Anabela

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Anabela

Portuguese singer and musical theatre actress

Choose Anabela and your child shares a first name with Anabela, a Portuguese singer and musical theatre actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anabela, like who?” Anabela's Wikipedia article is available in 22 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 322,581 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Anabela, 5 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anabela would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnabela first shows up in US birth records in 1970, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 55 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1973, when it ranked #3,971. Today it's #14,942, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAnabela was 2.1× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 151,515 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 322,581.
• 🍂TrendAnabela has slipped 1,489 places over the last five years and now sits at #14,942. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.

About the name Anabela

Anabela is a girl name of English and Hispanic origin. It has 7 letters and 4 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-ela”. US birth records list Anabela for girls from 1970 to 2025, in 40 of those 56 years. Its best year was 1973, when it ranked #3,971 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #14,942, with 5 babies.

Origin:English namesHispanic names