Ann

#1,076 for girls in 2025, 225 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #9,948
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1936 · 6,666 births
Debut · girls
131 births
In top 100 · girls
78 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
470,261
since 1880

Ann over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201935peak #28, 1936girls
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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#1,076225
2024#1,135213
2023#1,073231
2022#1,098227
2021#1,103224
2020#1,105221
2019#978264
2018#982269
2017#1,009257
2016#996265
2015#897307
2014#944286
2013#912280
2012#949268
2011#992256
2010#913286
2009#930287
2008#825344
2007#782368
2006#723388
2005#640435
2004#685402#9,9486
2003#552499
2002#521525
2001#529506
2000#493546
1999#456583
1998#464555
1997#415626
1996#400663
1995#354743
1994#341784
1993#314848
1992#295946
1991#2681,025
1990#2501,124
1989#2461,089#5,6158
1988#2221,171#6,4266
1987#2211,204
1986#1991,303#4,8538
1985#1871,443
1984#1601,695#5,5616
1983#1571,812#3,41112
1982#1551,920#4,2349
1981#1332,123#3,60111
1980#1362,168#4,9407
1979#1262,266#3,81010
1978#1252,320#3,8579
1977#1182,452#4,1648
1976#1082,436#2,82614
1975#1042,715#3,24611
1974#1002,928#3,12011
1973#933,255#2,71613
1972#913,360#2,41815
1971#784,558#2,05220
1970#625,740#1,74325
1969#576,133#2,13016
1968#546,177#2,73510
1967#576,247#1,54025
1966#615,993#1,72320
1965#596,784#1,48327
1964#607,758#1,61524
1963#577,975#1,83919
1962#568,123#1,80520
1961#548,216#1,73122
1960#518,677#1,61925
1959#448,918#2,29513
1958#478,856#1,64423
1957#449,040#1,48728
1956#468,990#1,82119
1955#438,916#1,61123
1954#448,751#1,82618
1953#468,579#1,95816
1952#458,653#1,80418
1951#468,423#2,13513
1950#457,921#2,43810
1949#447,870#1,94115
1948#448,025#1,70319
1947#418,894#1,69620
1946#408,077#2,14312
1945#397,038#1,40622
1944#397,081#1,57419
1943#377,829#1,46123
1942#387,666#1,05441
1941#377,121#1,44622
1940#357,196#1,39723
1939#336,551#1,39023
1938#326,990#1,19930
1937#306,713#1,26528
1936#286,666#1,11834
1935#306,706#1,29527
1934#326,641#1,35725
1933#346,209#1,58619
1932#346,195#1,58420
1931#355,858#1,64319
1930#415,531#1,42826
1929#465,172#1,79318
1928#544,932#1,52224
1927#594,782#2,19314
1926#554,779#4,2015
1925#524,935#1,58323
1924#555,035#2,22914
1923#525,022#2,44612
1922#495,054#1,69521
1921#535,058#1,82919
1920#495,041#2,13115
1919#494,924#3,1158
1918#445,613#2,26013
1917#445,455#2,09114
1916#405,343#2,25912
1915#434,895#2,18412
1914#403,888#2,2719
1913#462,998#2,2737
1912#472,666#1,7469
1911#531,882#1,03811
1910#521,842#92812
1909#561,477#1,4405
1908#621,354#1,3735
1907#621,264#1,2006
1906#701,064#1,2535
1905#75996#1,0916
1904#78880
1903#84774
1902#83753
1901#89634
1900#92736
1899#92586
1898#101593
1897#97545
1896#105488
1895#97551
1894#105470
1893#110397
1892#115393
1891#117337
1890#121328
1889#112341
1888#123295
1887#124239
1886#124229
1885#124208
1884#118214
1883#124167
1882#125150
1881#123130
1880#122131
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ann was already there! It came in at #122, and was given to 131 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 170 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ann
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 59 spots since 2024 (#1,135#1,076)
  • 29 spots since 2020 (#1,105#1,076)
  • 179 spots since 2015 (#897#1,076)
  • Biggest jump: 47 spots in 2015 (#944#897)
  • Biggest drop: 133 spots in 2004 (#552#685)
Rise & fade · girls
56 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1936 at #28 (6,666 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 37 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 78 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 78 yrs · run 1899–1974
  • Top 1,000: 139 yrs · run 1880–2016
Share of babies · girls
1 in 156
  • Highest: 1 in 156 girls born in 1936 were named Ann (0.64%)
  • Latest: 1 in 7,143 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 18.5% of all girls named Ann (87,047) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,104#112 (1889)#122
1890s4,688#92 (1899)#106
1900s9,932#56 (1909)#75
1910s39,506#40 (1916)#46
1920s49,810#46 (1929)#52
1930s64,060#28 (1936)#33
1940s76,797#35 (1940)#39
1950s87,047#43 (1955)#45
1960s72,083#51 (1960)#57
1970s32,030#62 (1970)#101
1980s15,928#133 (1981)#182
1990s7,897#250 (1990)#356
2000s4,300#493 (2000)#668
2010s2,738#897 (2015)#957
2020s1,341#1,073 (2023)#1,098

