Meaning and history
Variant of Annabelle, combining Anna, from the Hebrew for "grace" or "favor," with the French belle, "beautiful." The related form Annabel Lee was immortalized in Edgar Allan Poe's 1849 poem of the same name.
Anabelle moved from #818 to #969 for girls between 2016 and 2017. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 686 births.