# Anabel (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anabel/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 9,815 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 35 / 9,780 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 575, 1996 to 2025 |

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 254 | 996 |
| 2012 | 262 | 967 |
| 2013 | 285 | 899 |
| 2014 | 297 | 911 |
| 2015 | 164 | 1,411 |
| 2016 | 143 | 1,560 |
| 2017 | 120 | 1,752 |
| 2018 | 103 | 1,925 |
| 2019 | 68 | 2,563 |
| 2020 | 61 | 2,717 |
| 2021 | 59 | 2,850 |
| 2022 | 48 | 3,316 |
| 2023 | 27 | 4,878 |
| 2024 | 43 | 3,579 |
| 2025 | 33 | 4,270 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1982 | 5 | 6,405 |
| 1989 | 10 | 4,824 |
| 1990 | 7 | 6,438 |
| 1991 | 8 | 5,966 |
| 1993 | 5 | 8,746 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 33 | 1,043 |
| 2012 | 29 | 1,150 |
| 2013 | 34 | 1,048 |
| 2014 | 39 | 940 |
| 2015 | 22 | 1,452 |
| 2016 | 27 | 1,241 |
| 2017 | 18 | 1,681 |
| 2018 | 16 | 1,788 |
| 2019 | 16 | 1,782 |
| 2020 | 13 | 2,042 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 16 | 1,767 |
| 2023 | 9 | 2,689 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 6 | 3,705 |

## People named Anabel

- Anabel Medina, Dominican Republic sprinter
- Anabel Torres, Colombian writer
- Anabel Gambero, Argentine field hockey player
- Anabel Balkenhol, German Olympic dressage rider

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.