Annie

#182 for girls in 2025, 1,690 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 1,326 births
Debut · girls
1,258 births
In top 100 · girls
68 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
360,253
since 1880

Annie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201909peak #8, 1881girls
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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#1821,690—
2024#1921,570—
2023#2021,484—
2022#2051,417—
2021#2301,307—
2020#2891,103#12,0225
2019#2981,108—
2018#3071,091—
2017#2981,092—
2016#2861,131—
2015#3231,010—
2014#3131,058—
2013#353905—
2012#374835—
2011#384824—
2010#392813—
2009#380858—
2008#392824—
2007#419784—
2006#394813—
2005#376839—
2004#381817—
2003#337924—
2002#313977—
2001#317983—
2000#3061,042—
1999#313986—
1998#324921—
1997#317927—
1996#289999—
1995#297928—
1994#332803—
1993#339762—
1992#353730—
1991#351736#7,2716
1990#333822—
1989#343742#7,9055
1988#341721#7,2705
1987#360659#4,9688
1986#336719—
1985#296831#6,5235
1984#300794#4,5528
1983#292806—
1982#2461,016#5,6196
1981#253973#5,4686
1980#2581,001—
1979#269910—
1978#332662—
1977#388541—
1976#430464—
1975#413487—
1974#421464—
1973#421464#5,1015
1972#438438—
1971#428489—
1970#441499—
1969#397571—
1968#365611—
1967#334690—
1966#325736#3,5376
1965#316815#3,9305
1964#2821,034—
1963#2641,120—
1962#2451,299#2,50411
1961#2411,298#3,3567
1960#2211,478#3,0778
1959#2081,588#1,86519
1958#1961,723#2,17714
1957#1931,832#2,49411
1956#1712,116#2,7989
1955#1602,220#2,21913
1954#1502,409#3,4526
1953#1432,563#2,03815
1952#1272,838#1,61522
1951#1133,062#1,77418
1950#1063,331#2,11113
1949#1033,453#2,12313
1948#973,721#1,61121
1947#1033,758#1,78618
1946#973,651#1,60120
1945#693,741#1,29626
1944#713,738#1,68317
1943#694,070#1,52921
1942#624,293#1,08939
1941#594,073#1,15233
1940#564,216#1,13534
1939#544,155#1,16831
1938#474,562#1,17131
1937#464,479#89648
1936#454,529#1,06836
1935#384,849#89450
1934#385,018#90948
1933#375,123#1,05138
1932#415,385#88852
1931#415,090#92249
1930#405,756#95850
1929#375,955#98347
1928#376,329#90255
1927#366,562#87260
1926#346,877#1,09242
1925#327,350#1,05343
1924#327,347#1,11741
1923#347,095#1,32230
1922#307,476#1,18137
1921#367,209#1,10141
1920#357,268#1,15738
1919#357,146#1,23033
1918#366,743#1,09439
1917#356,404#1,26429
1916#366,105#1,12034
1915#365,936#1,18130
1914#334,800#1,22123
1913#304,267#99525
1912#274,083#1,02320
1911#243,298#1,11710
1910#193,519#56925
1909#222,904#65317
1908#212,820#77912
1907#192,891#66415
1906#182,774#75211
1905#172,793#52519
1904#172,631#68612
1903#172,551#61913
1902#162,664#68711
1901#162,396#46617
1900#113,324#55519
1899#182,289#61311
1898#182,470#57314
1897#202,307#1,0575
1896#192,358#9826
1895#192,390#52915
1894#182,393#66810
1893#172,251#65010
1892#152,348#8617
1891#132,096#9635
1890#152,220#8846
1889#132,123#49814
1888#142,188#60911
1887#121,844#48813
1886#131,765#9595
1885#101,703#6419
1884#101,739—
1883#91,589#6778
1882#101,492#6918
1881#81,326#8665
1880#111,258#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annie was already there! It came in at #11, and was given to 1,258 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1977, when fewer than 620 girls a year got the name.

