Annabel Girl
How popular is Annabel?
#2,064 girl name in 2025
91 baby girls were named Annabel in the US in 2025, making it the 2064th most popular girl name.
Annabel popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,064 for girls (▼ 466 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 91 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-80% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #621 in 2015, #1,214 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2014 (716 girls) |
| Highest rank | #447 in 2014 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Annabel counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Annabelle family of names ranked #299 for girls in 2025 (#298 the year before), with 1,092 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Annabelle | 891 | 82% |
| Annabel | 91 | 8% |
| Anabelle | 56 | 5% |
| Anabel | 33 | 3% |
| Annabell | 21 | 2% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Annabel is most popular
Babies named Annabel per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Massachusetts: 0.2 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (61 girls)
- Virginia: 0.1 per 1,000 (20 girls)
- Pennsylvania: 0.1 per 1,000 (27 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (22 girls)
Annabel by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 127 | #466 |
| 1890s | 217 | #514 |
| 1900s | 275 | #538 |
| 1910s | 922 | #589 |
| 1920s | 1,087 | #628 |
| 1930s | 429 | #869 |
| 1940s | 243 | #1,355 |
| 1950s | 261 | #1,577 |
| 1960s | 374 | #1,595 |
| 1970s | 403 | #1,775 |
| 1980s | 690 | #1,370 |
| 1990s | 1,332 | #1,042 |
| 2000s | 3,131 | #711 |
| 2010s | 4,657 | #447 |
| 2020s | 826 | #1,214 |
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Questions
- Is Annabel a boy or girl name?
- Annabel is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Annabel were girls.
- How popular is the name Annabel?
- 91 baby girls were named Annabel in the US in 2025, making it the 2064th most popular girl name.
- When was Annabel most popular?
- Annabel peaked in 2014, when 716 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #447 in 2014.
- How many people are named Annabel?
- 14,974 babies have been named Annabel in the US since 1880. We estimate about 11,773 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
- Where is Annabel most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Annabel was most common in Massachusetts, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.