Annabelle

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Annabelle: Recorded since 1979, with a gap of 15 years, it reached #29 in 2014, and it stood at #304 in 2025.

7registrars recorded it
131times a registrar ranked it
47years from first to last
#29highest recorded position
26groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Annabelle's record

England and Wales registered 1,108 births with the name in 2014, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count
Absent from every published list for 15 years inside its own recorded period, then ranked again. Names by longest absence

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#195
1997	#178
1998	#185
1999	#162
2000	#167
2001	#168
2002	#162
2003	#152
2004	#167
2005	#150
2006	#154
2007	#134
2008	#114
2009	#105
2010	#89
2011	#79
2012	#72
2013	#63
2014	#53
2015	#60
2016	#61
2017	#68
2018	#76
2019	#87
2020	#105
2021	#109
2022	#133
2023	#129
2024	#146

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 Republic of Ireland in 28 of the 47 years from 1979 to 2025.

In 2025: #304 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #492 among girls in Norway.

Official data from 7 national registrars across 7 regions, 1979–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1979
First recorded at #523 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1979 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded2000–2020
Highest recorded position: #29 among girls in New South Wales, Australia, in 2014 (recorded 2000–2020).
New South Wales, Australia · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #492 among girls in Norway, in 2025.
Norway · Girls

Annabelle appears in 6 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is England and Wales · Girls, with 29 ranked years and 15,120 births registered; the earliest is Republic of Ireland · Girls, from 1979.

Annabelle across 6 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.

Annabelle'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	#523 (1979)	#86 (2015)	#304 (2025)	28 of 47	741 (1979–2025)	76 (2015)
England and Wales · Girls	#195 (1996)	#53 (2014)	#146 (2024)	29 of 29	15,120 (1996–2024)	1,108 (2014)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#348 (2000)	#81 (2014)	#253 (2024)	22 of 25	285 (2000–2024)	31 (2015)
Norway · Girls	#466 (2004)	#213 (2016)	#492 (2025)	19 of 22	186 (2004–2025)	25 (2016)
New South Wales, Australia · Girls	#100 (2000)	#29 (2014)	#82 (2020)	21 of 21	2,716 (2000–2020)	211 (2014)
New Zealand · Girls	#93 (2009)	#48 (2012)	#96 (2020)	11 of 12	585 (2009–2020)	75 (2010)

Annabelle 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 Annabelle in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	985	4 of 10	246
2000s	3,501	10 of 10	350
2010sbusiest	8,574	10 of 10	857
2020s	2,060	5 of 10	412

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2010s were its busiest decade, averaging 857 births a year.

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

Annabelle 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 7 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 2014.

Annabelle'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	#146	342	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#129	387	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#133	382	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#109	468	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#105	481	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#87	622	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#76	695	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#68	855	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#61	1,009	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#60	1,017	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#53	1,108	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#63	967	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#72	884	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#79	758	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#89	659	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#105	519	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#114	461	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#134	415	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#154	343	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#150	341	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#167	318	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#152	318	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#162	271	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#168	255	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#167	260	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#162	279	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#185	232	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#178	249	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#195	225	High	Verified
2020	New South Wales, Australia	female	#82	89	Insufficient	Not yet available
2019	New South Wales, Australia	female	#61	109	Insufficient	Not yet available
2018	New South Wales, Australia	female	#49	134	Insufficient	Not yet available
2017	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	150	Insufficient	Not yet available
2016	New South Wales, Australia	female	#36	172	Insufficient	Not yet available
2015	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	176	Insufficient	Not yet available
2014	New South Wales, Australia	female	#29	211	Insufficient	Not yet available
2013	New South Wales, Australia	female	#34	180	Insufficient	Not yet available
2012	New South Wales, Australia	female	#39	160	Insufficient	Not yet available
2011	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	144	Insufficient	Not yet available
2010	New South Wales, Australia	female	#37	169	Insufficient	Not yet available
2009	New South Wales, Australia	female	#43	142	Insufficient	Not yet available
2008	New South Wales, Australia	female	#68	107	Insufficient	Not yet available
2007	New South Wales, Australia	female	#46	140	Insufficient	Not yet available
2006	New South Wales, Australia	female	#59	123	Insufficient	Not yet available
2005	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	85	Insufficient	Not yet available
2004	New South Wales, Australia	female	#79	90	Insufficient	Not yet available
2003	New South Wales, Australia	female	#72	98	Insufficient	Not yet available
2002	New South Wales, Australia	female	#92	81	Insufficient	Not yet available
2001	New South Wales, Australia	female	#96	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2000	New South Wales, Australia	female	#100	78	Insufficient	Not yet available
2020	New Zealand	female	#96	41	High	Verified
2019	New Zealand	female	#90	44	High	Verified
2018	New Zealand	female	#95	43	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#90	44	High	Verified
2015	New Zealand	female	#72	62	High	Verified
2014	New Zealand	female	#90	42	High	Verified
2013	New Zealand	female	#63	60	High	Verified
2012	New Zealand	female	#48	71	High	Verified
2011	New Zealand	female	#68	58	High	Verified
2010	New Zealand	female	#51	75	High	Verified
2009	New Zealand	female	#93	45	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#253	6	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#193	9	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#183	10	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#266	6	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#192	9	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#144	14	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#95	26	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#103	22	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#120	20	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#81	31	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#81	29	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#150	13	High	Verified
2012	Northern Ireland	female	#187	10	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#123	20	High	Verified
2010	Northern Ireland	female	#146	15	High	Verified
2009	Northern Ireland	female	#201	9	High	Verified
2008	Northern Ireland	female	#254	7	High	Verified
2007	Northern Ireland	female	#268	6	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#203	9	High	Verified
2005	Northern Ireland	female	#226	7	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2000	Northern Ireland	female	#348	3	High	Verified
2025	Norway	female	#492	4	High	Verified
2024	Norway	female	#481	4	High	Verified
2023	Norway	female	#434	6	High	Verified
2022	Norway	female	#469	4	High	Verified
2020	Norway	female	#395	7	High	Verified
2019	Norway	female	#311	12	High	Verified
2018	Norway	female	#420	7	High	Verified
2017	Norway	female	#300	15	High	Verified
2016	Norway	female	#213	25	High	Verified
2015	Norway	female	#247	21	High	Verified
2014	Norway	female	#283	17	High	Verified
2013	Norway	female	#378	11	High	Verified
2012	Norway	female	#373	11	High	Verified
2011	Norway	female	#357	12	High	Verified
2010	Norway	female	#511	6	High	Verified
2009	Norway	female	#473	7	High	Verified
2008	Norway	female	#584	4	High	Verified
2006	Norway	female	#466	7	High	Verified
2004	Norway	female	#466	6	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	13	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#232	18	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#148	32	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#222	20	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#172	28	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#197	23	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#119	46	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#112	52	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#111	54	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	42	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#86	76	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#106	58	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#110	56	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#121	50	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#140	43	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#179	35	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#263	19	High	Verified
2008	Republic of Ireland	female	#323	15	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#404	10	High	Verified
2006	Republic of Ireland	female	#325	12	High	Verified
2005	Republic of Ireland	female	#372	9	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#476	6	High	Verified
2003	Republic of Ireland	female	#403	7	High	Verified
2002	Republic of Ireland	female	#512	4	High	Verified
1999	Republic of Ireland	female	#439	4	High	Verified
1998	Republic of Ireland	female	#498	3	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#542	3	High	Verified
1979	Republic of Ireland	female	#523	3	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#260	14	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
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
Northern Ireland hub — collected by NISRA
Norway hub — collected by Statistics Norway (SSB)
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 7 registrars between 1979 and 2025, ranked in 32 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #29, first reached in 2014.

