Annabelle
#343 for girls in 2025, 891 births · Last seen for boys in 2012 at #12,274
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
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- Peak · girls
- 2014 · 4,363 births
- Debut · girls
- 9 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 4 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 67,543since 1880
Annabelle over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #343 | 891 | — | |
| 2024 | #348 | 897 | — | |
| 2023 | #340 | 917 | — | |
| 2022 | #322 | 997 | — | |
| 2021 | #274 | 1,147 | — | |
| 2020 | #220 | 1,322 | — | |
| 2019 | #170 | 1,700 | — | |
| 2018 | #142 | 1,989 | — | |
| 2017 | #118 | 2,625 | — | |
| 2016 | #104 | 3,001 | — | |
| 2015 | #92 | 3,283 | — | |
| 2014 | #57 | 4,363 | — | |
| 2013 | #81 | 3,560 | — | |
| 2012 | #99 | 3,058 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #111 | 2,732 | — | |
| 2010 | #117 | 2,640 | — | |
| 2009 | #156 | 2,057 | #12,491 | 5 |
| 2008 | #188 | 1,813 | — | |
| 2007 | #196 | 1,731 | — | |
| 2006 | #207 | 1,667 | — | |
| 2005 | #239 | 1,405 | — | |
| 2004 | #300 | 1,067 | — | |
| 2003 | #292 | 1,063 | — | |
| 2002 | #331 | 917 | — | |
| 2001 | #349 | 862 | — | |
| 2000 | #464 | 597 | — | |
| 1999 | #499 | 521 | — | |
| 1998 | #641 | 359 | — | |
| 1997 | #848 | 241 | — | |
| 1996 | #926 | 211 | — | |
| 1995 | #970 | 194 | — | |
| 1994 | #1,312 | 129 | — | |
| 1993 | #1,518 | 103 | — | |
| 1992 | #1,486 | 106 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,779 | 80 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,905 | 73 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,587 | 88 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,968 | 61 | — | |
| 1987 | #2,156 | 50 | — | |
| 1986 | #2,052 | 52 | — | |
| 1985 | #2,021 | 53 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,726 | 63 | — | |
| 1983 | #2,022 | 50 | — | |
| 1982 | #2,024 | 51 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,935 | 55 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,904 | 56 | — | |
| 1979 | #2,020 | 50 | — | |
| 1978 | #2,390 | 37 | — | |
| 1977 | #1,832 | 55 | — | |
| 1976 | #1,433 | 73 | — | |
| 1975 | #1,935 | 46 | — | |
| 1974 | #1,772 | 50 | — | |
| 1973 | #1,478 | 64 | — | |
| 1972 | #1,674 | 53 | — | |
| 1971 | #1,613 | 58 | — | |
| 1970 | #1,389 | 75 | — | |
| 1969 | #1,226 | 83 | — | |
| 1968 | #1,749 | 45 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,506 | 55 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,351 | 65 | — | |
| 1965 | #1,366 | 65 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,419 | 63 | — | |
| 1963 | #1,623 | 49 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,476 | 57 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,327 | 70 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,373 | 64 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,326 | 65 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,299 | 66 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,427 | 55 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,470 | 52 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,108 | 26 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,392 | 52 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,439 | 46 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,256 | 57 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,133 | 68 | — | |
| 1950 | #890 | 100 | — | |
| 1949 | #835 | 111 | — | |
| 1948 | #801 | 116 | — | |
| 1947 | #829 | 112 | — | |
| 1946 | #767 | 115 | — | |
| 1945 | #728 | 105 | — | |
| 1944 | #631 | 134 | — | |
| 1943 | #652 | 135 | — | |
| 1942 | #600 | 153 | — | |
| 1941 | #559 | 156 | — | |
| 1940 | #504 | 188 | — | |
| 1939 | #479 | 194 | — | |
| 1938 | #456 | 218 | — | |
| 1937 | #499 | 175 | — | |
| 1936 | #440 | 215 | — | |
| 1935 | #415 | 248 | — | |
| 1934 | #380 | 282 | — | |
| 1933 | #396 | 263 | — | |
| 1932 | #336 | 356 | — | |
| 1931 | #298 | 452 | — | |
| 1930 | #309 | 462 | — | |
| 1929 | #303 | 480 | — | |
| 1928 | #274 | 566 | — | |
| 1927 | #276 | 567 | — | |
| 1926 | #266 | 629 | — | |
| 1925 | #278 | 574 | — | |
| 1924 | #254 | 673 | — | |
