NameTides

Anabel

Anabel was the #4,265 girls' name in the US in 2025 (33 babies), and #3,705 in England & Wales.

Anabel as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Anabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.518801900192019401960198020002020England & WalesUS
Anabel as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.130.250.380.51880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandIrelandCanada
2025#4,265 (33)#3,705 (6)———
2024#3,575 (43)#3,016 (8)———
2023#4,873 (27)#2,689 (9)——#2,900 (6)
2022#3,313 (48)#1,767 (16)——#3,228 (5)
2021#2,848 (59)#1,962 (14)——#2,021 (10)
2020#2,712 (61)#2,042 (13)——#2,873 (6)
2019#2,561 (68)#1,782 (16)——#1,408 (17)
2018#1,925 (103)#1,788 (16)—#734 (4)#1,440 (16)
2017#1,752 (120)#1,681 (18)—#579 (6)#1,382 (17)
2016#1,560 (143)#1,241 (27)——#1,230 (20)
2015#1,411 (164)#1,452 (22)#806 (3)#581 (6)#843 (32)
2014#911 (297)#940 (39)—#752 (4)#825 (33)
2013#899 (285)#1,048 (34)—#587 (6)#846 (32)
2012#967 (262)#1,150 (29)——#839 (32)
2011#996 (254)#1,043 (33)——#559 (52)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2014 at #911.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1882.

How common is it?

about 1 in 48,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 48,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 42,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Anabel is likely to keep falling in the US in 2026: about 1 in 56,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 34,000 to 1 in 94,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anabel by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: fewer than 5 babiesTXFlorida: #1,685FL
Anabel (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnabelCanadaGirls—too few
AnabelEngland & WalesGirls#3,7056
AnabelIrelandGirls—too few
AnabelNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnabelScotlandGirls—too few
AnabelUSGirls#4,26533
AnabelUSBoys—too few