Arabella

femaleStatistical record

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

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

Arabella: Recorded every year since 1996, its highest recorded position is #30, and it was still inside the top 100 in 2025.

5registrars recorded it
66times a registrar ranked it
30years from first to last
#30highest recorded position
15groupings it qualifies for

What stands out in Arabella's record

England and Wales registered 1,222 births with the name in 2024, its largest count from any one registrar. Names by yearly birth count

Region

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#519
1997	#515
1998	#501
1999	#498
2000	#545
2001	#449
2002	#493
2003	#427
2004	#419
2005	#390
2006	#394
2007	#329
2008	#325
2009	#296
2010	#228
2011	#208
2012	#177
2013	#157
2014	#126
2015	#95
2016	#94
2017	#83
2018	#88
2019	#71
2020	#40
2021	#47
2022	#47
2023	#43
2024	#30

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: #30 among girls in England and Wales, #57 among girls in Scotland, #93 among girls in Northern Ireland, #108 among girls in Republic of Ireland.

Official data from 5 national registrars across 5 regions, 1996–2025 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #519 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: #30 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2025
Most recently recorded at #96 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 2025.
Republic of Ireland · Girls

Arabella appears in 4 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 11,287 births with the name.

Arabella across 4 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.

Arabella'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	#519 (1996)	#30 (2024)	#30 (2024)	29 of 29	11,287 (1996–2024)	1,222 (2024)
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#576 (2004)	#96 (2025)	#96 (2025)	19 of 22	347 (2004–2025)	51 (2025)
Northern Ireland · Girls	#316 (2004)	#84 (2020)	#93 (2024)	15 of 21	154 (2004–2024)	25 (2020)
New Zealand · Girls	#95 (2017)	#88 (2023)	#88 (2023)	2 of 7	87 (2017–2023)	45 (2023)

Arabella 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 Arabella in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	215	4 of 10	54
2000s	986	10 of 10	99
2010s	4,709	10 of 10	471
2020sbusiest	5,377	5 of 10	1,075

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 1,075 births a year.

Its sharpest single-year move came between 2019 and 2020, when recorded births rose by 320, from 775 to 1,095.

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

Arabella 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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #30 in England and Wales in 2024.

Arabella'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	#30	1,222	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#43	1,029	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#47	1,019	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#47	1,012	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#40	1,095	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#71	775	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#88	619	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#83	639	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#94	577	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#95	585	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#126	439	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#157	329	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#177	286	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#208	242	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#228	218	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#296	160	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#325	138	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#329	133	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#394	107	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#390	101	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#419	86	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#427	82	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#493	61	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#449	68	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#545	50	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#498	58	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#501	55	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#515	53	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#519	49	High	Verified
2023	New Zealand	female	#88	45	High	Verified
2017	New Zealand	female	#95	42	High	Verified
2024	Northern Ireland	female	#93	22	High	Verified
2023	Northern Ireland	female	#135	15	High	Verified
2022	Northern Ireland	female	#135	16	High	Verified
2021	Northern Ireland	female	#123	19	High	Verified
2020	Northern Ireland	female	#84	25	High	Verified
2019	Northern Ireland	female	#178	11	High	Verified
2018	Northern Ireland	female	#361	4	High	Verified
2017	Northern Ireland	female	#296	5	High	Verified
2016	Northern Ireland	female	#211	9	High	Verified
2015	Northern Ireland	female	#312	5	High	Verified
2014	Northern Ireland	female	#278	6	High	Verified
2013	Northern Ireland	female	#284	6	High	Verified
2011	Northern Ireland	female	#444	3	High	Verified
2006	Northern Ireland	female	#332	4	High	Verified
2004	Northern Ireland	female	#316	4	High	Verified
2025	Republic of Ireland	female	#96	51	High	Verified
2024	Republic of Ireland	female	#108	45	High	Verified
2023	Republic of Ireland	female	#114	41	High	Verified
2022	Republic of Ireland	female	#142	37	High	Verified
2021	Republic of Ireland	female	#154	32	High	Verified
2020	Republic of Ireland	female	#207	22	High	Verified
2019	Republic of Ireland	female	#201	24	High	Verified
2018	Republic of Ireland	female	#474	8	High	Verified
2017	Republic of Ireland	female	#365	11	High	Verified
2016	Republic of Ireland	female	#302	15	High	Verified
2015	Republic of Ireland	female	#532	7	High	Verified
2014	Republic of Ireland	female	#304	16	High	Verified
2013	Republic of Ireland	female	#491	8	High	Verified
2012	Republic of Ireland	female	#510	8	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#798	4	High	Verified
2010	Republic of Ireland	female	#555	7	High	Verified
2009	Republic of Ireland	female	#742	4	High	Verified
2007	Republic of Ireland	female	#842	3	High	Verified
2004	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	4	High	Verified
2024	Scotland	female	#57	73	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
New Zealand hub — collected by NZ Department of Internal Affairs
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 1996 and 2025, ranked in 30 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #30, first reached in 2024.

It held a top-100 place in 11 years, 11 of them consecutive.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 1,222 births, registered in England and Wales in 2024.

A second registrar first ranked it in 2004, 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.

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Ara · #397, 19y
Arabella-Rose · #638, 11y
Arabelle · #638, 18y

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.

Hallie · #31, 27y
Indie · #29, 28y
Lottie · #28, 30y
Sonny · #28, 30y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

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

Taylah · #30, 27y
Hallie · #31, 27y
Indie · #29, 28y
Archer · #32, 27y

Arabella was ranked #30 in England and Wales · Girls in 2024. 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.

Arabella 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 Arabella without appearing here.

Arabella moved ahead of

Rita Compare
In 2018 they stood at #474 and #474 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2019 that had become #201 and #871.
Paula Compare
In 2013 they stood at #491 and #459 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2014 that had become #304 and #876.
Brittany Compare
In 2000 they stood at #545 and #275 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2001 that had become #449 and #871.
Judith Compare
In 2011 they stood at #798 and #798 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2012 that had become #510 and #907.

Moved ahead of Arabella

Maisie Compare
In 2010 they stood at #332 and #384 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #444 and #44.
Thea Compare
In 2010 they stood at #316 and #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #444 and #207.
Aria Compare
In 2010 they stood at #742 and #893 in Republic of Ireland · Girls; by 2011 that had become #798 and #695.
Isla Compare
In 2005 they stood at #316 and #372 in Northern Ireland · Girls; by 2006 that had become #332 and #238.

Moved the opposite way to Arabella

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 while Abigail went from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 while Aimee went from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 while Aisling went from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 while Alex went from #161 to #2253.

Moved the same way as Arabella

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 and Ada from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 and Alma from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 and Alyssa from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Arabella went from #519 to #30 and Amalie from #2096 to #1128.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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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 1996 to 2025. Highest recorded position: #30 in England and Wales in 2024. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Arabella

Arabella at a glance

What stands out in Arabella's record

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Arabella across 4 official records

Arabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arabella appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Arabella

Arabella and the names beside it

Arabella moved ahead of

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Arabella at a glance

What stands out in Arabella's record

Arabella across 4 official records

Arabella by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Arabella appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Names published alongside Arabella

Arabella and the names beside it

Arabella moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Arabella

Moved the opposite way to Arabella

Moved the same way as Arabella