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
Showing
- Peak · girls
- 1881 · 1,326 births
- Debut · girls
- 1,258 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 68 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 360,253since 1880
Annie over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #182 | 1,690 | — | |
| 2024 | #192 | 1,570 | — | |
| 2023 | #202 | 1,484 | — | |
| 2022 | #205 | 1,417 | — | |
| 2021 | #230 | 1,307 | — | |
| 2020 | #289 | 1,103 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #298 | 1,108 | — | |
| 2018 | #307 | 1,091 | — | |
| 2017 | #298 | 1,092 | — | |
| 2016 | #286 | 1,131 | — | |
| 2015 | #323 | 1,010 | — | |
| 2014 | #313 | 1,058 | — | |
| 2013 | #353 | 905 | — | |
| 2012 | #374 | 835 | — | |
| 2011 | #384 | 824 | — | |
| 2010 | #392 | 813 | — | |
| 2009 | #380 | 858 | — | |
| 2008 | #392 | 824 | — | |
| 2007 | #419 | 784 | — | |
| 2006 | #394 | 813 | — | |
| 2005 | #376 | 839 | — | |
| 2004 | #381 | 817 | — | |
| 2003 | #337 | 924 | — | |
| 2002 | #313 | 977 | — | |
| 2001 | #317 | 983 | — | |
| 2000 | #306 | 1,042 | — | |
| 1999 | #313 | 986 | — | |
| 1998 | #324 | 921 | — | |
| 1997 | #317 | 927 | — | |
| 1996 | #289 | 999 | — | |
| 1995 | #297 | 928 | — | |
| 1994 | #332 | 803 | — | |
| 1993 | #339 | 762 | — | |
| 1992 | #353 | 730 | — | |
| 1991 | #351 | 736 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #333 | 822 | — | |
| 1989 | #343 | 742 | #7,905 | 5 |
| 1988 | #341 | 721 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #360 | 659 | #4,968 | 8 |
| 1986 | #336 | 719 | — | |
| 1985 | #296 | 831 | #6,523 | 5 |
| 1984 | #300 | 794 | #4,552 | 8 |
| 1983 | #292 | 806 | — | |
| 1982 | #246 | 1,016 | #5,619 | 6 |
| 1981 | #253 | 973 | #5,468 | 6 |
| 1980 | #258 | 1,001 | — | |
| 1979 | #269 | 910 | — | |
| 1978 | #332 | 662 | — | |
| 1977 | #388 | 541 | — | |
| 1976 | #430 | 464 | — | |
| 1975 | #413 | 487 | — | |
| 1974 | #421 | 464 | — | |
| 1973 | #421 | 464 | #5,101 | 5 |
| 1972 | #438 | 438 | — | |
| 1971 | #428 | 489 | — | |
| 1970 | #441 | 499 | — | |
| 1969 | #397 | 571 | — | |
| 1968 | #365 | 611 | — | |
| 1967 | #334 | 690 | — | |
| 1966 | #325 | 736 | #3,537 | 6 |
| 1965 | #316 | 815 | #3,930 | 5 |
| 1964 | #282 | 1,034 | — | |
| 1963 | #264 | 1,120 | — | |
| 1962 | #245 | 1,299 | #2,504 | 11 |
| 1961 | #241 | 1,298 | #3,356 | 7 |
| 1960 | #221 | 1,478 | #3,077 | 8 |
| 1959 | #208 | 1,588 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #196 | 1,723 | #2,177 | 14 |
| 1957 | #193 | 1,832 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #171 | 2,116 | #2,798 | 9 |
| 1955 | #160 | 2,220 | #2,219 | 13 |
| 1954 | #150 | 2,409 | #3,452 | 6 |
| 1953 | #143 | 2,563 | #2,038 | 15 |
| 1952 | #127 | 2,838 | #1,615 | 22 |
