Anner

Last seen for girls in 1964 at #5,474 · #7,194 for boys in 2025, 11 births
Given to girls 94.6% of the time

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Peak · girls
1884 · 14 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
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of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,037
since 1880

Anner over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201938peak #556, 1884girlsboysat peak
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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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2025—#7,19411
2024—#10,9386
2023—#8,9218
2022—#8,3009
2021—#8,8258
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First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anner was already there! It came in at #580, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1882–1883, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Anner is popular in 1938

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
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  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
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Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #514 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 7,393 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Anner, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. North Carolina#514 · 1 in 7,393

Best ever in a state: #329 in Mississippi, 1915.

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See more about Anner
Momentum · girls
Faded out
  • Not published in 2025; last seen 1964
  • Biggest jump: 557 spots in 1909 (#1,547 → #990)
  • Biggest drop: 631 spots in 1911 (#914 → #1,545)
Rise & fade · girls
4 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1884 at #556 (14 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 17 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 17 yrs · run 1886–1890
Share of babies · girls
1 in 9,216
  • Highest: 1 in 9,216 girls born in 1884 were named Anner (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 270,694 girls born in 1964 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 21.2% of all girls named Anner (220) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 2007
  • Mostly girls until 2006, mostly boys since
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Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s68#556 (1884)#794
1890s101#667 (1890)#974
1900s118#936 (1902)#1,143
1910s191#914 (1910)#1,550
1920s220#1,407 (1920)#1,861
1930s158#1,703 (1930)#2,125
1940s111#2,018 (1941)#3,090
1950s58#3,480 (1953)#4,251
1960s12#5,474 (1964)#6,021

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.

Anner in 1938

girls
#1,805
19 births · 1 in 58,077 girls

Top girls' names in 1938

  1. #1Mary56,225
  2. #2Barbara39,277
  3. #3Patricia27,560
  4. #4Betty25,506
  5. #5Shirley23,766
  6. #6Carol19,421
  7. #7Nancy18,951
  8. #8Dorothy16,358
  9. #9Margaret15,330
  10. #10Joan14,303
  11. #1,805Anner19
More about 1938

girls

1,103,456 girls got a published name in 1938; 1 in 58,077 of them was named Anner, which outranked 63.9% of the 4,995 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anner
  1. #1,752Ula20
  2. #1,752Valera20
  3. #1,752Vonna20
  4. #1,805Anner19
  5. #1,805Alexandria19
  6. #1,805Alfred19
  7. #1,805Allen19
  8. #1,873Agustina18
  9. #1,873Aldine18
  10. #1,873Aloha18

Tied with 67 names at #1,805; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1937
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,209Danielle#2,940 → #731
  2. ↑ 833Lorelei#1,451 → #618
  3. ↑ 623Helaine#1,493 → #870
  4. ↑ 399Janine#1,330 → #931
  5. ↑ 392Imelda#1,282 → #890
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,261Noreta#964 → #2,225
  2. ↓ 513Norita#532 → #1,045
  3. ↓ 432Noretta#856 → #1,288
  4. ↓ 366Ferne#950 → #1,316
  5. ↓ 327Verdell#904 → #1,231

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

See the top 100 for 1938 →