Anabelle
Girl · AN-a-bel · Latin
Anabelle is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,957th for girls in the US (56 babies).
What does Anabelle mean?
Latin: spelling of Annabel
“lovable”
A spelling of Annabel influenced by French belle, 'beautiful'.
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- AN-a-bel
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Is Anabelle a girl's or a boy's name?
Anabelle is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 56 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anabelle in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,101among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 64% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Anabelle, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,587th. Its busiest year was 2012, with 111 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anabelle in the UK since 1996 were born between 2010 and 2015, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 507 girls in the UK were given Anabelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #122, up from #3,101 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Anabelle in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 19 | #1,669 |
| 2020 | 20 | #1,587 |
| 2019 | 23 | #1,439 |
| 2018 | 43 | #923 |
| 2017 | 31 | #1,186 |
| 2016 | 55 | #778 |
| 2015 | 72 | #637 |
| 2014 | 103 | #470 |
| 2013 | 105 | #444 |
| 2012 | 111 | #451 |
| 2011 | 80 | #567 |
| 2010 | 57 | #705 |
| 2009 | 50 | #785 |
| 2008 | 43 | #843 |
| 2007 | 28 | #1,117 |
| 2006 | 14 | #1,764 |
| 2005 | 15 | #1,608 |
| 2004 | 15 | #1,561 |
| 2003 | 10 | #1,954 |
| 2002 | 8 | #2,231 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 8 | #2,110 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
How popular is Anabelle in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,957among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 56about 1 in 29,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fastdown 61% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 56 girls in the US were named Anabelle, making it the 2,957th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,792nd. Its busiest year was 2014, with 686 girls. It first appears in the records in 1915.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Anabelle than any year since 1997.
Half of all the girls named Anabelle in the US since 1880 were born between 2006 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,071 girls in the US were given Anabelle or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #314, up from #2,957 for this spelling alone.
Anabelle in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 56 | #2,957 |
| 2024 | 61 | #2,775 |
| 2023 | 69 | #2,555 |
| 2022 | 74 | #2,445 |
| 2021 | 102 | #1,926 |
| 2020 | 110 | #1,792 |
| 2019 | 163 | #1,377 |
| 2018 | 199 | #1,197 |
| 2017 | 271 | #969 |
| 2016 | 350 | #818 |
| 2015 | 383 | #736 |
| 2014 | 686 | #465 |
| 2013 | 664 | #459 |
| 2012 | 634 | #484 |
| 2011 | 625 | #473 |
| 2010 | 632 | #477 |
| 2009 | 543 | #561 |
| 2008 | 420 | #710 |
| 2007 | 396 | #734 |
| 2006 | 363 | #756 |
| 2005 | 283 | #891 |
| 2004 | 225 | #1,034 |
| 2003 | 228 | #1,012 |
| 2002 | 195 | #1,089 |
| 2001 | 166 | #1,217 |
| 2000 | 128 | #1,429 |
| 1999 | 113 | #1,513 |
| 1998 | 88 | #1,771 |
| 1997 | 48 | #2,619 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 51 | #2,481 |
| 1994 | 26 | #4,011 |
| 1993 | 28 | #3,771 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 23 | #4,225 |
| 1989 | 22 | #4,242 |
| 1988 | 15 | #5,316 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 10 | #6,609 |
| 1985 | 14 | #5,075 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 18 | #4,108 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 18 | #4,147 |
| 1979 | 20 | #3,776 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,139 |
| 1974 | 9 | #5,775 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 8 | #4,830 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 10 | #4,271 |
| 1962 | 9 | #4,532 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 6 | #5,324 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 9 | #3,162 |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,051 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,563 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 13 | #2,587 |
| 1922 | 5 | #5,007 |
| 1921 | 5 | #5,097 |
| 1920 | 9 | #3,339 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 7 | #3,711 |
| 1916 | 8 | #3,256 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
Nicknames for Anabelle
- Belle 120 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anabelle
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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