| 1951 | #113 | 3,062 | #1,774 | 18 |
| 1950 | #106 | 3,331 | #2,111 | 13 |
| 1949 | #103 | 3,453 | #2,123 | 13 |
| 1948 | #97 | 3,721 | #1,611 | 21 |
| 1947 | #103 | 3,758 | #1,786 | 18 |
| 1946 | #97 | 3,651 | #1,601 | 20 |
| 1945 | #69 | 3,741 | #1,296 | 26 |
| 1944 | #71 | 3,738 | #1,683 | 17 |
| 1943 | #69 | 4,070 | #1,529 | 21 |
| 1942 | #62 | 4,293 | #1,089 | 39 |
| 1941 | #59 | 4,073 | #1,152 | 33 |
| 1940 | #56 | 4,216 | #1,135 | 34 |
| 1939 | #54 | 4,155 | #1,168 | 31 |
| 1938 | #47 | 4,562 | #1,171 | 31 |
| 1937 | #46 | 4,479 | #896 | 48 |
| 1936 | #45 | 4,529 | #1,068 | 36 |
| 1935 | #38 | 4,849 | #894 | 50 |
| 1934 | #38 | 5,018 | #909 | 48 |
| 1933 | #37 | 5,123 | #1,051 | 38 |
| 1932 | #41 | 5,385 | #888 | 52 |
| 1931 | #41 | 5,090 | #922 | 49 |
| 1930 | #40 | 5,756 | #958 | 50 |
| 1929 | #37 | 5,955 | #983 | 47 |
| 1928 | #37 | 6,329 | #902 | 55 |
| 1927 | #36 | 6,562 | #872 | 60 |
| 1926 | #34 | 6,877 | #1,092 | 42 |
| 1925 | #32 | 7,350 | #1,053 | 43 |
| 1924 | #32 | 7,347 | #1,117 | 41 |
| 1923 | #34 | 7,095 | #1,322 | 30 |
| 1922 | #30 | 7,476 | #1,181 | 37 |
| 1921 | #36 | 7,209 | #1,101 | 41 |
| 1920 | #35 | 7,268 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1919 | #35 | 7,146 | #1,230 | 33 |
| 1918 | #36 | 6,743 | #1,094 | 39 |
| 1917 | #35 | 6,404 | #1,264 | 29 |
| 1916 | #36 | 6,105 | #1,120 | 34 |
| 1915 | #36 | 5,936 | #1,181 | 30 |
| 1914 | #33 | 4,800 | #1,221 | 23 |
| 1913 | #30 | 4,267 | #995 | 25 |
| 1912 | #27 | 4,083 | #1,023 | 20 |
| 1911 | #24 | 3,298 | #1,117 | 10 |
| 1910 | #19 | 3,519 | #569 | 25 |
| 1909 | #22 | 2,904 | #653 | 17 |
| 1908 | #21 | 2,820 | #779 | 12 |
| 1907 | #19 | 2,891 | #664 | 15 |
| 1906 | #18 | 2,774 | #752 | 11 |
| 1905 | #17 | 2,793 | #525 | 19 |
| 1904 | #17 | 2,631 | #686 | 12 |
| 1903 | #17 | 2,551 | #619 | 13 |
| 1902 | #16 | 2,664 | #687 | 11 |
| 1901 | #16 | 2,396 | #466 | 17 |
| 1900 | #11 | 3,324 | #555 | 19 |
| 1899 | #18 | 2,289 | #613 | 11 |
| 1898 | #18 | 2,470 | #573 | 14 |
| 1897 | #20 | 2,307 | #1,057 | 5 |
| 1896 | #19 | 2,358 | #982 | 6 |
| 1895 | #19 | 2,390 | #529 | 15 |
| 1894 | #18 | 2,393 | #668 | 10 |
| 1893 | #17 | 2,251 | #650 | 10 |
| 1892 | #15 | 2,348 | #861 | 7 |
| 1891 | #13 | 2,096 | #963 | 5 |
| 1890 | #15 | 2,220 | #884 | 6 |
| 1889 | #13 | 2,123 | #498 | 14 |
| 1888 | #14 | 2,188 | #609 | 11 |
| 1887 | #12 | 1,844 | #488 | 13 |
| 1886 | #13 | 1,765 | #959 | 5 |
| 1885 | #10 | 1,703 | #641 | 9 |
| 1884 | #10 | 1,739 | — | |
| 1883 | #9 | 1,589 | #677 | 8 |
| 1882 | #10 | 1,492 | #691 | 8 |
| 1881 | #8 | 1,326 | #866 | 5 |
| 1880 | #11 | 1,258 | #809 | 6 |
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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
Hover or tap a state for its numbers.
