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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201964peak #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 1964

girls
#60
7,758 births · 1 in 244 girls
boys
#1,615
24 births · 1 in 83,029 boys

Top girls' names in 1964

  1. #1Lisa54,270
  2. #2Mary40,985
  3. #3Susan31,515
  4. #4Karen30,243
  5. #5Patricia26,091
  6. #6Kimberly24,128
  7. #7Donna23,808
  8. #8Linda23,629
  9. #9Cynthia20,321
  10. #10Tammy20,043
  11. #60Ann7,758

Top boys' names in 1964

  1. #1Michael82,617
  2. #2John82,508
  3. #3David75,043
  4. #4James73,026
  5. #5Robert69,980
  6. #6Mark45,261
  7. #7William44,224
  8. #8Richard40,098
  9. #9Thomas34,463
  10. #10Jeffrey30,728
  11. #1,615Ann24
More about 1964

girls

1,894,855 girls got a published name in 1964; 1 in 244 of them was named Ann, which outranked 99.2% of the 7,806 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ann
  1. #57Stephanie7,938
  2. #58Michele7,908
  3. #59Laurie7,832
  4. #60Ann7,758
  5. #61Jill7,242
  6. #62Terri7,144
  7. #63Diana7,070
Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 4,987Anjanette#5,891#904
  2. 2,403Deneen#2,619#216
  3. 2,162Denine#3,066#904
  4. 1,303Daneen#2,211#908
  5. 1,137Kecia#1,754#617
Fallers
  1. 341Leisha#993#1,334
  2. 320Cary#973#1,293
  3. 317Lisha#929#1,246
  4. 281Cecile#973#1,254
  5. 276Alexis#790#1,066

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

boys

1,992,698 boys got a published name in 1964; 1 in 83,029 of them was named Ann, which outranked 64.8% of the 4,594 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 29.0% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ann
  1. #1,581Vann25
  2. #1,581Verlin25
  3. #1,581Verne25
  4. #1,615Ann24
  5. #1,615Anders24
  6. #1,615Arnaldo24
  7. #1,615Blas24
  8. #1,655Alfonza23
  9. #1,655Arther23
  10. #1,655Bailey23

Tied with 39 names at #1,615; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1963
Risers
  1. 864Deron#1,548#684
  2. 653Cassius#1,513#860
  3. 392Kipp#1,215#823
  4. 363Fitzgerald#1,052#689
  5. 334Adrain#1,279#945
Fallers
  1. 286Farrell#886#1,172
  2. 283Tal#813#1,096
  3. 278Laura#921#1,199
  4. 272Pamela#947#1,219
  5. 270Huey#891#1,161

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

See the top 100 for 1964