| 1923 | #260 | 615 | — | |
| 1922 | #266 | 584 | — | |
| 1921 | #262 | 631 | — | |
| 1920 | #273 | 571 | — | |
| 1919 | #294 | 472 | — | |
| 1918 | #288 | 484 | — | |
| 1917 | #275 | 500 | — | |
| 1916 | #282 | 448 | — | |
| 1915 | #284 | 427 | — | |
| 1914 | #295 | 315 | — | |
| 1913 | #305 | 240 | — | |
| 1912 | #310 | 219 | — | |
| 1911 | #309 | 164 | — | |
| 1910 | #361 | 121 | — | |
| 1909 | #347 | 108 | — | |
| 1908 | #335 | 113 | — | |
| 1907 | #363 | 94 | — | |
| 1906 | #388 | 78 | — | |
| 1905 | #352 | 90 | — | |
| 1904 | #377 | 76 | — | |
| 1903 | #407 | 60 | — | |
| 1902 | #387 | 65 | — | |
| 1901 | #404 | 54 | — | |
| 1900 | #388 | 73 | — | |
| 1899 | #433 | 45 | — | |
| 1898 | #355 | 77 | — | |
| 1897 | #567 | 28 | — | |
| 1896 | #434 | 44 | — | |
| 1895 | #437 | 42 | — | |
| 1894 | #494 | 33 | — | |
| 1893 | #487 | 31 | — | |
| 1892 | #413 | 41 | — | |
| 1891 | #440 | 33 | — | |
| 1890 | #400 | 40 | — | |
| 1889 | #454 | 29 | — | |
| 1888 | #572 | 19 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #476 | 21 | — | |
| 1885 | #394 | 27 | — | |
| 1884 | #556 | 14 | — | |
| 1883 | #579 | 11 | — | |
| 1882 | #377 | 22 | — | |
| 1881 | #470 | 13 | — | |
| 1880 | #580 | 9 | — | |
First appearance
1880
In the first year the SSA published name data, Annabelle was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1881, when fewer than 14 girls a year got the name.
Where Annabelle is popular in 1940
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Hawaii#175 · 1 in 675
- New Mexico#190 · 1 in 734
- Colorado#216 · 1 in 1,298
- Indiana#252 · 1 in 2,442
- Wisconsin#259 · 1 in 3,023
Best ever in a state: #17 in Alaska, 2014.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #175 | 5 | 1 in 675 |
| New Mexico | #190 | 8 | 1 in 734 |
| Colorado | #216 | 7 | 1 in 1,298 |
| Indiana | #252 | 11 | 1 in 2,442 |
| Wisconsin | #259 | 8 | 1 in 3,023 |
| Iowa | #271 | 7 | 1 in 2,817 |
| Pennsylvania | #277 | 25 | 1 in 3,000 |
| West Virginia | #311 | 7 | 1 in 2,705 |
| Ohio | #335 | 13 | 1 in 4,054 |
| New Jersey | #361 | 5 | 1 in 5,168 |
| New York | #396 | 17 | 1 in 5,277 |
| Illinois | #423 | 10 | 1 in 5,626 |
| Louisiana | #431 | 6 | 1 in 3,900 |
| Missouri | #432 | 5 | 1 in 5,594 |
| California | #520 | 8 | 1 in 6,241 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
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Momentum · girls
Falling
- 5 spots since 2024 (#348 → #343)
- 123 spots since 2020 (#220 → #343)
- 251 spots since 2015 (#92 → #343)
- Biggest jump: 342 spots in 1995 (#1,312 → #970)
- Biggest drop: 243 spots in 1951 (#890 → #1,133)
Rise & fade · girls
134 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2014 at #57 (4,363 births)
- Births halved by 2018, 4 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 4 yrs
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 4 yrs · run 2012–2015
- Top 1,000: 102 yrs · run 1880–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 409
- Highest: 1 in 409 girls born in 2014 were named Annabelle (0.24%)
- Latest: 1 in 1,804 girls born in 2025 (0.06%)
Era · girls
The 2010s
- 42.9% of all girls named Annabelle (28,951) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #254 (1924) → #2,390 (1978) → #57 (2014)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 187 | #377 (1882) | #493 |
| 1890s | 414 | #355 (1898) | #446 |
| 1900s | 811 | #335 (1908) | #375 |
| 1910s | 3,390 | #275 (1917) | #300 |
| 1920s | 5,890 | #254 (1924) | #271 |
| 1930s | 2,865 | #298 (1931) | #401 |
| 1940s | 1,325 | #504 (1940) | #691 |
| 1950s | 587 | #890 (1950) | #1,374 |
| 1960s | 616 | #1,226 (1969) | #1,442 |
| 1970s | 561 | #1,389 (1970) | #1,754 |
| 1980s | 579 | #1,587 (1989) | #1,940 |
| 1990s | 2,017 | #499 (1999) | #1,188 |
| 2000s | 13,179 | #156 (2009) | #272 |
| 2010s | 28,951 | #57 (2014) | #109 |
| 2020s | 6,171 | #220 (2020) | #308 |
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.
Annabelle in 1940
girls
#504
188 births · 1 in 6,083 girls
Top girls' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 6,083 of them was named Annabelle, which outranked 90.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).