Annabel
2025 SSA
About Annabel
Annabel is a spirited name that embodies quirky British gentility. Appearing in Scotland as early as the twelfth century, where it was a royal name, it also recalls the romantic Edgar Allan Poe poem Annabel Lee, written upon the death of his young wife, Virginia.
In the Swinging Sixties, Annabel was in the thick of things as the name of London's trendiest disco and nightclub, named for the wife of the owner. The Annabel spelling is preferable today to Annabelle, too closely associated with the eponymous horror movie doll.
Pronounced AN-uh-bel.
As of October 2026, Annabel ranked #2065 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #447 in 2014, Nameberry popularity #696.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #447 | 716 | 400.8 |
| 2015 | #621 | 463 | 259.4 |
| 2016 | #701 | 410 | 231.4 |
| 2017 | #789 | 348 | 201.6 |
| 2018 | #951 | 279 | 164 |
| 2019 | #1,109 | 220 | 131.1 |
| 2020 | #1,214 | 188 | 116.3 |
| 2021 | #1,327 | 169 | 103 |
| 2022 | #1,573 | 135 | 82.3 |
| 2023 | #1,803 | 112 | 69.8 |
| 2024 | #1,601 | 130 | 80.2 |
| 2025 | #2,065 | 91 | 56.6 |
World rankings
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Annabel on lists
Famous Annabels
- Annabel Lucy Veronica Jones
Viscountess Astor, English socialite and CEO
- Annabel Claire Giles
English TV and radio presenter
- Annabel Chong (born Grace Quek)
Singaporean,American actress
- Annabel Croft
English tennis player and TV commentator
- Annabel Langbein
New Zealand celebrity chef
- Annabel Shand Elliot
English antiques dealer; sister of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
- Annabel Goldsmith
English socialite
- Annabel Lamb
English singer,songwriter
- Annabel Lyon
Canadian novelist
- Annabel Clare Mullion
Anglo,Irish actress
- Annabel Beam
subject of the book/film Miracles From Heaven
- Annabel Lucy Clark (b. 1981)
daughter of actors Lynn Redgrave and John Clark
- Annabel Charlotte Jones (b. 1988)
daughter of singer Davy Jones of The Monkees
- Annabel Clare Daldry (b. 2003)
daughter of director Stephen Daldry
- Annabel Leah Van Der Beek (b. 2014)
daughter of actor James Van Der Beek
Annabel in pop culture
- Annabel Lee
poem by Edgar Allan Poe
- Annabel Williams
character in "Annabel" by L. Frank Baum
- Annabel "Anna" Coleman
character in book/movie "Freaky Friday"
- Annabel
character in movie "Soul Survivors"
- Annabel
character in Vladimir Nabokov's "Lolita"
- Annabel Greene
character in Sarah Dessen's "Just Listen"
- Annabel aka Evelyn Draper
character in movie "Play Misty for Me"
- 'Annabel'
novel by Kathleen Winter and song by Goldfrapp about a transgender child
- Annabel Greene
main character in novel "Just Listen"