Anabella
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- an-a-BEL-a
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,076 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,256 for girls
Anabella is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 2,076th for girls in the UK (14 babies) and 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).
What does Anabella mean?
Latin: elaboration of Annabel
“lovable”
An elaborated form of Annabel, probably from Amabel, from Latin amabilis, 'lovable'.
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Is Anabella a girl's or a boy's name?
Anabella is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 14 girls in the UK and 81 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anabella in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 14about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 14 girls in the UK were named Anabella, making it the 2,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 43 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anabella in the UK since 1996 were born between 2011 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 83 girls in the UK were given Anabella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #511, up from #2,076 for this spelling alone.
- Annabella 69
- Anabella 14
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales.
Anabella in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 14 | #2,076 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2018 | 21 | #1,577 |
| 2017 | 24 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 24 | #1,452 |
| 2015 | 30 | #1,216 |
| 2014 | 43 | #936 |
| 2013 | 22 | #1,505 |
| 2012 | 28 | #1,259 |
| 2011 | 32 | #1,141 |
| 2010 | 14 | #2,004 |
| 2009 | 14 | #1,957 |
| 2008 | 7 | #3,203 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 9 | #2,360 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
How popular is Anabella in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,256among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Anabella, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,412th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 585 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Anabella in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 249 girls in the US were given Anabella or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #935, up from #2,256 for this spelling alone.
Anabella in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,256 |
| 2024 | 81 | #2,282 |
| 2023 | 108 | #1,850 |
| 2022 | 103 | #1,930 |
| 2021 | 119 | #1,730 |
| 2020 | 155 | #1,412 |
| 2019 | 175 | #1,307 |
| 2018 | 225 | #1,099 |
| 2017 | 245 | #1,051 |
| 2016 | 292 | #938 |
| 2015 | 323 | #863 |
| 2014 | 585 | #529 |
| 2013 | 515 | #564 |
| 2012 | 513 | #573 |
| 2011 | 477 | #601 |
| 2010 | 497 | #592 |
| 2009 | 363 | #779 |
| 2008 | 297 | #922 |
| 2007 | 262 | #1,012 |
| 2006 | 225 | #1,110 |
| 2005 | 195 | #1,181 |
| 2004 | 199 | #1,143 |
| 2003 | 170 | #1,234 |
| 2002 | 133 | #1,431 |
| 2001 | 86 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 72 | #2,186 |
| 1999 | 75 | #2,048 |
| 1998 | 29 | #3,911 |
| 1997 | 28 | #3,894 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,127 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 12 | #7,091 |
| 1993 | 18 | #5,200 |
| 1992 | 10 | #8,057 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,582 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 5 | #8,421 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Nicknames for Anabella
- Bella 567 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anabella
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Arabella Ariella Eliana Aurora Ariana Isabella Aria Ava Amara Luna Ayla Amira
Other spellings of Anabella
Names related to Anabella
More Latin names
Oliver Olivia Leo Roman Emily Florence Mabel Nora Rosie Emilia Max Nova Lucy Julian Clara Anthony
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, “Anabella: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anabella, updated 20 October 2026.