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Arabella: US girls given the name each year, 1880 to 2025, from Social Security card applications. 1,423 in 2025. Its best rank was #156 in 2017.
US births per year · SSA card applications
Peaked at #156 in 2017; #213 in 2025. Every baby recorded as Arabella in 2025 was a girl.
Baby name · US data 1880–2025
#213 for US girls in 2025. Its best year was 2017, at #156.
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Arabella: US girls given the name each year from 1880 to 2025. 1,423 girls in 2025. Peak: #156 in 2017 · most girls in one year: 1,914 (2014).
In 2025, 1,423 US girls were named Arabella, making it the 213th most common girls’ name of the year, down 7 places from #206 in 2024. That is 59 fewer than the 1,482 girls named Arabella in 2024. Its best rank for girls was #156, reached in 2017. The most girls given the name in a single year was 1,914, in 2014. For comparison, it was #194 in 2015 and #4,760 in 1950.
Social Security card records list Arabella in 131 years of the 146 from 1880 to 2025, starting in 1881 with 7 babies. In all, 27,957 US babies have been given the name, all of them girls. Its busiest decade was the 2010s, with 15,120 babies named Arabella.
Over the 10 years from 2016 to 2025, 15,390 US girls were named Arabella; the busiest of those years was 2017, with 1,890. In 2025 that was about 1 in 1,129 of the girls in SSA’s list for the year.
Among the states, Arabella ranked highest in West Virginia in 2025, at #74 for girls there. It was in the top 100 in 2 states (counting DC). Related spellings in the SSA files include Anabella (6,768 babies since 1880) and Aribella (1,352 babies since 1880). Rarer spellings such as Airabella, Aerabella and Ayrabella are summarised on this page. The open nickname list we use links it to Ara, Arry, Bella and Belle.
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Wikidata records this spelling as a given name in English and Latin. That is where the name is used, not necessarily where it comes from.
Rare spellings summarised here: Airabella (485), Aerabella (287), Ayrabella (263), Ariabella (251), Arrabella (212), Arabela (173), Arabel (173), Arbella (82), Arybella (65), Ariebella (52), Arabellah (47), Aryabella (36), and more.
Numbers are all-time US births. Links come from Wikidata’s “said to be the same as” (P460, CC0) and our spelling rule: at most two letters different, with the same sound pattern.
US girls. Rank within each state. SSA leaves out states where fewer than five girls got the name, so 8 are not listed.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank 2025 | Rank 2015 |
|---|---|---|---|
| West Virginia | 18 | #74 | #79 |
| Nevada | 24 | #85 | #131 |
| New Mexico | 12 | #114 | #100 |
| Maine | 9 | #117 | #86 |
| Kentucky | 32 | #138 | #115 |
| Alaska | 5 | #142 | — |
| Arizona | 42 | #151 | #190 |
| Rhode Island | 6 | #151 | #141 |
| Florida | 107 | #164 | #176 |
| Texas | 197 | #165 | #172 |
| California | 186 | #171 | #191 |
| Hawaii | 5 | #172 | — |
| Delaware | 5 | #174 | #116 |
| Arkansas | 17 | #178 | #142 |
| Louisiana | 23 | #186 | #189 |
| Alabama | 23 | #190 | #280 |
| New Jersey | 40 | #206 | #244 |
| New Hampshire | 6 | #209 | #84 |
| Pennsylvania | 53 | #211 | #127 |
| North Carolina | 48 | #223 | #208 |
| Indiana | 31 | #226 | #169 |
| Missouri | 27 | #229 | #212 |
| Georgia | 45 | #233 | #289 |
| Tennessee | 33 | #238 | #164 |
| Ohio | 46 | #243 | #139 |
| Oregon | 15 | #244 | #185 |
| Michigan | 36 | #253 | #162 |
| Virginia | 32 | #255 | #179 |
| New York | 67 | #255 | #233 |
| Illinois | 41 | #257 | #319 |
| South Carolina | 19 | #267 | #249 |
| Iowa | 12 | #275 | #276 |
| Oklahoma | 14 | #298 | #183 |
| Wisconsin | 18 | #298 | #266 |
| Washington | 23 | #317 | #296 |
| Kansas | 10 | #327 | #149 |
| Maryland | 16 | #334 | #272 |
| Mississippi | 8 | #343 | #272 |
| Colorado | 16 | #373 | #186 |
| Connecticut | 7 | #403 | #213 |
| Minnesota | 12 | #426 | #266 |
| Massachusetts | 11 | #484 | #483 |
| Utah | 5 | #713 | #497 |
Births and national rank for each year SSA lists the name, newest first.
