Annis
Last seen for girls in 2008 at #15,405 · Last seen for boys in 1917 at #3,217
Given to girls 99.8% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1883 · 13 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,914since 1880
Annis over time
Rank among girls' names. Annis has never cracked the top 500 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| 2008 | #15,405 | 6 | — | |
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| 1992 | — | — | ||
| 1991 | #13,147 | 5 | — | |
| 1990 | — | — | ||
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 | — | |
| 1988 | — | — | ||
| 1987 | #11,325 | 5 | — | |
| 1986 | — | — | ||
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| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 | — | |
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| 1971 | #7,388 | 6 | — | |
| 1970 | #5,061 | 10 | — | |
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | #4,982 | 8 | — | |
| 1966 | #5,273 | 7 | — | |
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | #2,825 | 20 | — | |
| 1963 | #6,592 | 5 | — | |
| 1962 | #3,592 | 13 | — | |
| 1961 | #4,009 | 11 | — | |
| 1960 | #3,920 | 11 | — | |
| 1959 | #2,760 | 18 | — | |
| 1958 | #2,663 | 19 | — | |
| 1957 | #3,930 | 10 | — | |
| 1956 | #2,929 | 16 | — | |
| 1955 | #2,839 | 16 | — | |
| 1954 | #2,889 | 15 | — | |
| 1953 | #2,921 | 14 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,680 | 34 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,434 | 43 | — | |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,882 | 26 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,358 | 46 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,545 | 37 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,318 | 43 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,374 | 34 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,305 | 39 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,162 | 46 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 | — | |
| 1940 | #997 | 51 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,102 | 42 | — | |
| 1938 | #955 | 55 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1936 | #929 | 54 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,119 | 39 | — | |
| 1934 | #1,005 | 47 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,050 | 44 | — | |
| 1932 | #923 | 58 | — | |
| 1931 | #970 | 51 | — | |
| 1930 | #1,059 | 48 | — | |
| 1929 | #1,078 | 46 | — | |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 | — | |
| 1927 | #924 | 65 | — | |
| 1926 | #958 | 61 | — | |
| 1925 | #944 | 62 | — | |
| 1924 | #1,058 | 54 | — | |
| 1923 | #928 | 62 | — | |
| 1922 | #1,030 | 53 | — | |
| 1921 | #857 | 74 | — | |
| 1920 | #797 | 82 | — | |
| 1919 | #835 | 69 | — | |
| 1918 | #815 | 77 | — | |
| 1917 | #775 | 79 | #3,217 | 7 |
| 1916 | #887 | 58 | — | |
| 1915 | #774 | 73 | — | |
| 1914 | #855 | 47 | — | |
| 1913 | #852 | 38 | — | |
| 1912 | #709 | 50 | — | |
| 1911 | #875 | 24 | — | |
| 1910 | #737 | 33 | — | |
| 1909 | #868 | 22 | — | |
| 1908 | #768 | 25 | — | |
| 1907 | #790 | 22 | — | |
| 1906 | #661 | 30 | — | |
| 1905 | #734 | 24 | — | |
| 1904 | #668 | 27 | — | |
| 1903 | #628 | 28 | — | |
| 1902 | #667 | 25 | — | |
| 1901 | #829 | 16 | — | |
| 1900 | #576 | 36 | — | |
| 1899 | #704 | 20 | — | |
| 1898 | #619 | 27 | — | |
| 1897 | #594 | 26 | — | |
| 1896 | #707 | 20 | — | |
| 1895 | #770 | 17 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #571 | 24 | — | |
| 1892 | #726 | 16 | — | |
| 1891 | #608 | 19 | — | |
| 1890 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1889 | #641 | 16 | — | |
| 1888 | #636 | 16 | — | |
| 1887 | #733 | 10 | — | |
| 1886 | #633 | 13 | — | |
| 1885 | #842 | 7 | — | |
| 1884 | #793 | 8 | — | |
| 1883 | #536 | 13 | — | |
| 1882 | #908 | 5 | — | |
| 1881 | #830 | 5 | — | |
| 1880 | #679 | 7 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Annis was already there! It came in at #679, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1965, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Annis is popular in 1917
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#342 · 1 in 2,250
- Georgia#412 · 1 in 4,462
- Virginia#412 · 1 in 5,011
- Tennessee#424 · 1 in 4,063
- Alabama#479 · 1 in 4,974
Best ever in a state: #257 in Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,250 |
| Georgia | #412 | 7 | 1 in 4,462 |
| Virginia | #412 | 5 | 1 in 5,011 |
| Tennessee | #424 | 6 | 1 in 4,063 |
| Alabama | #479 | 5 | 1 in 4,974 |
| Texas | #663 | 8 | 1 in 5,908 |
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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 Annis
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2008
- Biggest jump: 398 spots in 1891 (#1,006 → #608)
- Biggest drop: 365 spots in 1890 (#641 → #1,006)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1883 at #536 (13 births)
- Births halved by 1963, 80 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 50 yrs · run 1891–1921
- Highest: 1 in 8,327 girls born in 1900 were named Annis (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 315,156 girls born in 2008 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #536 in 1883, was only 1 in 8,640 (0.01%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 20.8% of all girls named Annis (606) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 100 | #536 (1883) | #723 |
| 1890s | 193 | #571 (1893) | #705 |
| 1900s | 255 | #576 (1900) | #719 |
| 1910s | 548 | #709 (1912) | #811 |
| 1920s | 606 | #797 (1920) | #967 |
| 1930s | 487 | #923 (1932) | #1,011 |
| 1940s | 397 | #997 (1940) | #1,355 |
| 1950s | 208 | #1,434 (1951) | #2,605 |
| 1960s | 75 | #2,825 (1964) | #4,456 |
| 1970s | 16 | #5,061 (1970) | #6,225 |
| 1980s | 18 | #7,469 (1982) | #10,385 |
| 1990s | 5 | #13,147 (1991) | #13,147 |
| 2000s | 6 | #15,405 (2008) | #15,405 |
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.
Annis in 1917
Top girls' names in 1917
Top boys' names in 1917
More about 1917
girls
1,081,267 girls got a published name in 1917; 1 in 13,687 of them was named Annis, which outranked 85.4% of the 5,310 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
925,482 boys got a published name in 1917; 1 in 132,212 of them was named Annis, which outranked 30.1% of the 4,602 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.9% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).