girls:
8.8k births since 1915
#1734 (70th percentile)
overall:
8.8k births since 1915
#2882 (63rd percentile)
The name Anabelle is the #2,882 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 8,798 recorded births since 1915. This represents the 62.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 62.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,734 (69.7% percentile) for all time with 8,798 births since 1915.
Anabelle first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1915 (first recorded for girls in 1915). Birth data for Anabelle is available in 75 out of the 109 years between 1915 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.
For girls, Anabelle reached its peak popularity in 2013, achieving the 56.3% percentile (ranked #407) with 344 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 351 births per million (ranked 55.7% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anabelle ranks #883 for girls (6.8% percentile) with 39 births per million, which is 11.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anabelle".
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These similar-looking names have spellings that are closest to the spelling of "Anabelle", in the sense that there are the fewest number of letter differences between the two spellings. This list excludes the 10 other name spellings that we've determined are also variations of "Annabelle" based on shared pronunciations. Click here for more details on names that are pronounced like Annabelle..
Our model has identified 5 different pronunciations for the name Anabelle. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 45.2% confident that Anabelle is pronounced as A-nuh-BEHL, which has 3 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nuh-behl, at 22.6% confidence, with 3 syllables.
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