It held a top-100 place in 21 years, 21 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,108 births, registered in England and Wales in 2014.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 15 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 45 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.

Annabell · #660, 29y
Annabella · #296, 29y
Annabeth · #894, 18y
Annah · #3262, 12y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 7 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.

Louie · #28, 32y
Luna · #30, 34y
Bella · #26, 30y
Luka · #37, 32y

Also first recorded in the 1970s

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

Amber · #29, 52y
Mie · #29, 45y
Zachary · #29, 41y
Eden · #30, 51y

Annabelle was ranked #29 in New South Wales, Australia · 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.

Annabelle 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 Annabelle without appearing here.

Annabelle moved ahead of

Marilyn Compare
In 2014 they stood at #542 and #483 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2015 that had become #86 and #896.
Ingrid Compare
In 2010 they stood at #512 and #512 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #140 and #798.
Astrid Compare
In 2006 they stood at #542 and #542 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2007 that had become #404 and #842.
Suzanne Compare
In 2007 they stood at #404 and #348 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2008 that had become #323 and #750.

Moved ahead of Annabelle

Lucy Compare
In 2019 they stood at #311 and #317 in Norway · Girls; by 2020 that had become #395 and #236.
Zoe Compare
In 2017 they stood at #300 and #439 in Norway · Girls; by 2018 that had become #420 and #268.
Éala Compare
In 2021 they stood at #172 and #177 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2022 that had become #222 and #91.
Karin Compare
In 2021 they stood at #311 and #412 in Norway · Girls; by 2022 that had become #469 and #359.

Moved the opposite way to Annabelle

Aimee Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 while Aimee went from #303 to #885.
Alison Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 while Alison went from #63 to #213.
Amanda Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 while Amanda went from #43 to #608.
Ann Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 while Ann went from #20 to #443.

Moved the same way as Annabelle

Abigail Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 and Abigail from #391 to #115.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 and Alexandra from #467 to #141.
Alice Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 and Alice from #170 to #41.
Amelia Compare
Between 1979 and 2025 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Annabelle went from #523 to #304 and Amelia from #363 to #12.

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 7 regions, from 1979 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #29 in New South Wales, Australia in 2014. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Annabelle

Annabelle at a glance

What stands out in Annabelle's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Annabelle across 6 official records

Annabelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Annabelle appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Annabelle

Annabelle and the names beside it

Annabelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Annabelle

Moved the opposite way to Annabelle

Moved the same way as Annabelle

Annabelle at a glance

What stands out in Annabelle's record

Annabelle across 6 official records

Annabelle by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Annabelle appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1970s

Names published alongside Annabelle

Annabelle and the names beside it

Annabelle moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Annabelle

Moved the opposite way to Annabelle

Moved the same way as Annabelle