Annabel is a distinctive choice, ranked #337 in 2024. Your child is likely to be the only Annabel in their class.
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UK Rank 2024
#337
About the Name Annabel
Annabel is gradually declining in popularity, having dropped 55 places over five years. Its high point was #104 in 2002, and it now sits at #337. The name has been a consistent presence in UK records since 1996.
Annabel is distinctive enough that your child will likely be the only one in both their class and their school — standing out on every register.
Frequently Asked Questions
Common questions about the name Annabel
Unlikely. With around 128 UK babies named Annabel per year, your child will almost certainly be the only Annabel in her class, and possibly the only one in the whole school.
Annabel has been declining in UK popularity, dropping 55 places in the last five years. Its peak was #104 in 2002. Choosing it now means she is likely to be among the last of her generation with this name.
Annabel is a distinctive choice sitting outside the mainstream UK top names. Parents choosing less common names often find their children appreciate the individuality as they grow up, rarely needing to add an initial to distinguish themselves.
Notable people named Annabel include: Annabel Dimmock — Annabel Dimmock is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player.; Annabel Sutherland — Annabel Jane Sutherland is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder.; Annabel Daou — Annabel Daou is a Lebanese contemporary artist..
Annabel does not appear in the US top 1,000 baby names, making it a distinctively British choice — your child is unlikely to encounter American Annabels in the wild.
128
UK babies named Annabel (2024)
< 1
Expected classmates with this name (class of 28)
~0.1
In a school of 600
↓ 55 places
Rank change (last 5 years)
🏫 Who else is in the room?
In a typical UK class of 28, highlighted children share the name Annabel
Likely around 1 other Annabel in the class
UK Popularity (1996–2024)
Rank and birth count · ONS official data
No US data available for this name
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Annabel Dimmock is an English professional golfer and Ladies European Tour player. She won the 2019 Jabra Ladies Open and the Ladies Irish Open in 2024.
Annabel Jane Sutherland is an Australian cricketer who plays for the national cricket team as an all-rounder. At the domestic level, she plays for Victoria in the Women's National Cricket League and the Melbourne Stars in the Women's Big Bash League.
Annabel Daou is a Lebanese contemporary artist. Her art practice includes sculpture, performance and drawing, often with the additional influences of writing and literature.
Annabel Lucy Veronica Astor, Viscountess Astor, is an English businesswoman and socialite who is a founder and former CEO of OKA, a home furnishings design company. Before co-founding OKA, she was the owner and designer of the Annabel Jones jewellery business in London.
"Annabel Lee" is the last complete poem composed by American author Edgar Allan Poe. Like many of Poe's poems, it explores the theme of the death of a beautiful woman.
Eve Annabel Farjeon was a British ballerina and author. She was born on 19 March 1919, in Bucklebury, Berkshire, the daughter of the critic Herbert Farjeon and the artist Joan Farjeon.