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#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedAKMaine: #98 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 371 girlsMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedNHWashington: #188 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,141 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: #123 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 510 girlsNDMinnesota: #227 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,920 girlsMNIllinois: #202 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 1,392 girlsILWisconsin: #249 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,374 girlsWIMichigan: #141 for girls · 49 births · 1 in 858 girlsMINew York: #256 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 2,356 girlsNYMassachusetts: #170 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 1,370 girlsMARhode Island: #100 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 409 girlsRIOregon: #144 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 738 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedNVWyoming: #89 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 293 girlsWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedIAIndiana: #261 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,467 girlsINOhio: #214 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,772 girlsOHPennsylvania: #177 for girls · 61 births · 1 in 1,359 girlsPANew Jersey: #212 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,823 girlsNJConnecticut: #181 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 1,393 girlsCTCalifornia: #123 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 525 girlsCAUtah: #173 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 756 girlsUTColorado: #114 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 437 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedNEMissouri: #147 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 692 girlsMOKentucky: #109 for girls · 57 births · 1 in 464 girlsKYWest Virginia: #136 for girls · 33 births · 1 in 551 girlsWVVirginia: #13 for girls · 281 births · 1 in 84 girlsVAMaryland: #85 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 359 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Annie, so not publishedDEArizona: #49 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 203 girlsAZNew Mexico: #24 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 129 girlsNMKansas: #267 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 2,001 girlsKSArkansas: #21 for girls · 140 births · 1 in 130 girlsARTennessee: #14 for girls · 276 births · 1 in 93 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #4 for girls · 819 births · 1 in 44 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #4 for girls · 488 births · 1 in 40 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #60 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 228 girlsDCOklahoma: #109 for girls · 47 births · 1 in 485 girlsOKLouisiana: #10 for girls · 258 births · 1 in 83 girlsLAMississippi: #2 for girls · 628 births · 1 in 34 girlsMSAlabama: #3 for girls · 893 births · 1 in 34 girlsALGeorgia: #4 for girls · 778 births · 1 in 39 girlsGAHawaii: #35 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 160 girlsHITexas: #22 for girls · 426 births · 1 in 142 girlsTXFlorida: #9 for girls · 183 births · 1 in 67 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Mississippi#2 · 1 in 34
  2. Alabama#3 · 1 in 34
  3. Georgia#4 · 1 in 39
  4. South Carolina#4 · 1 in 40
  5. North Carolina#4 · 1 in 44

Best ever in a state: #2 in Alaska, 1910.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Mississippi#26281 in 34
Alabama#38931 in 34
Georgia#47781 in 39
North Carolina#48191 in 44
South Carolina#44881 in 40
Florida#91831 in 67
Louisiana#102581 in 83
Virginia#132811 in 84
Tennessee#142761 in 93
Arkansas#211401 in 130
Texas#224261 in 142
New Mexico#24321 in 129
Hawaii#35221 in 160
Arizona#49211 in 203
District of Columbia#60151 in 228
Maryland#85351 in 359
Wyoming#8951 in 293
Maine#98171 in 371
Rhode Island#100121 in 409
Kentucky#109571 in 464
Oklahoma#109471 in 485
Colorado#114191 in 437
California#123681 in 525
North Dakota#123121 in 510
West Virginia#136331 in 551
Michigan#141491 in 858
Oregon#14471 in 738
Missouri#147401 in 692
Massachusetts#170231 in 1,370
Utah#17361 in 756
Pennsylvania#177611 in 1,359
Connecticut#18181 in 1,393
Washington#18881 in 1,141
Illinois#202411 in 1,392
New Jersey#212161 in 1,823
Ohio#214291 in 1,772
Minnesota#227101 in 1,920
Wisconsin#249101 in 2,374
New York#256411 in 2,356
Indiana#261101 in 2,467
Kansas#26771 in 2,001
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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
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 1929

girls
#37
5,955 births · 1 in 187 girls
boys
#983
47 births · 1 in 22,885 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #37Annie5,955

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #983Annie47
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 187 of them was named Annie, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #34Catherine6,277
  2. #35Florence6,212
  3. #36Ruby6,153
  4. #37Annie5,955
  5. #38Eleanor5,865
  6. #39Beverly5,862
  7. #40Lillian5,712
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,951Dorla#2,623 → #672
  2. ↑ 797Ingrid#1,738 → #941
  3. ↑ 534Sydell#1,502 → #968
  4. ↑ 521Elenor#1,502 → #981
  5. ↑ 406Jeanine#888 → #482
Fallers
  1. ↓ 937Joline#888 → #1,825
  2. ↓ 259Mafalda#936 → #1,195
  3. ↓ 250Lorelei#994 → #1,244
  4. ↓ 249Ardelle#888 → #1,137
  5. ↓ 234Charmaine#420 → #654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 22,885 of them was named Annie, which outranked 78.4% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #975Marcos48
  2. #975Richmond48
  3. #975Verle48
  4. #983Annie47
  5. #983Alice47
  6. #983Clearence47
  7. #983Farrell47
  8. #995Alfonzo46
  9. #995Arnulfo46
  10. #995Dannie46

Tied with 11 names at #983; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. ↑ 2,188Davey#2,843 → #655
  2. ↑ 554Davie#1,413 → #859
  3. ↑ 374Derald#1,095 → #721
  4. ↑ 358Vernal#1,353 → #995
  5. ↑ 350Ken#1,228 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 530Adolf#950 → #1,480
  2. ↓ 426Quinton#913 → #1,339
  3. ↓ 349Thornton#963 → #1,312
  4. ↓ 346Verlyn#891 → #1,237
  5. ↓ 346Isidore#891 → #1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929 →