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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| 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 1936
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Virginia#348 · 1 in 3,789
- North Carolina#499 · 1 in 7,127
Best ever in a state: #257 in Virginia, 1910.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Virginia | #348 | 6 | 1 in 3,789 |
| North Carolina | #499 | 5 | 1 in 7,127 |
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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 1936
Top girls' names in 1936
More about 1936
girls
1,040,390 girls got a published name in 1936; 1 in 19,266 of them was named Annis, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,856 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #921Malinda55
- #921Marleen55
- #921Merry55
- #929Annis54
- #929Arthur54
- #929Berneice54
- #929Elvera54
- #941Aletha53
- #941Alexandra53
- #941Cathy53
Tied with 11 names at #929; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↓ 1,028Norita#713 → #1,741
- ↓ 506Vernetta#974 → #1,480
- ↓ 461Ozella#984 → #1,445
- ↓ 400Shirleyann#896 → #1,296
- ↓ 342Idell#925 → #1,267
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.