Annie

Where Annie comes from

The dictionaries list Annie as a given name — a diminutive of the female given name Ann. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1847
    Annie Besant born
    British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #11 among girls — 1,258 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1881
    Peak, #8
    1,326 babies named Annie — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1940
    Annie Ernaux born
    French writer
  5. 1968
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #365.
In the dictionary
  • A diminutive of the female given name Ann. Also, a popular given name in the 19th century.
Namesakes
  • Annie Ernaux · French writer, born 1940
  • Annie Besant · British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator, 1847–1933
  • Annie Jump Cannon · American astronomer, 1863–1941
  • Annie Girardot · French actress, 1931–2011
  • Annie Leibovitz · American photographer, born 1949

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.