Anne

#619 for girls in 2025, 472 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1915 · 4,333 births
Debut · girls
136 births
In top 100 · girls
66 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
325,128
since 1880

Anne over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #52, 1915girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#619472—
2024#647453—
2023#582515—
2022#573522—
2021#588511—
2020#626463—
2019#573531—
2018#601506—
2017#578522—
2016#554562—
2015#565543—
2014#554559—
2013#520572—
2012#560526—
2011#593486—
2010#609484—
2009#542557—
2008#497634—
2007#519608—
2006#457689—
2005#435710—
2004#398766—
2003#381796—
2002#325941—
2001#3111,024—
2000#2981,081—
1999#2881,083—
1998#2751,134—
1997#2211,347—
1996#2191,324—
1995#2081,385#8,8685
1994#2041,432—
1993#1991,483#7,6386
1992#1821,684—
1991#1781,674—
1990#1551,926#4,99310
1989#1531,880#3,09419
1988#1531,853#6,4266
1987#1471,868#3,20115
1986#1511,918#3,44013
1985#1462,019#4,05210
1984#1272,237#4,2159
1983#1302,304#4,1419
1982#1222,447#3,10814
1981#1052,809#3,41212
1980#1122,780#3,83810
1979#1152,734#6,0565
1978#1192,467#3,61410
1977#1232,355#4,1648
1976#1242,220#3,7249
1975#1242,287#5,4645
1974#1202,461#3,12011
1973#1222,453#3,6948
1972#1342,265#2,81912
1971#1222,919#3,3709
1970#1123,441#2,12518
1969#1013,708#1,97718
1968#883,914#2,57611
1967#844,102#2,35212
1966#834,151#2,46511
1965#774,726#2,7809
1964#765,411#2,04016
1963#805,330#2,41412
1962#835,272#1,96217
1961#905,524#2,32213
1960#885,636#2,53511
1959#825,745#2,66310
1958#875,456#2,17714
1957#865,486#3,0248
1956#865,356#2,9698
1955#845,218#2,55810
1954#805,298#2,31612
1953#805,256#3,1437
1952#795,257#2,8758
1951#824,873#2,6629
1950#844,459#2,7708
1949#864,052#2,6069
1948#874,122#3,0107
1947#944,187—
1946#814,115—
1945#813,407#3,3385
1944#863,209#2,30910
1943#803,535#2,5639
1942#763,526#2,9407
1941#823,096#2,08312
1940#842,897#1,89414
1939#852,769#1,79515
1938#842,887#2,4799
1937#922,725#1,91314
1936#892,756#2,6298
1935#842,892#2,5299
1934#882,786#2,9737
1933#852,767#2,21411
1932#812,969#3,3616
1931#802,979#1,84316
1930#833,091#2,07914
1929#912,881#1,93316
1928#932,824#2,8439
1927#922,928#2,29813
1926#863,109#3,7086
1925#853,320#3,1558
1924#793,627#3,0239
1923#713,727#3,1758
1922#663,974#3,2528
1921#704,007#3,8696
1920#654,114#2,9679
1919#633,975#3,1158
1918#544,567#2,54311
1917#534,603#3,2177
1916#534,571#2,25912
1915#524,333#2,6219
1914#533,365#2,10110
1913#572,684#1,80310
1912#582,369#2,0457
1911#641,598#1,7405
1910#671,413—
1909#761,110#1,4405
1908#751,088#1,2176
1907#79980—
1906#85835—
1905#98708—
1904#97631—
1903#100581—
1902#106564—
1901#104504—
1900#108614#1,3105
1899#106476—
1898#109496—
1897#108479—
1896#114423—
1895#108462—
1894#110427—
1893#109400—
1892#109407—
1891#115342—
1890#123319—
1889#125311—
1888#126292—
1887#121249—
1886#132211—
1885#125203—
1884#110242—
1883#116183—
1882#123168—
1881#122131—
1880#120136—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anne was already there! It came in at #120, and was given to 136 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 190 girls a year got the name.

Where Anne is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Anne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#647 → #619)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#626 → #619)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#565 → #619)
  • Biggest jump: 40 spots in 2013 (#560 → #520)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2010 (#542 → #609)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #52 (4,333 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 66 yrs · run 1903–1968
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 226
  • Highest: 1 in 226 girls born in 1914 were named Anne (0.44%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,405 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1915, was only 1 in 227 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Anne (52,404) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,126#110 (1884)#122
1890s4,231#106 (1899)#111
1900s7,615#75 (1908)#93
1910s33,478#52 (1915)#57
1920s34,511#65 (1920)#80
1930s28,621#80 (1931)#85
1940s36,146#76 (1942)#84
1950s52,404#79 (1952)#83
1960s47,774#76 (1964)#85
1970s25,602#112 (1970)#122
1980s22,115#105 (1981)#135
1990s14,472#155 (1990)#213
2000s7,806#298 (2000)#416
2010s5,291#520 (2013)#571
2020s2,936#573 (2022)#606

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anne in 1909

girls
#76
1,110 births · 1 in 313 girls
boys
#1,440
5 births · 1 in 32,799 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #76Anne1,110

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #1,440Anne5
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 313 of them was named Anne, which outranked 97.0% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #73Lois1,157
  2. #74Kathryn1,138
  3. #75Hattie1,134
  4. #76Anne1,110
  5. #77Betty1,082
  6. #77Marjorie1,082
  7. #79Fannie1,071
Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 32,799 of them was named Anne, which outranked 14.2% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #1,277Wille6
  2. #1,277Winifred6
  3. #1,277Winslow6
  4. #1,440Anne5
  5. #1,440Abbott5
  6. #1,440Addie5
  7. #1,440Albion5

Tied with 239 names at #1,440; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1909 →