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.

Ann in 1935

girls
#30
6,706 births · 1 in 156 girls
boys
#1,295
27 births · 1 in 38,569 boys

Top girls' names in 1935

  1. #1Mary55,076
  2. #2Shirley42,366
  3. #3Barbara30,698
  4. #4Betty28,674
  5. #5Patricia22,879
  6. #6Dorothy19,406
  7. #7Joan18,220
  8. #8Margaret14,727
  9. #9Nancy14,544
  10. #10Helen12,785
  11. #30Ann6,706

Top boys' names in 1935

  1. #1Robert56,527
  2. #2James55,005
  3. #3John47,509
  4. #4William40,204
  5. #5Richard33,946
  6. #6Charles29,983
  7. #7Donald29,674
  8. #8George18,564
  9. #9Thomas17,684
  10. #10Joseph17,181
  11. #1,295Ann27
More about 1935

girls

1,048,577 girls got a published name in 1935; 1 in 156 of them was named Ann, which outranked 99.4% of the 4,893 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ann
  1. #27Phyllis7,370
  2. #28Carolyn6,967
  3. #29Norma6,869
  4. #30Ann6,706
  5. #31Evelyn6,560
  6. #32Gloria6,348
  7. #33Marie6,292
Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 2,736Norita#3,449#713
  2. 1,073Shelby#1,913#840
  3. 672Darla#1,344#672
  4. 396Shirleyann#1,292#896
  5. 375Loris#1,236#861
Fallers
  1. 545Marcelina#938#1,483
  2. 456Tomasa#925#1,381
  3. 393Glendora#938#1,331
  4. 388Marceline#993#1,381
  5. 358Rheta#526#884

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

boys

1,041,351 boys got a published name in 1935; 1 in 38,569 of them was named Ann, which outranked 68.8% of the 4,146 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ann
  1. #1,273Sigmund28
  2. #1,273Valentin28
  3. #1,273Vince28
  4. #1,295Ann27
  5. #1,295Audie27
  6. #1,295Augusta27
  7. #1,295Brad27
  8. #1,326Alphonzo26
  9. #1,326Anastacio26
  10. #1,326Anselmo26

Tied with 30 names at #1,295; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1934
Risers
  1. 1,371Darwyn#2,121#750
  2. 678Landon#1,608#930
  3. 678Stafford#1,658#980
  4. 666Lance#1,658#992
  5. 492Delwin#1,461#969
Fallers
  1. 534Estel#792#1,326
  2. 493Gustav#897#1,390
  3. 381Florian#845#1,226
  4. 353Laurie#942#1,295
  5. 342Valentin#931#1,273

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

See the top 100 for 1935