Top states · girls
- Mississippi#2 · 1 in 33
- Alabama#2 · 1 in 33
- Georgia#3 · 1 in 35
- South Carolina#3 · 1 in 39
- North Carolina#4 · 1 in 45
Best ever in a state: #2 in Alaska, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | #2 | 972 | 1 in 33 |
| Mississippi | #2 | 729 | 1 in 33 |
| Georgia | #3 | 908 | 1 in 35 |
| South Carolina | #3 | 564 | 1 in 39 |
| North Carolina | #4 | 863 | 1 in 45 |
| Louisiana | #8 | 305 | 1 in 78 |
| Florida | #10 | 235 | 1 in 71 |
| Virginia | #11 | 350 | 1 in 74 |
| Tennessee | #12 | 369 | 1 in 74 |
| New Mexico | #16 | 35 | 1 in 113 |
| Texas | #17 | 495 | 1 in 121 |
| Arkansas | #18 | 185 | 1 in 112 |
| Hawaii | #22 | 33 | 1 in 107 |
| Arizona | #33 | 24 | 1 in 162 |
| District of Columbia | #66 | 15 | 1 in 231 |
| Maryland | #67 | 51 | 1 in 265 |
| Maine | #101 | 17 | 1 in 382 |
| New Hampshire | #101 | 8 | 1 in 410 |
| Kentucky | #107 | 65 | 1 in 439 |
| California | #111 | 74 | 1 in 488 |
| West Virginia | #111 | 43 | 1 in 464 |
| Oklahoma | #121 | 48 | 1 in 521 |
| Rhode Island | #130 | 9 | 1 in 605 |
| Colorado | #132 | 15 | 1 in 553 |
| North Dakota | #142 | 10 | 1 in 628 |
| Massachusetts | #143 | 39 | 1 in 890 |
| South Dakota | #151 | 8 | 1 in 737 |
| Missouri | #157 | 39 | 1 in 776 |
| Pennsylvania | #158 | 86 | 1 in 1,064 |
| Illinois | #165 | 58 | 1 in 1,027 |
| Michigan | #179 | 33 | 1 in 1,241 |
| Minnesota | #181 | 16 | 1 in 1,355 |
| Ohio | #187 | 40 | 1 in 1,358 |
| New Jersey | #192 | 21 | 1 in 1,451 |
| Oregon | #192 | 5 | 1 in 1,125 |
| Connecticut | #194 | 8 | 1 in 1,521 |
| Washington | #202 | 7 | 1 in 1,364 |
| Kansas | #233 | 10 | 1 in 1,529 |
| Nebraska | #259 | 6 | 1 in 1,886 |
| New York | #266 | 38 | 1 in 2,594 |
| Wisconsin | #273 | 8 | 1 in 2,965 |
| Iowa | #324 | 6 | 1 in 3,312 |
| Indiana | #334 | 7 | 1 in 3,733 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
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 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
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 17,027 | #8 (1881) | #11 |
| 1890s | 23,122 | #13 (1891) | #17 |
| 1900s | 27,748 | #11 (1900) | #17 |
| 1910s | 52,301 | #19 (1910) | #31 |
| 1920s | 69,468 | #30 (1922) | #34 |
| 1930s | 48,946 | #37 (1933) | #43 |
| 1940s | 38,714 | #56 (1940) | #79 |
| 1950s | 23,682 | #106 (1950) | #157 |
| 1960s | 9,652 | #221 (1960) | #299 |
| 1970s | 5,418 | #269 (1979) | #398 |
| 1980s | 8,262 | #246 (1982) | #303 |
| 1990s | 8,614 | #289 (1996) | #325 |
| 2000s | 8,861 | #306 (2000) | #362 |
| 2010s | 9,867 | #286 (2016) | #333 |
| 2020s | 8,571 | #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 1926
girls
#34
6,877 births · 1 in 172 girls
boys
#1,092
42 births · 1 in 26,441 boys
Top girls' names in 1926
Top boys' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 172 of them was named Annie, which outranked 99.4% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Annie
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,110,505 boys got a published name in 1926; 1 in 26,441 of them was named Annie, which outranked 77.4% of the 4,837 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Ranked beside Annie
- #1,064Verner43
- #1,064Welton43
- #1,064Wyatt43
- #1,092Annie42
- #1,092Arland42
- #1,092Arnulfo42
- #1,092Buel42
- #1,108Alvah41
- #1,108Bart41
- #1,108Benjaman41
Tied with 15 names at #1,092; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Biggest movers since 1925
Risers
Fallers
- ↓ 531Okey#984 → #1,515
- ↓ 459Florentino#973 → #1,432
- ↓ 407Rexford#924 → #1,331
- ↓ 380Marshal#973 → #1,353
- ↓ 378Coolidge#746 → #1,124
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.