How Many People Are Named Arabella?
people named Arabella are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 12,596 people in the US has this name
Based on 27,957 babies named Arabella in Social Security records from 1881 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎 Rare
Peak Year
1,914 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Medieval Scottish name, probably a variant of ANNABEL. It has long been associated with Latin orabilis meaning "invokable".
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Arabella in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Arabella alive today is about 9 years old, and 99% are under 30. Half of them were between 4 and 12 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Arabella first appears in the records in 1881 and was given most often in 2014, to 1,914 babies. In 2025, 1,423 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1881 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Arabella has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #156, in 2017. In 2025 it ranked #213.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #213 |
| Best rank | #156 (2017) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #216 in the 2010s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Arabella alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Arabella were born in California than in any other state: about 3,305 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Arabella was given 2.7 times as often in West Virginia, 1.6 times in Kentucky and 1.6 times in Maine.
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