| Year | Girls | Girls rank | Boys | Boys rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,423 | #213 | — | — |
| 2024 | 1,482 | #206 | — | — |
| 2023 | 1,322 | #225 | — | — |
| 2022 | 1,314 | #231 | — | — |
| 2021 | 1,521 | #195 | — | — |
| 2020 | 1,439 | #202 | — | — |
| 2019 | 1,545 | #194 | — | — |
| 2018 | 1,706 | #172 | — | — |
| 2017 | 1,890 | #156 | — | — |
| 2016 | 1,748 | #187 | — | — |
| 2015 | 1,689 | #194 | — | — |
| 2014 | 1,914 | #174 | — | — |
| 2013 | 1,533 | #209 | — | — |
| 2012 | 1,315 | #244 | — | — |
| 2011 | 946 | #333 | — | — |
| 2010 | 834 | #383 | — | — |
| 2009 | 705 | #448 | — | — |
| 2008 | 467 | #656 | — | — |
| 2007 | 457 | #649 | — | — |
| 2006 | 447 | #643 | — | — |
| 2005 | 326 | #796 | — | — |
| 2004 | 215 | #1,075 | — | — |
| 2003 | 166 | #1,259 | — | — |
| 2002 | 138 | #1,395 | — | — |
| 2001 | 96 | #1,834 | — | — |
| 2000 | 91 | #1,871 | — | — |
| 1999 | 58 | #2,473 | — | — |
| 1998 | 68 | #2,124 | — | — |
| 1997 | 42 | #2,879 | — | — |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,194 | — | — |
| 1995 | 33 | #3,361 | — | — |
| 1994 | 20 | #4,858 | — | — |
| 1993 | 21 | #4,683 | — | — |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,742 | — | — |
| 1991 | 10 | #8,026 | — | — |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,900 | — | — |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,456 | — | — |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,627 | — | — |
| 1985 | 10 | #6,489 | — | — |
| 1983 | 7 | #8,103 | — | — |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,299 | — | — |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,357 | — | — |
| 1979 | 9 | #6,725 | — | — |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,622 | — | — |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,605 | — | — |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,215 | — | — |
| 1972 | 10 | #5,127 | — | — |
| 1971 | 9 | #5,572 | — | — |
| 1970 | 5 | #8,049 | — | — |
| 1969 | 6 | #6,663 | — | — |
| 1968 | 7 | #5,668 | — | — |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,061 | — | — |
| 1966 | 8 | #4,888 | — | — |
| 1965 | 7 | #5,311 | — | — |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,043 | — | — |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,319 | — | — |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,616 | — | — |
| 1961 | 6 | #5,874 | — | — |
| 1960 | 6 | #5,738 | — | — |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,922 | — | — |
| 1957 | 8 | #4,552 | — | — |
| 1956 | 7 | #4,854 | — | — |
| 1955 | 8 | #4,387 | — | — |
| 1954 | 8 | #4,293 | — | — |
| 1953 | 11 | #3,490 | — | — |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,377 | — | — |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,860 | — | — |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,760 | — | — |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,258 | — | — |
| 1948 | 9 | #3,601 | — | — |
| 1947 | 8 | #4,019 | — | — |
| 1946 | 6 | #4,445 | — | — |
| 1944 | 5 | #4,605 | — | — |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,818 | — | — |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,458 | — | — |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,978 | — | — |
| 1940 | 6 | #3,883 | — | — |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,934 | — | — |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,588 | — | — |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,157 | — | — |
| 1936 | 12 | #2,391 | — | — |
| 1935 | 10 | #2,741 | — | — |
| 1934 | 7 | #3,462 | — | — |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,882 | — | — |
| 1932 | 8 | #3,291 | — | — |
| 1931 | 13 | #2,312 | — | — |
| 1930 | 8 | #3,360 | — | — |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,313 | — | — |
| 1928 | 20 | #1,904 | — | — |
| 1927 | 10 | #3,066 | — | — |
| 1926 | 16 | #2,261 | — | — |
| 1925 | 16 | #2,287 | — | — |
| 1924 | 17 | #2,217 | — | — |
| 1923 | 16 | #2,267 | — | — |
| 1922 | 20 | #1,960 | — | — |
| 1921 | 15 | #2,380 | — | — |
| 1920 | 22 | #1,820 | — | — |
| 1919 | 22 | #1,749 | — | — |
| 1918 | 18 | #2,035 | — | — |
| 1917 | 19 | #1,852 | — | — |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,256 | — | — |
| 1915 | 21 | #1,623 | — | — |
| 1914 | 23 | #1,304 | — | — |
| 1913 | 16 | #1,469 | — | — |
| 1912 | 9 | #1,989 | — | — |
| 1911 | 14 | #1,245 | — | — |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,424 | — | — |
| 1909 | 8 | #1,615 | — | — |
| 1908 | 14 | #1,089 | — | — |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,649 | — | — |
| 1906 | 5 | #1,966 | — | — |
| 1905 | 9 | #1,306 | — | — |
| 1904 | 11 | #1,093 | — | — |
| 1903 | 8 | #1,326 | — | — |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,449 | — | — |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,141 | — | — |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,577 | — | — |
| 1899 | 8 | #1,186 | — | — |
| 1898 | 7 | #1,381 | — | — |
| 1897 | 6 | #1,391 | — | — |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,056 | — | — |
| 1894 | 9 | #1,064 | — | — |
| 1893 | 10 | #959 | — | — |
| 1892 | 6 | #1,286 | — | — |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,223 | — | — |
| 1888 | 12 | #755 | — | — |
| 1887 | 7 | #947 | — | — |
| 1886 | 6 | #1,000 | — | — |
| 1885 | 11 | #659 | — | — |
| 1884 | 5 | #1,033 | — | — |
| 1881 | 7 | #684 | — | — |
About the data: counts are Social Security card applications for US births, for names given to at least five babies of a sex in a year (SSA, names.zip, public domain). Ranks follow SSA’s own order: most births first, ties alphabetical. Files retrieved 2026-10-05 (checksum on our sources page).