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Arabella

Gender

Female

Origin

English
Beautiful eagle
Dutch
German
Latin
Answered prayer

Syllables

4

Themes

  • Literary

Alternate Spellings and Variants of Arabella

Pronunciation

a-ra-bella, arab(el)-la

Famous People

Author Arabella Buckley

Celebrity Babies

Daughter of Ivanka Trump

Popularity in the USA

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #174, 1,897 births); most recent 2025 (rank #213, 1,423 births)
Births by year in the USA
YearGirls
20251,423
20241,476
20231,317
20221,313
20211,519
20201,438
20191,545
20181,705
20171,889
20161,747

Top girl names · Top boy names in the USA (2025)

Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA), national baby names data (public domain). This site is not affiliated with or endorsed by the SSA. Data years: 1880 to 2025. Original data

Popularity in England and Wales

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #22, 1,368 births)
Births by year in England and Wales
YearGirls
20251,368
20241,222
20231,029
20221,019
20211,012
20201,095
2019775
2018619
2017639
2016577

Top girl names · Top boy names in England and Wales (2025)

Source: Office for National Statistics (ONS), Baby names in England and Wales. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1996 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in France

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #4051, 5 births)
Births by year in France
YearGirls
2023–
2022–
2021–
20205
2019–
2018–
20173
2016–
2015–
2014–

Top girl names · Top boy names in France (2023)

Source: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (last updated 8 July 2024), used under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0. Changes: names are shown in title case, and spellings that differ only by accents are counted together. Data years: 1900 to 2023. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #96, 51 births)
Births by year in Ireland
YearGirls
202551
202445
202341
202237
202132
202022
201924
20188
201711
201615

Top girl names · Top boy names in Ireland (2025)

Source: Central Statistics Office (CSO), Ireland, Irish Babies' Names (tables VSA50 and VSA60), licensed under CC BY 4.0. Changes: spellings that differ only by accents (for example Rian and Rían) are counted together. Data years: 1964 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Scotland

  • Girls: peak in 2025 (rank #42, 92 births)
Births by year in Scotland
YearGirls
202592
202473
202351
202250
202145
202042
201940
201823
201723
201628

Top girl names · Top boy names in Scotland (2025)

Source: National Records of Scotland (NRS), Babies' First Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1974 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in Northern Ireland

  • Girls: peak in 2020 (rank #84, 25 births); most recent 2025 (rank #87, 24 births)
Births by year in Northern Ireland
YearGirls
202524
202422
202315
202216
202119
202025
201911
20184
20175
20169

Top girl names · Top boy names in Northern Ireland (2025)

Source: Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA), Baby Names. © Crown copyright. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data years: 1997 to 2025. Original data · Licence

Popularity in British Columbia (Canada)

  • Girls: peak in 2014 (rank #187, 19 births); most recent 2022 (rank #264, 13 births)
Births by year in British Columbia (Canada)
YearGirls
2023–
202213
20219
20208
201917
201813
201718
201615
201513
201419

Top girl names · Top boy names in British Columbia (Canada) (2023)

Source: British Columbia Vital Statistics Agency, Most popular baby names for the past 100 years. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia. Changes: names are shown in title case. Data years: 1924 to 2023. Original data · Licence