Annabel
Girl · AN-a-bel · Latin
Annabel is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lovable”. In 2025 it ranked 373rd for girls in the UK (127 babies) and 2,064th for girls in the US (91 babies).
What does Annabel mean?
Latin: probably from Amabel
“lovable”
A medieval Scottish name, probably a form of Amabel, from Latin amabilis, 'lovable'.
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Is Annabel a girl's or a boy's name?
Annabel is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 127 girls in the UK and 91 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annabel in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #373among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 127about 1 in 2,200 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 34% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 127 girls in the UK were named Annabel, making it the 373rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 293rd. Its busiest year was 2010, with 559 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Annabel since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Annabel in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 507 girls in the UK were given Annabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #122, up from #373 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 361st in England and Wales and 387th in Scotland.
Annabel in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 127 | #373 |
| 2024 | 137 | #354 |
| 2023 | 152 | #320 |
| 2022 | 146 | #331 |
| 2021 | 182 | #289 |
| 2020 | 179 | #293 |
| 2019 | 211 | #252 |
| 2018 | 242 | #232 |
| 2017 | 287 | #203 |
| 2016 | 386 | #159 |
| 2015 | 377 | #161 |
| 2014 | 509 | #123 |
| 2013 | 510 | #124 |
| 2012 | 557 | #114 |
| 2011 | 513 | #124 |
| 2010 | 559 | #115 |
| 2009 | 475 | #131 |
| 2008 | 462 | #129 |
| 2007 | 483 | #129 |
| 2006 | 463 | #134 |
| 2005 | 452 | #135 |
| 2004 | 405 | #147 |
| 2003 | 390 | #146 |
| 2002 | 466 | #116 |
| 2001 | 414 | #129 |
| 2000 | 436 | #127 |
| 1999 | 428 | #130 |
| 1998 | 466 | #119 |
| 1997 | 427 | #131 |
| 1996 | 390 | #131 |
How popular is Annabel in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,064among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 91about 1 in 18,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 51% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 91 girls in the US were named Annabel, making it the 2,064th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,214th. Its busiest year was 2014, with 716 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Annabel than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Annabel in the US since 1880 were born between 1964 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 1,071 girls in the US were given Annabel or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #314, up from #2,064 for this spelling alone.
Annabel in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 91 | #2,064 |
| 2024 | 131 | #1,598 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,802 |
| 2022 | 135 | #1,573 |
| 2021 | 169 | #1,327 |
| 2020 | 188 | #1,214 |
| 2019 | 220 | #1,109 |
| 2018 | 279 | #951 |
| 2017 | 348 | #789 |
| 2016 | 410 | #701 |
| 2015 | 463 | #621 |
| 2014 | 716 | #447 |
| 2013 | 632 | #481 |
| 2012 | 584 | #519 |
| 2011 | 538 | #539 |
| 2010 | 467 | #629 |
| 2009 | 405 | #711 |
| 2008 | 361 | #799 |
| 2007 | 361 | #796 |
| 2006 | 318 | #844 |
| 2005 | 338 | #776 |
| 2004 | 289 | #850 |
| 2003 | 281 | #859 |
| 2002 | 285 | #812 |
| 2001 | 266 | #855 |
| 2000 | 227 | #940 |
| 1999 | 195 | #1,042 |
| 1998 | 182 | #1,068 |
| 1997 | 149 | #1,204 |
| 1996 | 128 | #1,326 |
| 1995 | 130 | #1,283 |
| 1994 | 113 | #1,413 |
| 1993 | 107 | #1,483 |
| 1992 | 100 | #1,545 |
| 1991 | 106 | #1,480 |
| 1990 | 122 | #1,321 |
| 1989 | 110 | #1,370 |
| 1988 | 91 | #1,490 |
| 1987 | 78 | #1,590 |
| 1986 | 67 | #1,735 |
| 1985 | 77 | #1,561 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 49 | #2,046 |
| 1982 | 43 | #2,288 |
| 1981 | 56 | #1,912 |
| 1980 | 60 | #1,805 |
| 1979 | 42 | #2,273 |
| 1978 | 50 | #1,938 |
| 1977 | 47 | #2,026 |
| 1976 | 53 | #1,775 |
| 1975 | 45 | #1,963 |
| 1974 | 37 | #2,172 |
| 1973 | 31 | #2,405 |
| 1972 | 31 | #2,356 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 28 | #2,577 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 28 | #2,296 |
| 1967 | 40 | #1,848 |
| 1966 | 35 | #1,952 |
| 1965 | 49 | #1,595 |
| 1964 | 40 | #1,866 |
| 1963 | 35 | #1,980 |
| 1962 | 34 | #1,988 |
| 1961 | 46 | #1,665 |
| 1960 | 32 | #2,012 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 19 | #2,650 |
| 1956 | 15 | #3,047 |
| 1955 | 26 | #2,107 |
| 1954 | 20 | #2,449 |
| 1953 | 34 | #1,706 |
| 1952 | 37 | #1,577 |
| 1951 | 24 | #2,015 |
| 1950 | 30 | #1,719 |
| 1949 | 25 | #1,916 |
| 1948 | 23 | #2,007 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 25 | #1,807 |
| 1945 | 23 | #1,742 |
| 1944 | 16 | #2,198 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 22 | #1,803 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 26 | #1,518 |
| 1939 | 39 | #1,160 |
| 1938 | 29 | #1,382 |
| 1937 | 30 | #1,330 |
| 1936 | 28 | #1,375 |
| 1935 | 33 | #1,244 |
| 1934 | 42 | #1,079 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 64 | #869 |
| 1931 | 61 | #876 |
| 1930 | 62 | #926 |
| 1929 | 73 | #828 |
| 1928 | 76 | #825 |
| 1927 | 93 | #739 |
| 1926 | 113 | #686 |
| 1925 | 113 | #693 |
| 1924 | 123 | #669 |
| 1923 | 118 | #683 |
| 1922 | 118 | #671 |
| 1921 | 130 | #649 |
| 1920 | 130 | #628 |
| 1919 | 124 | #631 |
| 1918 | 129 | #622 |
| 1917 | 121 | #621 |
| 1916 | 129 | #589 |
| 1915 | 112 | #622 |
| 1914 | 87 | #613 |
| 1913 | 63 | #651 |
| 1912 | 61 | #632 |
| 1911 | 51 | #594 |
| 1910 | 45 | #630 |
| 1909 | 28 | #761 |
| 1908 | 34 | #664 |
| 1907 | 34 | #637 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 27 | #683 |
| 1904 | 19 | #837 |
| 1903 | 26 | #654 |
| 1902 | 22 | #734 |
| 1901 | 32 | #538 |
| 1900 | 37 | #567 |
| 1899 | 24 | #629 |
| 1898 | 30 | #586 |
| 1897 | 16 | #786 |
| 1896 | 33 | #514 |
| 1895 | 15 | #815 |
| 1894 | 16 | #744 |
| 1893 | 26 | #547 |
| 1892 | 22 | #590 |
| 1891 | 16 | #669 |
| 1890 | 19 | #599 |
| 1889 | 24 | #516 |
| 1888 | 17 | #612 |
| 1887 | 13 | #633 |
| 1886 | 15 | #572 |
| 1885 | 10 | #695 |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 8 | #692 |
| 1882 | 10 | #596 |
| 1881 | 6 | #740 |
| 1880 | 13 | #466 |
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