Where Annie is popular in 1909

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Annie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#192 → #182)
  • 107 spots since 2020 (#289 → #182)
  • 141 spots since 2015 (#323 → #182)
  • Biggest jump: 63 spots in 1979 (#332 → #269)
  • Biggest drop: 46 spots in 1983 (#246 → #292)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #8 (1,326 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 87 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: 5 yrs · run 1881–1885
  • Top 100: 68 yrs · run 1880–1946
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69
  • Highest: 1 in 69 girls born in 1881 were named Annie (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 951 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Annie (69,468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17,027#8 (1881)#11
1890s23,122#13 (1891)#17
1900s27,748#11 (1900)#17
1910s52,301#19 (1910)#31
1920s69,468#30 (1922)#34
1930s48,946#37 (1933)#43
1940s38,714#56 (1940)#79
1950s23,682#106 (1950)#157
1960s9,652#221 (1960)#299
1970s5,418#269 (1979)#398
1980s8,262#246 (1982)#303
1990s8,614#289 (1996)#325
2000s8,861#306 (2000)#362
2010s9,867#286 (2016)#333
2020s8,571#182 (2025)#217

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.

Annie in 1909

girls
#22
2,904 births · 1 in 120 girls
boys
#653
17 births · 1 in 9,647 boys

Top girls' names in 1909

  1. #1Mary19,259
  2. #2Helen9,250
  3. #3Margaret7,358
  4. #4Ruth6,509
  5. #5Dorothy6,253
  6. #6Anna5,804
  7. #7Elizabeth5,176
  8. #8Mildred5,054
  9. #9Marie4,301
  10. #10Alice4,170
  11. #22Annie2,904

Top boys' names in 1909

  1. #1John9,590
  2. #2William7,913
  3. #3James7,595
  4. #4George4,688
  5. #5Robert4,563
  6. #6Joseph4,348
  7. #7Charles4,029
  8. #8Frank3,244
  9. #9Edward2,935
  10. #10Thomas2,468
  11. #653Annie17
More about 1909

girls

347,228 girls got a published name in 1909; 1 in 120 of them was named Annie, which outranked 99.1% of the 2,548 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #19Louise3,019
  2. #20Irene2,961
  3. #21Grace2,912
  4. #22Annie2,904
  5. #23Catherine2,897
  6. #24Hazel2,708
  7. #25Gertrude2,622
Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 994Laverna#1,862 → #868
  2. ↑ 994Nevada#1,862 → #868
  3. ↑ 901Gayle#1,862 → #961
  4. ↑ 686Elba#1,676 → #990
  5. ↑ 612Gertha#1,547 → #935
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,045Arnetta#912 → #1,957
  2. ↓ 987Launa#970 → #1,957
  3. ↓ 668Buna#939 → #1,607
  4. ↓ 540Arlena#829 → #1,369
  5. ↓ 540Elta#829 → #1,369

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

boys

163,996 boys got a published name in 1909; 1 in 9,647 of them was named Annie, which outranked 61.1% of the 1,679 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #636Rollie18
  2. #636Santos18
  3. #636Vester18
  4. #653Annie17
  5. #653Alberto17
  6. #653Albin17
  7. #653Alma17
  8. #679Abel16
  9. #679Alfonzo16
  10. #679Alvie16

Tied with 25 names at #653; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1908
Risers
  1. ↑ 783Toney#1,373 → #590
  2. ↑ 720Cicero#1,373 → #653
  3. ↑ 538Alfonzo#1,217 → #679
  4. ↑ 533Bessie#1,373 → #840
  5. ↑ 533Ezell#1,373 → #840
Fallers
  1. ↓ 874Tracy#566 → #1,440
  2. ↓ 808Jonah#632 → #1,440
  3. ↓ 808Lew#632 → #1,440
  4. ↓ 783Blair#657 → #1,440
  5. ↓ 728Perley#712 → #1,440

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

See the top 100 for 1909 →