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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201920peak #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 1920

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedAKMaine: #97 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 356 girlsMEVermont: #109 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 433 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #88 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 277 girlsNHWashington: #77 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 269 girlsWAIdaho: #131 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 544 girlsIDMontana: #129 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 630 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #100 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 358 girlsNDMinnesota: #82 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 273 girlsMNIllinois: #44 for girls · 303 births · 1 in 195 girlsILWisconsin: #92 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 354 girlsWIMichigan: #81 for girls · 127 births · 1 in 297 girlsMINew York: #31 for girls · 773 births · 1 in 128 girlsNYMassachusetts: #34 for girls · 239 births · 1 in 152 girlsMARhode Island: #45 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 175 girlsRIOregon: #83 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 299 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedNVWyoming: #94 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 319 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #140 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 617 girlsSDIowa: #124 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 601 girlsIAIndiana: #90 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 401 girlsINOhio: #52 for girls · 249 births · 1 in 222 girlsOHPennsylvania: #36 for girls · 633 births · 1 in 154 girlsPANew Jersey: #24 for girls · 302 births · 1 in 105 girlsNJConnecticut: #32 for girls · 118 births · 1 in 117 girlsCTCalifornia: #88 for girls · 77 births · 1 in 365 girlsCAUtah: #134 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 509 girlsUTColorado: #93 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 371 girlsCONebraska: #102 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 452 girlsNEMissouri: #157 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 829 girlsMOKentucky: #142 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 629 girlsKYWest Virginia: #133 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 638 girlsWVVirginia: #71 for girls · 106 births · 1 in 271 girlsVAMaryland: #57 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 245 girlsMDDelaware: #27 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 99 girlsDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedNMKansas: #187 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,103 girlsKSArkansas: #196 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 945 girlsARTennessee: #138 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 558 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #118 for girls · 72 births · 1 in 519 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #136 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 603 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #34 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 132 girlsDCOklahoma: #264 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,594 girlsOKLouisiana: #213 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,030 girlsLAMississippi: #242 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,338 girlsMSAlabama: #136 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 603 girlsALGeorgia: #115 for girls · 73 births · 1 in 512 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedHITexas: #208 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 966 girlsTXFlorida: #128 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 502 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#24 · 1 in 105
  2. Delaware#27 · 1 in 99
  3. New York#31 · 1 in 128
  4. Connecticut#32 · 1 in 117
  5. District of Columbia#34 · 1 in 132

Best ever in a state: #13 in Delaware, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Jersey#243021 in 105
Delaware#27201 in 99
New York#317731 in 128
Connecticut#321181 in 117
District of Columbia#34251 in 132
Massachusetts#342391 in 152
Pennsylvania#366331 in 154
Illinois#443031 in 195
Rhode Island#45321 in 175
Ohio#522491 in 222
Maryland#57611 in 245
Virginia#711061 in 271
Washington#77391 in 269
Michigan#811271 in 297
Minnesota#82841 in 273
Oregon#83201 in 299
California#88771 in 365
New Hampshire#88131 in 277
Indiana#90661 in 401
Wisconsin#92691 in 354
Colorado#93241 in 371
Wyoming#9451 in 319
Maine#97191 in 356
North Dakota#100211 in 358
Nebraska#102281 in 452
Vermont#10961 in 433
Georgia#115731 in 512
North Carolina#118721 in 519
Iowa#124371 in 601
Florida#128211 in 502
Montana#12981 in 630
Idaho#13181 in 544
West Virginia#133291 in 638
Utah#134101 in 509
Alabama#136511 in 603
South Carolina#136411 in 603
Tennessee#138501 in 558
South Dakota#140111 in 617
Kentucky#142461 in 629
Missouri#157371 in 829
Kansas#187151 in 1,103
Arkansas#196221 in 945
Texas#208591 in 966
Louisiana#213221 in 1,030
Mississippi#242161 in 1,338
Oklahoma#264161 in 1,594
Alaska———
Arizona———
Hawaii———
Nevada———
New Mexico———

Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

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 1920

girls
#65
4,114 births · 1 in 291 girls
boys
#2,967
9 births · 1 in 118,262 boys

Top girls' names in 1920

  1. #1Mary70,983
  2. #2Dorothy36,643
  3. #3Helen35,097
  4. #4Margaret27,994
  5. #5Ruth26,102
  6. #6Mildred18,060
  7. #7Virginia17,314
  8. #8Elizabeth15,908
  9. #9Frances15,883
  10. #10Anna14,581
  11. #65Anne4,114

Top boys' names in 1920

  1. #1John56,913
  2. #2William50,146
  3. #3Robert48,679
  4. #4James47,908
  5. #5Charles28,309
  6. #6George26,891
  7. #7Joseph25,587
  8. #8Edward20,097
  9. #9Frank16,430
  10. #10Richard15,010
  11. #2,967Anne9
More about 1920

girls

1,198,289 girls got a published name in 1920; 1 in 291 of them was named Anne, which outranked 98.9% of the 5,767 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #62Pearl4,204
  2. #63Laura4,171
  3. #64Vivian4,128
  4. #65Anne4,114
  5. #66Ida4,090
  6. #67Kathryn4,082
  7. #68Myrtle3,955
Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 550Denise#1,481 → #931
  2. ↑ 321Blossom#1,242 → #921
  3. ↑ 311Lilia#1,242 → #931
  4. ↑ 302Ena#1,270 → #968
  5. ↑ 277Lorayne#1,216 → #939
Fallers
  1. ↓ 594Haruko#917 → #1,511
  2. ↓ 511Roselle#1,000 → #1,511
  3. ↓ 345Toshiko#967 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 304Carroll#902 → #1,206
  5. ↓ 297Santina#835 → #1,132

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

boys

1,064,356 boys got a published name in 1920; 1 in 118,262 of them was named Anne, which outranked 40.5% of the 4,989 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #2,765Winferd10
  2. #2,765Winnie10
  3. #2,765Yancy10
  4. #2,967Anne9
  5. #2,967Achille9
  6. #2,967Aggie9
  7. #2,967Alben9
  8. #3,208Ac8
  9. #3,208Achilles8
  10. #3,208Adelino8

Tied with 240 names at #2,967; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1919
Risers
  1. ↑ 960Harding#1,351 → #391
  2. ↑ 607Cameron#1,351 → #744
  3. ↑ 566Hardin#1,531 → #965
  4. ↑ 392Laurel#1,321 → #929
  5. ↑ 368Terrence#1,297 → #929
Fallers
  1. ↓ 789Pershing#593 → #1,382
  2. ↓ 580Woodroe#877 → #1,457
  3. ↓ 385Quinten#867 → #1,252
  4. ↓ 383Orvel#890 → #1,273
  5. ↓ 373Rexford#927 → #1,300

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

See the top 100 for 1920 →