Annabell

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Annabell: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #660 in 2013, and it stood at #3,318 in 2024.

2registrars recorded it
37times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#660highest 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	#2350
1997	#1802
1998	#2701
1999	#1805
2000	#1688
2001	#2783
2002	#1317
2003	#1552
2004	#1952
2005	#1589
2006	#1435
2007	#1854
2008	#1447
2009	#1083
2010	#988
2011	#1015
2012	#1483
2013	#1253
2014	#1234
2015	#909
2016	#1749
2017	#3229
2018	#2340
2019	#2458
2020	#2300
2021	#4634
2022	#3970
2023	#5687
2024	#3318

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 2016: #868 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #1749 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 #2350 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 recorded2007–2016
Highest recorded position: #660 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2013 (recorded 2007–2016).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #3318 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Annabell 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 432 births with the name.

Annabell 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.

Annabell'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	#2350 (1996)	#909 (2015)	#3318 (2024)	29 of 29	432 (1996–2024)	40 (2015)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#842 (2007)	#660 (2013)	#868 (2016)	8 of 10	29 (2007–2016)	5 (2013)

Annabell 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 Annabell in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	29	4 of 10	7
2000s	145	10 of 10	15
2010sbusiest	228	10 of 10	23
2020s	30	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 23 births a year.

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

Annabell 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: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2013.

Annabell'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	#3318	7	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#5687	3	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3970	5	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#4634	4	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2300	11	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#2458	10	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2340	11	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#1749	17	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#909	40	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#1234	27	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#1253	27	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#1483	21	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#1015	34	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#988	34	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#1083	29	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#1447	19	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1854	13	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#1435	17	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#1589	14	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1952	10	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#1552	13	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1317	15	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1688	10	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#1805	9	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#2701	5	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1802	9	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2350	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#896	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#876	3	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#660	5	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#768	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#750	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	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 #660, first reached in 2013.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 40 births, registered in England and Wales in 2015.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2007, and 11 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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Annabel · #100, 35y
Annabella · #296, 29y
Annabelle · #29, 32y

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.

Mateus · #660, 25y
Melita · #660, 27y
Samar · #660, 29y
Abigael · #661, 25y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Mateus · #660, 25y
Melita · #660, 27y
Samar · #660, 29y
Abdurrahman · #659, 28y

Annabell was ranked #660 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 2013. 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.

Annabell 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 Annabell without appearing here.

Annabell moved ahead of

Debra Compare
In 2001 they stood at #2783 and #2226 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2002 that had become #1317 and #4137.
Cheryl Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Donna Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #5687 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.
Evan Compare
In 2023 they stood at #5687 and #4709 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2024 that had become #3318 and #5891.

Moved ahead of Annabell

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1286.
Arlo Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2843 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #1785.
Noah Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2615 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2201.
Logan Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2300 and #2449 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #4634 and #2499.

Moved the opposite way to Annabell

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Annabell

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabell went from #2350 to #3318 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: #660 in Republic of Ireland in 2013. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Annabell

Annabell at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Annabell across 2 official records

Annabell by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Popularity data

What the record shows

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Annabell at a glance

Annabell across 2 official records

Annabell by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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What the record shows

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

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Annabell moved ahead of

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