# Anabella (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anabella/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 6,768 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 6,768 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 399, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Rare spelling variant of Annabella, the Latinate form of Annabel.

## 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 | 477 | 601 |
| 2012 | 513 | 573 |
| 2013 | 515 | 564 |
| 2014 | 585 | 529 |
| 2015 | 323 | 863 |
| 2016 | 292 | 938 |
| 2017 | 245 | 1,051 |
| 2018 | 225 | 1,099 |
| 2019 | 175 | 1,308 |
| 2020 | 155 | 1,412 |
| 2021 | 119 | 1,731 |
| 2022 | 103 | 1,931 |
| 2023 | 108 | 1,851 |
| 2024 | 81 | 2,284 |
| 2025 | 81 | 2,258 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 32 | 1,067 |
| 2012 | 27 | 1,210 |
| 2013 | 21 | 1,484 |
| 2014 | 42 | 890 |
| 2015 | 29 | 1,168 |
| 2016 | 24 | 1,370 |
| 2017 | 22 | 1,457 |
| 2018 | 19 | 1,586 |
| 2019 | 23 | 1,349 |
| 2020 | 14 | 1,939 |
| 2021 | 14 | 1,962 |
| 2022 | 9 | 2,673 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 14 | 2,000 |
| 2025 | 14 | 2,006 |

## 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.