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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201966peak #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 1966

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #94 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 307 girlsAKMaine: #92 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 335 girlsMEVermont: #83 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 284 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #138 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 668 girlsNHWashington: #63 for girls · 88 births · 1 in 243 girlsWAIdaho: #69 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 242 girlsIDMontana: #68 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 238 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #92 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 308 girlsNDMinnesota: #84 for girls · 96 births · 1 in 306 girlsMNIllinois: #72 for girls · 274 births · 1 in 321 girlsILWisconsin: #85 for girls · 99 births · 1 in 359 girlsWIMichigan: #73 for girls · 242 births · 1 in 304 girlsMINew York: #77 for girls · 438 births · 1 in 333 girlsNYMassachusetts: #123 for girls · 69 births · 1 in 653 girlsMARhode Island: #130 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 697 girlsRIOregon: #68 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 260 girlsORNevada: #113 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 417 girlsNVWyoming: #93 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 286 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #92 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 315 girlsSDIowa: #68 for girls · 85 births · 1 in 248 girlsIAIndiana: #78 for girls · 123 births · 1 in 342 girlsINOhio: #74 for girls · 265 births · 1 in 321 girlsOHPennsylvania: #91 for girls · 219 births · 1 in 409 girlsPANew Jersey: #97 for girls · 119 births · 1 in 434 girlsNJConnecticut: #109 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 538 girlsCTCalifornia: #91 for girls · 408 births · 1 in 377 girlsCAUtah: #34 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 152 girlsUTColorado: #67 for girls · 60 births · 1 in 253 girlsCONebraska: #69 for girls · 42 births · 1 in 252 girlsNEMissouri: #84 for girls · 97 births · 1 in 356 girlsMOKentucky: #113 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 552 girlsKYWest Virginia: #118 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 504 girlsWVVirginia: #87 for girls · 93 births · 1 in 369 girlsVAMaryland: #107 for girls · 55 births · 1 in 497 girlsMDDelaware: #95 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 340 girlsDEArizona: #77 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 312 girlsAZNew Mexico: #31 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 140 girlsNMKansas: #60 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 247 girlsKSArkansas: #128 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 536 girlsARTennessee: #121 for girls · 51 births · 1 in 595 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #66 for girls · 139 births · 1 in 286 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #58 for girls · 84 births · 1 in 253 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #75 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 282 girlsDCOklahoma: #134 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 579 girlsOKLouisiana: #73 for girls · 104 births · 1 in 308 girlsLAMississippi: #64 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 295 girlsMSAlabama: #82 for girls · 81 births · 1 in 341 girlsALGeorgia: #144 for girls · 59 births · 1 in 656 girlsGAHawaii: #59 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 233 girlsHITexas: #96 for girls · 225 births · 1 in 408 girlsTXFlorida: #96 for girls · 105 births · 1 in 408 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Mexico#31 · 1 in 140
  2. Utah#34 · 1 in 152
  3. South Carolina#58 · 1 in 253
  4. Hawaii#59 · 1 in 233
  5. Kansas#60 · 1 in 247

Best ever in a state: #19 in Utah, 1963.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
New Mexico#31621 in 140
Utah#34581 in 152
South Carolina#58841 in 253
Hawaii#59211 in 233
Kansas#60581 in 247
Washington#63881 in 243
Mississippi#64661 in 295
North Carolina#661391 in 286
Colorado#67601 in 253
Iowa#68851 in 248
Montana#68191 in 238
Oregon#68511 in 260
Idaho#69181 in 242
Nebraska#69421 in 252
Illinois#722741 in 321
Louisiana#731041 in 308
Michigan#732421 in 304
Ohio#742651 in 321
District of Columbia#75391 in 282
Arizona#77411 in 312
New York#774381 in 333
Indiana#781231 in 342
Alabama#82811 in 341
Vermont#83101 in 284
Minnesota#84961 in 306
Missouri#84971 in 356
Wisconsin#85991 in 359
Virginia#87931 in 369
California#914081 in 377
Pennsylvania#912191 in 409
Maine#92231 in 335
North Dakota#92151 in 308
South Dakota#92151 in 315
Wyoming#9361 in 286
Alaska#9471 in 307
Delaware#95111 in 340
Florida#961051 in 408
Texas#962251 in 408
New Jersey#971191 in 434
Maryland#107551 in 497
Connecticut#109411 in 538
Kentucky#113451 in 552
Nevada#11371 in 417
West Virginia#118251 in 504
Tennessee#121511 in 595
Massachusetts#123691 in 653
Arkansas#128261 in 536
Rhode Island#130101 in 697
Oklahoma#134271 in 579
New Hampshire#13871 in 668
Georgia#144591 in 656

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 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 1966

girls
#79
4,428 births · 1 in 382 girls
boys
#2,043
15 births · 1 in 118,897 boys

Top girls' names in 1966

  1. #1Lisa56,918
  2. #2Kimberly32,232
  3. #3Mary28,890
  4. #4Michelle27,159
  5. #5Karen25,450
  6. #6Susan23,776
  7. #7Patricia20,112
  8. #8Tammy18,621
  9. #9Angela18,532
  10. #10Jennifer18,215
  11. #79Annette4,428

Top boys' names in 1966

  1. #1Michael79,985
  2. #2David66,408
  3. #3James65,163
  4. #4John65,016
  5. #5Robert59,317
  6. #6William38,237
  7. #7Mark34,801
  8. #8Richard34,457
  9. #9Jeffrey30,200
  10. #10Thomas29,003
  11. #2,043Annette15
More about 1966

girls

1,692,177 girls got a published name in 1966; 1 in 382 of them was named Annette, which outranked 99.0% of the 7,624 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #76Stacey4,586
  2. #77Carla4,508
  3. #78Katherine4,492
  4. #79Annette4,428
  5. #80Janice4,345
  6. #81Lynn4,306
  7. #82Regina4,295
Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,121Tabatha#6,539 → #418
  2. ↑ 1,469Tabitha#1,993 → #524
  3. ↑ 1,325Joell#2,247 → #922
  4. ↑ 1,047Tatia#1,715 → #668
  5. ↑ 969Nichole#1,829 → #860
Fallers
  1. ↓ 398Barb#815 → #1,213
  2. ↓ 310Jewell#952 → #1,262
  3. ↓ 288Roxie#944 → #1,232
  4. ↓ 284Aretha#818 → #1,102
  5. ↓ 280Kecia#392 → #672

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

boys

1,783,461 boys got a published name in 1966; 1 in 118,897 of them was named Annette, which outranked 55.0% of the 4,540 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #1,963Warrick16
  2. #1,963Welton16
  3. #1,963Yves16
  4. #2,043Annette15
  5. #2,043Alfy15
  6. #2,043Aloysius15
  7. #2,043Apolonio15
  8. #2,132Alaric14
  9. #2,132Algernon14
  10. #2,132Amando14

Tied with 88 names at #2,043; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1965
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,207Jarrod#1,720 → #513
  2. ↑ 893Heath#1,254 → #361
  3. ↑ 467Illya#1,294 → #827
  4. ↑ 419Jarrett#1,294 → #875
  5. ↑ 399Reynold#1,360 → #961
Fallers
  1. ↓ 464Quint#986 → #1,450
  2. ↓ 303Dario#934 → #1,237
  3. ↓ 299Darran#1,000 → #1,299
  4. ↓ 281Artie#897 → #1,178
  5. ↓ 268Daryn#716 → #984

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

See the top 100 for 1966 →