Anabel
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-a-bel
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,264 for girls
Anabel is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 4,264th for girls in the US (33 babies).
What does Anabel mean?
Latin: spelling of Annabel, probably from Amabel
“lovable”
Annabel began as a medieval Scottish name, probably a form of Amabel, from Latin amabilis, 'lovable'.
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Is Anabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Anabel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 33 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anabel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Anabel, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,159th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 39 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Anabel than any year since 1998.
Half of all the girls named Anabel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 507 girls in the UK were given Anabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #122, up from #3,776 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Anabel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 17 | #1,794 |
| 2021 | 16 | #1,882 |
| 2020 | 13 | #2,159 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 29 | #1,243 |
| 2015 | 25 | #1,389 |
| 2014 | 39 | #1,002 |
| 2013 | 34 | #1,117 |
| 2012 | 31 | #1,179 |
| 2011 | 34 | #1,092 |
| 2010 | 34 | #1,055 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 17 | #1,679 |
| 2007 | 22 | #1,327 |
| 2006 | 25 | #1,153 |
| 2005 | 26 | #1,048 |
| 2004 | 12 | #1,812 |
| 2003 | 21 | #1,156 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 22 | #1,042 |
| 2000 | 14 | #1,415 |
| 1999 | 13 | #1,493 |
| 1998 | 6 | #2,535 |
| 1997 | 13 | #1,466 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Anabel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,264th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 33 about 1 in 49,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 33 girls in the US were named Anabel, making it the 4,264th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,712th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 297 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Anabel in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 2009, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,071 girls in the US were given Anabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #314, up from #4,264 for this spelling alone.
Anabel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 33 | #4,264 |
| 2024 | 43 | #3,575 |
| 2023 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 2022 | 48 | #3,312 |
| 2021 | 59 | #2,848 |
| 2020 | 61 | #2,712 |
| 2019 | 68 | #2,561 |
| 2018 | 103 | #1,925 |
| 2017 | 120 | #1,752 |
| 2016 | 143 | #1,560 |
| 2015 | 164 | #1,411 |
| 2014 | 297 | #911 |
| 2013 | 285 | #899 |
| 2012 | 262 | #967 |
| 2011 | 254 | #996 |
| 2010 | 270 | #950 |
| 2009 | 232 | #1,101 |
| 2008 | 279 | #961 |
| 2007 | 285 | #951 |
| 2006 | 247 | #1,036 |
| 2005 | 231 | #1,037 |
| 2004 | 248 | #965 |
| 2003 | 186 | #1,159 |
| 2002 | 219 | #1,001 |
| 2001 | 180 | #1,157 |
| 2000 | 183 | #1,111 |
| 1999 | 168 | #1,157 |
| 1998 | 160 | #1,171 |
| 1997 | 164 | #1,137 |
| 1996 | 157 | #1,153 |
| 1995 | 143 | #1,194 |
| 1994 | 164 | #1,093 |
| 1993 | 165 | #1,092 |
| 1992 | 189 | #997 |
| 1991 | 284 | #731 |
| 1990 | 277 | #746 |
| 1989 | 239 | #793 |
| 1988 | 173 | #960 |
| 1987 | 115 | #1,234 |
| 1986 | 128 | #1,129 |
| 1985 | 114 | #1,212 |
| 1984 | 117 | #1,157 |
| 1983 | 124 | #1,103 |
| 1982 | 105 | #1,243 |
| 1981 | 132 | #1,068 |
| 1980 | 162 | #921 |
| 1979 | 88 | #1,394 |
| 1978 | 93 | #1,299 |
| 1977 | 79 | #1,414 |
| 1976 | 71 | #1,464 |
| 1975 | 67 | #1,516 |
| 1974 | 71 | #1,428 |
| 1973 | 45 | #1,857 |
| 1972 | 45 | #1,856 |
| 1971 | 45 | #1,906 |
| 1970 | 37 | #2,160 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 27 | #2,360 |
| 1967 | 29 | #2,212 |
| 1966 | 36 | #1,916 |
| 1965 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1964 | 37 | #1,946 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,060 |
| 1962 | 27 | #2,311 |
| 1961 | 17 | #3,059 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 19 | #2,662 |
| 1957 | 21 | #2,485 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 17 | #2,724 |
| 1954 | 9 | #3,965 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 9 | #3,611 |
| 1948 | 5 | #5,241 |
| 1947 | 6 | #4,762 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 9 | #3,138 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 9 | #3,028 |
| 1940 | 10 | #2,736 |
| 1939 | 5 | #4,248 |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,729 |
| 1934 | 14 | #2,186 |
| 1933 | 16 | #1,970 |
| 1932 | 15 | #2,129 |
| 1931 | 21 | #1,685 |
| 1930 | 19 | #1,874 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,896 |
| 1927 | 25 | #1,668 |
| 1926 | 28 | #1,540 |
| 1925 | 19 | #2,017 |
| 1924 | 43 | #1,206 |
| 1923 | 33 | #1,388 |
| 1922 | 34 | #1,366 |
| 1921 | 31 | #1,476 |
| 1920 | 26 | #1,626 |
| 1919 | 37 | #1,242 |
| 1918 | 37 | #1,234 |
| 1917 | 24 | #1,552 |
| 1916 | 37 | #1,167 |
| 1915 | 29 | #1,317 |
| 1914 | 18 | #1,541 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 14 | #1,477 |
| 1911 | 9 | #1,656 |
| 1910 | 13 | #1,267 |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,607 |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,084 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 15 | #965 |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,297 |
| 1904 | 10 | #1,170 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 9 | #1,219 |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 8 | #1,430 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 5 | #1,699 |
| 1897 | 7 | #1,263 |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 7 | #1,299 |
| 1894 | 13 | #850 |
| 1893 | 6 | #1,277 |
| 1892 | 8 | #1,085 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,093 |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 7 | #1,024 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,276 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 6 | #993 |
| 1885 | 7 | #842 |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,024 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 5 | #908 |
Nicknames for Anabel
- Bel
Names like Anabel
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Emily, Olivia, Sophia, Aurora, Abigail, Alba, Amelia, Lucia, Ava, Amelie, Emilia, Aria
Other spellings of Anabel
Names related to Anabel
More Latin names
Oliver, Leo, Roman, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara, Anthony, Austin, Felix
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anabel: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anabel, updated 20 October 2026.