Girls' name · since 1960
Anabella
Anabella has 6,768 recorded births since 1960 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,768
- born since 1960
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anabella is the #2263 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 6,768 recorded since 1960.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anabella has been recorded 6,768 times among girls since 1960, currently ranked #2263 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #2,113 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,263 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 6,768 born since 1960
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anabella ranks #2,113 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,263 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 6,768 born since 1960, peaking in the 2010s.
- #2,113 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 6,768
- born since 1960
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anabella's 6,768 recorded births place it above 97.07% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
34 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anabella compares
6,768 Top 12% higher than 88% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anabella's all-time total is 18x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anabella | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 6,768 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 585 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anabella's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Anabella's full recorded timeline at 2003, 92% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 8% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 585 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Anabella popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (2014)
- 585
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Anabella by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (3,847 births, 57% of the file).
2010s was Anabella's strongest decade.
3,847 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 57% of all-time use.
Anabella births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 10
1960s
10 births
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 27
1980s
27 births
- 1990s 219
1990s
219 births
- 2000s
2000s
2,002 births
- 2010s
2010s
3,847 births
- 2020s 647
2020s
647 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 3,847 births (57% of all-time use).
How Anabella compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anabella's total volume
Anabella by state
Where Anabella concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 1,275 | 18.8% |
| #2 | Florida | | 1,087 | 16.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 782 | 11.6% |
| #4 | New York | | 389 | 5.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 282 | 4.2% |
| #6 | New Jersey | | 254 | 3.8% |
| #7 | Arizona | | 133 | 2.0% |
| #8 | Massachusetts | | 121 | 1.8% |
1,275 of 6,768 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 34 reporting states.
Anabella appears in 34 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anabella's data
- Anabella's decade-level peak was the 2010s (3,847 total births); usage has since declined to 647 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anabellas (1,275 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anabella: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~65 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anabella draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.