Annabella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Annabella: Recorded every year since 1996, it reached #296 in 2014, and it stood at #575 in 2024.

4registrars recorded it
48times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#296highest recorded position
13groupings it qualifies for

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#869
1997	#1126
1998	#1036
1999	#985
2000	#1095
2001	#835
2002	#822
2003	#799
2004	#736
2005	#545
2006	#717
2007	#645
2008	#618
2009	#460
2010	#422
2011	#355
2012	#314
2013	#329
2014	#296
2015	#331
2016	#307
2017	#348
2018	#390
2019	#414
2020	#478
2021	#588
2022	#624
2023	#583
2024	#575

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 1996 to 2024.

In 2024: #575 among girls in England and Wales, #790 among girls in Scotland.

Official data from 4 national registrars across 4 regions, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #869 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 recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #296 among girls in England and Wales, in 2014 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #575 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Annabella appears in 3 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 2,226 births with the name.

Annabella 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.

Annabella'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	#869 (1996)	#296 (2014)	#575 (2024)	29 of 29	2,226 (1996–2024)	162 (2016)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#419 (2009)	#366 (2010)	#391 (2023)	7 of 15	23 (2009–2023)	4 (2010)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#910 (2010)	#579 (2017)	#856 (2023)	11 of 14	41 (2010–2023)	6 (2014)

Annabella 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 Annabella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	83	4 of 10	21
2000s	455	10 of 10	46
2010sbusiest	1,343	10 of 10	134
2020s	345	5 of 10	69

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 134 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2010 and 2011, when recorded births rose by 33, from 101 to 134.

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

Annabella 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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #296 in England and Wales in 2014.

Annabella'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	#575	68	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#583	66	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#624	61	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#588	66	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#478	84	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#414	102	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#390	114	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#348	136	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#307	162	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#331	141	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#296	159	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#329	140	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#314	154	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#355	134	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#422	101	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#460	91	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#618	60	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#645	54	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#717	43	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#545	61	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#736	38	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#799	33	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#822	29	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#835	28	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#1095	18	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#985	21	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1036	20	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1126	17	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#869	25	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#391	3	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#432	3	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#426	3	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#370	4	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#451	3	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#366	4	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#419	3	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#856	3	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#747	4	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#883	3	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#834	3	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#871	3	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#734	4	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#579	6	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#868	3	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#584	6	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#907	3	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#910	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#790	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
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 4 registrars between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 29 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #296, first reached in 2014.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 162 births, registered in England and Wales in 2016.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2009, and 28 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.

Annabel · #100, 35y
Annabell · #660, 29y
Annabelle · #29, 32y
Annabeth · #894, 18y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 4 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.

Fearne · #295, 24y
Tate · #295, 29y
Sage · #298, 25y
Verity · #294, 29y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Aela · #296, 23y
Indy · #296, 24y
Lailah · #296, 28y
Mikail · #296, 29y

Annabella was ranked #296 in England and Wales · Girls in 2014. 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.

Annabella 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 Annabella without appearing here.

Annabella moved ahead of

Yvonne Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1095 and #1095 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #835 and #2023.
Kristy Compare
In 2000 they stood at #1095 and #876 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #835 and #1439.
Sharon Compare
In 2008 they stood at #618 and #589 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2009 that had become #460 and #958.
Carol Compare
In 1997 they stood at #1126 and #897 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1998 that had become #1036 and #1480.

Moved ahead of Annabella

Sienna Compare
In 1998 they stood at #1036 and #1122 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1999 that had become #985 and #641.
Maja Compare
In 2005 they stood at #545 and #951 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #717 and #456.
Violet Compare
In 1996 they stood at #869 and #1031 in England and Wales · Girls; by 1997 that had become #1126 and #897.
Florence Compare
In 2011 they stood at #366 and #430 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #451 and #229.

Moved the opposite way to Annabella

Josefine Compare
Between 1998 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #1036 to #583 while Josefine went from #3848 to #5687.
Hayden Compare
Between 2000 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #1095 to #575 while Hayden went from #3912 to #5891.
Finlay Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #869 to #390 while Finlay went from #1646 to #4684.
Helene Compare
Between 1996 and 2018 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #869 to #390 while Helene went from #1168 to #4684.

Moved the same way as Annabella

Blake Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #1126 to #575 and Blake from #3824 to #432.
Ezra Compare
Between 1997 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #1126 to #575 and Ezra from #3824 to #1302.
Frida Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #985 to #575 and Frida from #3900 to #811.
Meabh Compare
Between 1999 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Annabella went from #985 to #575 and Meabh from #3225 to #952.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 4 regions, from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #296 in England and Wales in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Annabella

Annabella at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Annabella across 3 official records

Annabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Annabella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

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Annabella at a glance

Annabella across 3 official records

Annabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Annabella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Annabella

Annabella and the names beside it

Annabella moved ahead of

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