Annis

Where Annis comes from

Annis hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.

Along the way
  1. 1736
    Annis Boudinot Stockton born
    American poet
  2. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #679 among girls — 7 babies in the first year on record.
  3. 1883
    Peak, #536
    13 babies named Annis — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1900
    Annis Gillie born
    British physician and medical researcher
  5. 1963
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,592.
In the dictionary

No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.

Namesakes
  • Annis Gillie · British physician and medical researcher, 1900–1985
  • Annis Boudinot Stockton · American poet, 1736–1801
  • Annis Stukus · Canadian football player and coach, 1914–2006

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.