Anne

#619 for girls in 2025, 472 births · Last seen for boys in 1995 at #8,868
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1915 · 4,333 births
Debut · girls
136 births
In top 100 · girls
66 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
325,128
since 1880

Anne over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #52, 1915girls
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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#619472
2024#647453
2023#582515
2022#573522
2021#588511
2020#626463
2019#573531
2018#601506
2017#578522
2016#554562
2015#565543
2014#554559
2013#520572
2012#560526
2011#593486
2010#609484
2009#542557
2008#497634
2007#519608
2006#457689
2005#435710
2004#398766
2003#381796
2002#325941
2001#3111,024
2000#2981,081
1999#2881,083
1998#2751,134
1997#2211,347
1996#2191,324
1995#2081,385#8,8685
1994#2041,432
1993#1991,483#7,6386
1992#1821,684
1991#1781,674
1990#1551,926#4,99310
1989#1531,880#3,09419
1988#1531,853#6,4266
1987#1471,868#3,20115
1986#1511,918#3,44013
1985#1462,019#4,05210
1984#1272,237#4,2159
1983#1302,304#4,1419
1982#1222,447#3,10814
1981#1052,809#3,41212
1980#1122,780#3,83810
1979#1152,734#6,0565
1978#1192,467#3,61410
1977#1232,355#4,1648
1976#1242,220#3,7249
1975#1242,287#5,4645
1974#1202,461#3,12011
1973#1222,453#3,6948
1972#1342,265#2,81912
1971#1222,919#3,3709
1970#1123,441#2,12518
1969#1013,708#1,97718
1968#883,914#2,57611
1967#844,102#2,35212
1966#834,151#2,46511
1965#774,726#2,7809
1964#765,411#2,04016
1963#805,330#2,41412
1962#835,272#1,96217
1961#905,524#2,32213
1960#885,636#2,53511
1959#825,745#2,66310
1958#875,456#2,17714
1957#865,486#3,0248
1956#865,356#2,9698
1955#845,218#2,55810
1954#805,298#2,31612
1953#805,256#3,1437
1952#795,257#2,8758
1951#824,873#2,6629
1950#844,459#2,7708
1949#864,052#2,6069
1948#874,122#3,0107
1947#944,187
1946#814,115
1945#813,407#3,3385
1944#863,209#2,30910
1943#803,535#2,5639
1942#763,526#2,9407
1941#823,096#2,08312
1940#842,897#1,89414
1939#852,769#1,79515
1938#842,887#2,4799
1937#922,725#1,91314
1936#892,756#2,6298
1935#842,892#2,5299
1934#882,786#2,9737
1933#852,767#2,21411
1932#812,969#3,3616
1931#802,979#1,84316
1930#833,091#2,07914
1929#912,881#1,93316
1928#932,824#2,8439
1927#922,928#2,29813
1926#863,109#3,7086
1925#853,320#3,1558
1924#793,627#3,0239
1923#713,727#3,1758
1922#663,974#3,2528
1921#704,007#3,8696
1920#654,114#2,9679
1919#633,975#3,1158
1918#544,567#2,54311
1917#534,603#3,2177
1916#534,571#2,25912
1915#524,333#2,6219
1914#533,365#2,10110
1913#572,684#1,80310
1912#582,369#2,0457
1911#641,598#1,7405
1910#671,413
1909#761,110#1,4405
1908#751,088#1,2176
1907#79980
1906#85835
1905#98708
1904#97631
1903#100581
1902#106564
1901#104504
1900#108614#1,3105
1899#106476
1898#109496
1897#108479
1896#114423
1895#108462
1894#110427
1893#109400
1892#109407
1891#115342
1890#123319
1889#125311
1888#126292
1887#121249
1886#132211
1885#125203
1884#110242
1883#116183
1882#123168
1881#122131
1880#120136
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anne was already there! It came in at #120, and was given to 136 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 190 girls a year got the name.

See more about Anne
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 28 spots since 2024 (#647#619)
  • 7 spots since 2020 (#626#619)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#565#619)
  • Biggest jump: 40 spots in 2013 (#560#520)
  • Biggest drop: 67 spots in 2010 (#542#609)
Rise & fade · girls
35 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1915 at #52 (4,333 births)
  • Births halved by 1985, 70 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 66 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 66 yrs · run 1903–1968
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 226
  • Highest: 1 in 226 girls born in 1914 were named Anne (0.44%)
  • Latest: 1 in 3,405 girls born in 2025 (0.03%)
  • Its best rank, #52 in 1915, was only 1 in 227 (0.44%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 16.1% of all girls named Anne (52,404) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s2,126#110 (1884)#122
1890s4,231#106 (1899)#111
1900s7,615#75 (1908)#93
1910s33,478#52 (1915)#57
1920s34,511#65 (1920)#80
1930s28,621#80 (1931)#85
1940s36,146#76 (1942)#84
1950s52,404#79 (1952)#83
1960s47,774#76 (1964)#85
1970s25,602#112 (1970)#122
1980s22,115#105 (1981)#135
1990s14,472#155 (1990)#213
2000s7,806#298 (2000)#416
2010s5,291#520 (2013)#571
2020s2,936#573 (2022)#606

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.

Anne in 1928

girls
#93
2,824 births · 1 in 408 girls
boys
#2,843
9 births · 1 in 123,068 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #93Anne2,824

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #2,843Anne9
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 408 of them was named Anne, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #90Jeanne2,879
  2. #91Carolyn2,847
  3. #92Vera2,841
  4. #93Anne2,824
  5. #94Delores2,810
  6. #95Janet2,782
  7. #96Billie2,777
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 123,068 of them was named Anne, which outranked 39.8% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #2,659Wiliam10
  2. #2,659Yoshiaki10
  3. #2,659Ysmael10
  4. #2,843Anne9
  5. #2,843Abie9
  6. #2,843Adams9
  7. #2,843Aime9
  8. #3,076Achille8
  9. #3,076Adair8
  10. #3,076Admiral8

Tied with 232 names at #2,843; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928