Anabel

#4,265 for girls in 2025, 33 births · Last seen for boys in 1993 at #8,700
Given to girls 99.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1887 · 13 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
9,780
since 1882

Anabel over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anabel has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201989peak #633, 1887girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#4,26533
2024#3,57543
2023#4,87327
2022#3,31348
2021#2,84859
2020#2,71261
2019#2,56168
2018#1,925103
2017#1,752120
2016#1,560143
2015#1,411164
2014#911297
2013#899285
2012#967262
2011#996254
2010#950270
2009#1,101232
2008#961279
2007#951285
2006#1,036247
2005#1,037231
2004#965248
2003#1,160186
2002#1,002219
2001#1,158180
2000#1,113183
1999#1,159168
1998#1,173160
1997#1,139164
1996#1,155157
1995#1,197143
1994#1,095164
1993#1,094165#8,7005
1992#999189
1991#731284#5,9428
1990#747277#6,4157
1989#795239#4,81110
1988#960173
1987#1,234115
1986#1,129128
1985#1,212114
1984#1,157117
1983#1,103124
1982#1,243105#6,3855
1981#1,068132
1980#921162
1979#1,39488
1978#1,29993
1977#1,41479
1976#1,46471
1975#1,51667
1974#1,42871
1973#1,85745
1972#1,85645
1971#1,90645
1970#2,16037
1969#2,13435
1968#2,36027
1967#2,21229
1966#1,91636
1965#1,71543
1964#1,94737
1963#2,06133
1962#2,31227
1961#3,06017
1960#2,30726
1959#3,10415
1958#2,66319
1957#2,48621
1956#2,38922
1955#2,72517
1954#3,9679
1953
1952#3,7969
1951#4,8336
1950#3,42310
1949#3,6129
1948#5,2435
1947#4,7646
1946#4,9605
1945
1944#3,1399
1943#4,1966
1942#2,81711
1941#3,0309
1940#2,73710
1939#4,2505
1938#4,3425
1937#3,4347
1936#3,1038
1935#2,73110
1934#2,18714
1933#1,97016
1932#2,13015
1931#1,68621
1930#1,87519
1929#2,43713
1928#1,89720
1927#1,66925
1926#1,54128
1925#2,01819
1924#1,20643
1923#1,38833
1922#1,36634
1921#1,47631
1920#1,62626
1919#1,24237
1918#1,23437
1917#1,55224
1916#1,16737
1915#1,31729
1914#1,54118
1913#1,30819
1912#1,47714
1911#1,6569
1910#1,26713
1909#1,6078
1908#1,08414
1907#1,6397
1906#96515
1905#1,2989
1904#1,17010
1903#1,4407
1902#1,2199
1901
1900#1,4318
1899
1898#1,7005
1897#1,2637
1896
1895#1,2997
1894#85013
1893#1,2776
1892#1,0858
1891#1,0937
1890
1889#1,0257
1888#1,2765
1887#63313
1886#9936
1885#8427
1884#1,0245
1883#7547
1882#9085
1881
1880
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Anabel! It came in at #908, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1890, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Anabel
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 690 spots since 2024 (#3,575#4,265)
  • 1,553 spots since 2020 (#2,712#4,265)
  • 2,854 spots since 2015 (#1,411#4,265)
  • Biggest jump: 473 spots in 1980 (#1,394#921)
  • Biggest drop: 674 spots in 1907 (#965#1,639)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1887 at #633 (13 births)
  • Births halved by 1888, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1988–1992
Share of babies · girls
1 in 6,015
  • Highest: 1 in 6,015 girls born in 2014 were named Anabel (0.02%)
  • Latest: 1 in 48,705 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #633 in 1887, was only 1 in 11,229 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 23.4% of all girls named Anabel (2,290) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s55#633 (1887)#932
1890s53#850 (1894)#1,224
1900s87#965 (1906)#1,317
1910s237#1,167 (1916)#1,376
1920s272#1,206 (1924)#1,662
1930s120#1,686 (1931)#2,771
1940s70#2,737 (1940)#3,833
1950s128#2,389 (1956)#3,265
1960s310#1,715 (1965)#2,202
1970s641#1,299 (1978)#1,629
1980s1,409#795 (1989)#1,082
1990s1,871#731 (1991)#1,049
2000s2,290#951 (2007)#1,048
2010s1,966#899 (2013)#1,393
2020s271#2,712 (2020)#3,598

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anabel in 1989

girls
#795
239 births · 1 in 7,714 girls
boys
#4,811
10 births · 1 in 200,093 boys

Top girls' names in 1989

  1. #1Jessica47,887
  2. #2Ashley47,588
  3. #3Brittany37,792
  4. #4Amanda36,834
  5. #5Sarah27,797
  6. #6Samantha24,792
  7. #7Jennifer24,006
  8. #8Stephanie22,766
  9. #9Lauren21,065
  10. #10Elizabeth20,298
  11. #795Anabel239

Top boys' names in 1989

  1. #1Michael65,415
  2. #2Christopher53,186
  3. #3Matthew45,375
  4. #4Joshua44,100
  5. #5David35,225
  6. #6Daniel35,007
  7. #7Andrew34,817
  8. #8Justin32,852
  9. #9James32,720
  10. #10Robert30,072
  11. #4,811Anabel10
More about 1989

girls

1,843,552 girls got a published name in 1989; 1 in 7,714 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 94.5% of the 14,550 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anabel
  1. #789Richelle241
  2. #789Skye241
  3. #794Dara240
  4. #795Anabel239
  5. #795Asha239
  6. #795Cari239
  7. #795Mai239
  8. #800Aileen238
  9. #800Elaina238
  10. #800Janel238

Tied with 4 names at #795; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 9,523Audriana#10,386#863
  2. 7,504Martika#8,391#887
  3. 6,932Audrianna#7,691#759
  4. 3,972Elizabet#4,496#524
  5. 1,772Katherin#2,489#717
Fallers
  1. 539Diandra#905#1,444
  2. 524Taja#720#1,244
  3. 455Jonathan#999#1,454
  4. 445Katarina#960#1,405
  5. 397Caryn#816#1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

2,000,928 boys got a published name in 1989; 1 in 200,093 of them was named Anabel, which outranked 47.9% of the 9,232 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anabel
  1. #4,527Yoni11
  2. #4,527Yvonne11
  3. #4,527Zeeshan11
  4. #4,811Anabel10
  5. #4,811Agron10
  6. #4,811Ahsan10
  7. #4,811Aikeem10
  8. #5,165Abdallah9
  9. #5,165Abiel9
  10. #5,165Abrahim9

Tied with 353 names at #4,811; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1988
Risers
  1. 6,314Kiara#7,270#956
  2. 5,870Alexande#6,426#556
  3. 1,111Kwame#1,768#657
  4. 766Kadeem#1,467#701
  5. 684Hakeem#1,270#586
Fallers
  1. 839Long#819#1,658
  2. 337Darell#981#1,318
  3. 294Whitney#890#1,184
  4. 269Trevin#840#1,109
  5. 252Curt#850#1,102

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1989