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Annabel

This name is a variant of Amabel, with the spelling altered as if it were a combination of Anna and French belle "beautiful".

PronunciationEnglish /ˈæn.ə.ˌbɛl/; Dutch /ɑ.naː.ˈbɛl/
Usage languagesDutch, English
US rank (2025)#2,064

Meaning and history

Annabel arose in medieval Scotland as a variant of Amabel, with its spelling reshaped to resemble a combination of Anna and the French belle, meaning "beautiful."

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 318 births, rank #844
2007: 361 births, rank #796
2008: 361 births, rank #799
2009: 405 births, rank #711
2010: 467 births, rank #629
20112011: 538 births, rank #539
2012: 584 births, rank #519
2013: 632 births, rank #481
2014: 716 births, rank #447
2015: 463 births, rank #621
20162016: 410 births, rank #701
2017: 348 births, rank #789
2018: 279 births, rank #951
2019: 220 births, rank #1,109
2020: 188 births, rank #1,214
20212021: 169 births, rank #1,327
2022: 135 births, rank #1,573
2023: 112 births, rank #1,802
2024: 131 births, rank #1,598
20252025: 91 births, rank #2,064

Annabel moved from #789 to #951 for girls between 2017 and 2018. Its highest annual birth count came in 2014, with 716 births.