Annette

#1,443 for girls in 2025, 149 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 7,136 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
169,296
since 1880

Annette over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201898peak #62, 1960girls
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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#1,443149—
2024#1,305176—
2023#1,373164—
2022#1,362171—
2021#1,317171—
2020#1,264177—
2019#1,139212—
2018#1,214194—
2017#1,217197—
2016#1,217202—
2015#1,337177—
2014#1,291184—
2013#1,292181—
2012#1,153213—
2011#1,189202—
2010#1,025244—
2009#1,101232—
2008#1,020257—
2007#868321—
2006#874304—
2005#774341—
2004#695389—
2003#753330—
2002#596434—
2001#703352—
2000#745309—
1999#771287—
1998#765281—
1997#736290—
1996#717294—
1995#646334—
1994#644337—
1993#623362—
1992#545430#7,4226
1991#517450—
1990#514469—
1989#486483—
1988#410573—
1987#392587—
1986#380607—
1985#359656#5,7856
1984#334696#5,5616
1983#322722—
1982#283863#6,3855
1981#262949—
1980#263970#5,5256
1979#2501,000—
1978#2371,045—
1977#2191,134#5,8455
1976#1911,299#3,47110
1975#1871,363#4,3097
1974#1881,382—
1973#1711,606#3,6948
1972#1551,870#3,15210
1971#1322,466#2,55814
1970#1282,891#3,2829
1969#1133,106#2,68211
1968#1023,471#2,31113
1967#854,005#2,03015
1966#794,428#2,04315
1965#715,262#1,77420
1964#686,188#1,58125
1963#716,050#1,95717
1962#756,076#1,96217
1961#736,203#1,68623
1960#627,136#1,72822
1959#646,919#1,86519
1958#766,134#2,09315
1957#974,888#2,63110
1956#1193,750#2,36112
1955#1562,344#3,8865
1954#1542,281—
1953#1452,485—
1952#1562,160#3,7345
1951#1432,253#3,0667
1950#1442,127#3,0217
1949#1511,958—
1948#1461,931#3,6685
1947#1402,145#2,8628
1946#1421,919#3,1736
1945#1491,574#2,9966
1944#1461,667#3,1096
1943#1421,916#2,27711
1942#1342,041#2,5239
1941#1282,024#2,33310
1940#1262,004#2,4789
1939#1212,065#2,15911
1938#1192,149#2,6468
1937#1152,158#1,52820
1936#1251,851#2,18411
1935#1421,476#2,9517
1934#203872#2,7428
1933#222755#2,5429
1932#232683—
1931#223741—
1930#220781—
1929#224731—
1928#224780—
1927#228782—
1926#228780—
1925#222838—
1924#221868—
1923#215887—
1922#225850—
1921#218865—
1920#220868—
1919#220801—
1918#217846—
1917#219775—
1916#219773#3,8975
1915#235660—
1914#233526—
1913#241408—
1912#243342—
1911#256227—
1910#253232—
1909#266181—
1908#257185—
1907#284152—
1906#293126—
1905#302123—
1904#288123—
1903#31598—
1902#292115—
1901#293106—
1900#310113—
1899#30494—
1898#312101—
1897#30291—
1896#32679—
1895#30988—
1894#35561—
1893#33863—
1892#28887—
1891#34453—
1890#31763—
1889#34153—
1888#35645—
1887#31047—
1886#33840—
1885#28349—
1884#30440—
1883#26945—
1882#34127—
1881#31226—
1880#29428—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annette was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 29 girls a year got the name.

Where Annette is popular in 1898

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Annette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 138 spots since 2024 (#1,305 → #1,443)
  • 179 spots since 2020 (#1,264 → #1,443)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#1,337 → #1,443)
  • Biggest jump: 107 spots in 2002 (#703 → #596)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2003 (#596 → #753)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #62 (7,136 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1957–1967
  • Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 283
  • Highest: 1 in 283 girls born in 1960 were named Annette (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Annette (51,925) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s400#269 (1883)#315
1890s780#288 (1892)#320
1900s1,322#257 (1908)#290
1910s5,590#217 (1918)#234
1920s8,249#215 (1923)#223
1930s13,531#115 (1937)#172
1940s19,179#126 (1940)#140
1950s35,341#64 (1959)#125
1960s51,925#62 (1960)#80
1970s16,056#128 (1970)#186
1980s7,106#262 (1981)#349
1990s3,534#514 (1990)#648
2000s3,269#596 (2002)#813
2010s2,006#1,025 (2010)#1,207
2020s1,008#1,264 (2020)#1,344

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.

Annette in 1898

girls
#312
101 births · 1 in 2,562 girls

Top girls' names in 1898

  1. #1Mary14,406
  2. #2Anna5,773
  3. #3Helen5,230
  4. #4Margaret4,696
  5. #5Ruth4,249
  6. #6Florence3,790
  7. #7Elizabeth3,659
  8. #8Ethel3,531
  9. #9Marie3,435
  10. #10Lillian3,061
  11. #312Annette101
More about 1898

girls

258,769 girls got a published name in 1898; 1 in 2,562 of them was named Annette, which outranked 84.2% of the 1,975 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #305Zelma104
  2. #310Claudia103
  3. #311Linda102
  4. #312Annette101
  5. #312Rosalie101
  6. #314Meta100
  7. #315Leota99
  8. #315Ophelia99

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1897
Risers
  1. ↑ 958Manila#1,263 → #305
  2. ↑ 889Ouida#1,555 → #666
  3. ↑ 858Ula#1,555 → #697
  4. ↑ 836Sofia#1,555 → #719
  5. ↑ 715Leonor#1,555 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 833Vertie#867 → #1,700
  2. ↓ 821Fae#681 → #1,502
  3. ↓ 805Beda#895 → #1,700
  4. ↓ 805Nolia#895 → #1,700
  5. ↓ 769Azzie#931 → #1,700

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

See the top 100 for 1898 →