
Janice Compare
In 2008 they stood at #498 and #498 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2009 that had become #248 and #742.

Moved ahead of Annabel

Caitlin Compare
In 1996 they stood at #432 and #483 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 1997 that had become #394 and #98.
Charlie Compare
In 2024 they stood at #342 and #412 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #544 and #352.
Laila Compare
In 2024 they stood at #342 and #736 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #544 and #352.
Megan Compare
In 2024 they stood at #342 and #372 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2025 that had become #544 and #352.

Moved the opposite way to Annabel

Yvonne Compare
Between 1973 and 2016 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #247 while Yvonne went from #28 to #868.
Carmel Compare
Between 1973 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #291 while Carmel went from #45 to #896.
Renee Compare
Between 1973 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #291 while Renee went from #508 to #751.
Therese Compare
Between 1973 and 2015 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #291 while Therese went from #117 to #896.

Moved the same way as Annabel

Diane Compare
Between 1973 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #856 and Diane from #165 to #727.
Ingrid Compare
Between 1973 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #856 and Ingrid from #225 to #856.
Jude Compare
Between 1973 and 2023 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabel went from #508 to #856 and Jude from #349 to #727.
Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabel went from #122 to #337 and Abigail from #21 to #154.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
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 5 regions, from 1973 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #100 in New South Wales, Australia in 2012. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Annabel

Annabel at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Annabel across 3 official records

Annabel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Annabel appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Annabel at a glance

Annabel across 3 official records

Annabel by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Annabel appears in

What the record shows

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Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Annabel

Annabel and the names beside it

Annabel moved ahead of

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