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Anabella

Feminine · “grace”

1960high 2014
#2256 in the U.S.given to only a few children a year
rare81 girls in 2025

Anabella joins Ana to Bella, and the Anna behind it is the Hebrew for grace — one of the oldest names still in daily use.

How old is the name Anabella?

Anabella first appears in US birth records in 1960 — 65 years ago. The typical Anabella alive today was born around 2012, making them about 13 years old. About 6,700 people named Anabella are estimated to be alive in the US today.

When was the name Anabella most popular?

Anabella peaked in 2014, reaching #529 nationally. Today it ranks #2256, 1,727 places below that high. See the whole 2014 chart.

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Where it comes from

The story of Anabella

Channah gives Hannah, Anna, Anne, Ana and a dozen more across Europe. Annabella appears in Scotland from the medieval period, probably from Amabel rather than from Anna plus bella. Anabella is the Spanish-influenced spelling and appears in American records in current use.

Meaning

grace; beautiful

A compound of Ana, from the Hebrew channah, 'grace' or 'favor', and the Italian bella, 'beautiful'. Both elements are genuine and settled. The joining is modern, though Annabella exists separately as a Scottish and Italian name from a different route.

How the name formed

  1. channah
  2. Ana Bella
  3. Anabella

Related forms: Anabella · Annabella · Annabelle

Pronouncing Anabella

ah-nah-BEL-lah

Four syllables, stress on the third. Spanish gives every vowel a full value.

Nicknames for Anabella

Moderate

AnaThe front of the name, and one of the most-used names in Europe
BellaThe back of the name, and a name of its own with a large record
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What the data says

The long climb, and where it stands now

GIRLS NAMED · 1960–202558529305858119602025

US babies named Anabella per year from 1960 to 2025
AVERAGE RANK BY DECADE#1#10#100#1000#5291960s2020s

The same years in position rather than babies

First recorded
1960
Most girls named
2014585 — the highest on record
Peak rank
#529reached in 2014
Change vs 2024
0.0%81 in 2025, from 81
Anabella sits in the rare tail. Its best year on record was 2014, with 585 girls. Today it is given to few enough children that it does not enter the ranked charts at all.

Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.

Anabella in other languages

The same name elsewhere

  • Anabella in Spanish — same name
  • Annabella in Italian — spelling variant
  • Annabelle in English — related form

Strongest US states over the last decade: Florida, California, Texas.

Anabellas among us

6,700

people named Anabella are estimated to be alive in the US today

About 1 girl in 19,843 born in 2025 was named Anabella

Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method

Spellings of Anabella

#2256
Anabella on the 2025 chart
#713
counting every spelling

The SSA counts spellings, not names. Anabella went to 81 girls in 2025, but Annabella and Anabela are the same name said out loud. Together the 3 spellings went to 249, which makes it the 713th most-given girls’ name of the year — 1,543 places above the chart.

About 1 girl in 6,455 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 19,843 for Anabella itself.

Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method

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Is it right for you

The Myrtice test

Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Anabella's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Myrtice climbed just as high around 1907, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Myrtice's path sketches the road Anabella is walking now.

40%chance Anabella will feel “very 2010s” by 2040
Anabella, aligned on its peakMyrtice· peak 1907not yet written
#1#10#100#1000peak-40 yrs+70 yrsMyrtice · #7307Anabella today
Anabella today is about where Myrtice stood in 1918 — 11 years past a #529-sized peak. By 1933, Myrtice had settled around #799.
Ages quietlysteadyDates fast

Anabella sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.

A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored

Where Anabella is headed

19602030

US babies named Anabella per year, 1960 to 2025, with a projection to 2030

Anabella is easing off slowly — about 23% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues.

Cooling-23% by 2030projected around #2,870 in 2030

Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.

A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.

Anabella beside its neighbors

The names ranked closest to Anabella in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.

Anabellathis name81#2256Jensen81#2256Miabella81#2256Toni81#2256Alita81#2256

US girls given each name in 2025.

The trade-off

Practical strengths
  • Both halves have transparent and settled meanings.
  • Ana and Bella are two short forms, both with large records.
  • Four syllables of open vowels, which carries unusually well.
What to consider
  • The medieval Annabella probably comes from Amabel rather than from these two words.
  • At least four spellings are in circulation.
  • Four syllables make it long for everyday use.

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Frequently asked

How many Anabellas are there in the world?
No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 6,700 people named Anabella are estimated to be alive in the US today.
How do you spell Anabella?
Anabella is one of 3 recorded spellings. Annabella is the more common one — 163 births in 2025 against 81 for Anabella.
How popular is the name Anabella in 2025?
Anabella ranks #2256 among US girl names in 2025, with 81 babies given the name.
How rare is the name Anabella?
About 1 in every 19,843 US girls born in 2025 was named Anabella — 81 in all.
Will my child share the name Anabella with classmates?
Anabella will almost certainly be the only one in school.

Ranked beside Anabella

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Jensen#2256 · Miabella#2256 · Toni#2256 · Alita#2256 · Lillyana#2256 · Daylin#2256 · Linden#2256 · Leonor#2256

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