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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201929peak #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 1929

girls
#91
2,881 births · 1 in 388 girls
boys
#1,933
16 births · 1 in 67,226 boys

Top girls' names in 1929

  1. #1Mary63,512
  2. #2Betty36,675
  3. #3Dorothy31,476
  4. #4Helen20,983
  5. #5Margaret19,212
  6. #6Doris16,498
  7. #7Barbara16,038
  8. #8Ruth16,021
  9. #9Shirley14,576
  10. #10Patricia13,624
  11. #91Anne2,881

Top boys' names in 1929

  1. #1Robert59,807
  2. #2James52,135
  3. #3John52,112
  4. #4William47,815
  5. #5Charles29,930
  6. #6Richard29,572
  7. #7Donald27,181
  8. #8George23,020
  9. #9Joseph21,165
  10. #10Edward17,220
  11. #1,933Anne16
More about 1929

girls

1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 388 of them was named Anne, which outranked 98.3% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #88Julia2,950
  2. #89Kathleen2,941
  3. #90Laura2,936
  4. #91Anne2,881
  5. #92Jeanne2,818
  6. #93Bertha2,800
  7. #94Agnes2,770
Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 1,951Dorla#2,623#672
  2. 797Ingrid#1,738#941
  3. 534Sydell#1,502#968
  4. 521Elenor#1,502#981
  5. 406Jeanine#888#482
Fallers
  1. 937Joline#888#1,825
  2. 259Mafalda#936#1,195
  3. 250Lorelei#994#1,244
  4. 249Ardelle#888#1,137
  5. 234Charmaine#420#654

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

boys

1,075,615 boys got a published name in 1929; 1 in 67,226 of them was named Anne, which outranked 57.5% of the 4,545 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #1,848Weyman17
  2. #1,848Wille17
  3. #1,848Zollie17
  4. #1,933Anne16
  5. #1,933Aloys16
  6. #1,933Ardis16
  7. #1,933Babe16
  8. #2,002Adalberto15
  9. #2,002Alberta15
  10. #2,002Alpha15

Tied with 68 names at #1,933; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1928
Risers
  1. 2,188Davey#2,843#655
  2. 554Davie#1,413#859
  3. 374Derald#1,095#721
  4. 358Vernal#1,353#995
  5. 350Ken#1,228#878
Fallers
  1. 530Adolf#950#1,480
  2. 426Quinton#913#1,339
  3. 349Thornton#963#1,312
  4. 346Verlyn#891#1,237
  5. 346Isidore#891#1,237

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

See the top 100 for 1929