girls:
14.7k births since 1912
#1271 (78th percentile)
overall:
14.7k births since 1912
#2170 (72nd percentile)
The name Annabella is the #2,170 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 14,658 recorded births since 1912. This represents the 72.0% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 72.0% of all names). For girls, it ranks #1,271 (77.8% percentile) for all time with 14,658 births since 1912.
Annabella first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1912 (first recorded for girls in 1912). Birth data for Annabella is available in 83 out of the 112 years between 1912 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, Annabella reached its peak popularity in 2014, achieving the 74.1% percentile (ranked #251) with 654 births per million. The name was most common in 2014, with 654 births per million (ranked 74.1% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2014, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Annabella ranks #755 for girls (20.3% percentile) with 113 births per million, which is 17.2% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Annabella".
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Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Annabella. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 50.0% confident that Annabella is pronounced as A-nuh-BEH-luh, which has 4 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is a-nuh-BEH-luh, at 45.3% confidence, with 4 syllables.
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