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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201942peak #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.

Where Anne is popular in 1942

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedAKMaine: #43 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 155 girlsMEVermont: #56 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 180 girlsVTNew Hampshire: #73 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 229 girlsNHWashington: #81 for girls · 44 births · 1 in 369 girlsWAIdaho: #120 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 542 girlsIDMontana: #137 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 620 girlsMTNorth Dakota: #124 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 595 girlsNDMinnesota: #110 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 668 girlsMNIllinois: #115 for girls · 108 births · 1 in 653 girlsILWisconsin: #91 for girls · 52 births · 1 in 543 girlsWIMichigan: #86 for girls · 134 births · 1 in 416 girlsMINew York: #45 for girls · 623 births · 1 in 181 girlsNYMassachusetts: #31 for girls · 334 births · 1 in 113 girlsMARhode Island: #39 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 145 girlsRIOregon: #109 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 503 girlsORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anne, so not publishedNVWyoming: #93 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 350 girlsWYSouth Dakota: #168 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 940 girlsSDIowa: #105 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 621 girlsIAIndiana: #91 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 515 girlsINOhio: #105 for girls · 115 births · 1 in 573 girlsOHPennsylvania: #67 for girls · 327 births · 1 in 275 girlsPANew Jersey: #57 for girls · 168 births · 1 in 212 girlsNJConnecticut: #46 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 170 girlsCTCalifornia: #91 for girls · 165 births · 1 in 418 girlsCAUtah: #109 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 463 girlsUTColorado: #146 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 661 girlsCONebraska: #109 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 658 girlsNEMissouri: #121 for girls · 48 births · 1 in 674 girlsMOKentucky: #104 for girls · 54 births · 1 in 543 girlsKYWest Virginia: #168 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 979 girlsWVVirginia: #54 for girls · 117 births · 1 in 250 girlsVAMaryland: #58 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 260 girlsMDDelaware: #29 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 96 girlsDEArizona: #171 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 649 girlsAZNew Mexico: #251 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,168 girlsNMKansas: #129 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 698 girlsKSArkansas: #270 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,698 girlsARTennessee: #112 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 540 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #77 for girls · 114 births · 1 in 368 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #107 for girls · 53 births · 1 in 449 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #32 for girls · 68 births · 1 in 127 girlsDCOklahoma: #268 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,854 girlsOKLouisiana: #143 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 584 girlsLAMississippi: #188 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 869 girlsMSAlabama: #127 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 570 girlsALGeorgia: #87 for girls · 92 births · 1 in 382 girlsGAHawaii: #137 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 465 girlsHITexas: #209 for girls · 65 births · 1 in 1,031 girlsTXFlorida: #115 for girls · 37 births · 1 in 481 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#29 · 1 in 96
  2. Massachusetts#31 · 1 in 113
  3. District of Columbia#32 · 1 in 127
  4. Rhode Island#39 · 1 in 145
  5. Maine#43 · 1 in 155

Best ever in a state: #13 in Delaware, 1912.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#29221 in 96
Massachusetts#313341 in 113
District of Columbia#32681 in 127
Rhode Island#39401 in 145
Maine#43461 in 155
New York#456231 in 181
Connecticut#46921 in 170
Virginia#541171 in 250
Vermont#56141 in 180
New Jersey#571681 in 212
Maryland#58681 in 260
Pennsylvania#673271 in 275
New Hampshire#73171 in 229
North Carolina#771141 in 368
Washington#81441 in 369
Michigan#861341 in 416
Georgia#87921 in 382
California#911651 in 418
Indiana#91621 in 515
Wisconsin#91521 in 543
Wyoming#9351 in 350
Kentucky#104541 in 543
Iowa#105341 in 621
Ohio#1051151 in 573
South Carolina#107531 in 449
Nebraska#109151 in 658
Oregon#109181 in 503
Utah#109131 in 463
Minnesota#110381 in 668
Tennessee#112581 in 540
Florida#115371 in 481
Illinois#1151081 in 653
Idaho#12081 in 542
Missouri#121481 in 674
North Dakota#12491 in 595
Alabama#127581 in 570
Kansas#129201 in 698
Hawaii#13781 in 465
Montana#13771 in 620
Louisiana#143451 in 584
Colorado#146151 in 661
South Dakota#16851 in 940
West Virginia#168211 in 979
Arizona#17191 in 649
Mississippi#188281 in 869
Texas#209651 in 1,031
New Mexico#25151 in 1,168
Oklahoma#268111 in 1,854
Arkansas#270121 in 1,698
Alaska
Nevada

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 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 1942

girls
#76
3,526 births · 1 in 383 girls
boys
#2,940
7 births · 1 in 197,309 boys

Top girls' names in 1942

  1. #1Mary63,256
  2. #2Barbara44,739
  3. #3Patricia39,465
  4. #4Linda31,613
  5. #5Carol30,272
  6. #6Sandra24,994
  7. #7Judith24,792
  8. #8Nancy23,327
  9. #9Betty21,659
  10. #10Carolyn19,978
  11. #76Anne3,526

Top boys' names in 1942

  1. #1James77,182
  2. #2Robert71,845
  3. #3John66,043
  4. #4William54,890
  5. #5Richard43,593
  6. #6David35,905
  7. #7Charles35,854
  8. #8Thomas31,100
  9. #9Ronald27,138
  10. #10Donald23,955
  11. #2,940Anne7
More about 1942

girls

1,350,719 girls got a published name in 1942; 1 in 383 of them was named Anne, which outranked 98.6% of the 5,378 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #73Sue3,631
  2. #74Marjorie3,625
  3. #75Kay3,622
  4. #76Anne3,526
  5. #77Ruby3,519
  6. #78Darlene3,517
  7. #79Loretta3,406
Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 3,567Michal#4,420#853
  2. 1,885Merrily#2,397#512
  3. 1,081Merrilee#1,954#873
  4. 783Jerrilyn#1,610#827
  5. 760Candace#1,418#658
Fallers
  1. 354Rebekah#924#1,278
  2. 350Leatha#830#1,180
  3. 307Nella#993#1,300
  4. 272Arla#934#1,206
  5. 262Vivien#735#997

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

boys

1,381,161 boys got a published name in 1942; 1 in 197,309 of them was named Anne, which outranked 27.3% of the 4,044 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #2,712Zebedee8
  2. #2,712Zebulon8
  3. #2,712Zollie8
  4. #2,940Anne7
  5. #2,940Abbie7
  6. #2,940Abie7
  7. #2,940Acy7
  8. #3,212Able6
  9. #3,212Abran6
  10. #3,212Acey6

Tied with 271 names at #2,940; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1941
Risers
  1. 2,993Macarthur#3,505#512
  2. 1,546Mcarthur#1,903#357
  3. 655Collin#1,588#933
  4. 514Delmas#1,254#740
  5. 390Colin#713#323
Fallers
  1. 525Otho#971#1,496
  2. 440Florian#918#1,358
  3. 421Martha#960#1,381
  4. 407Watson#951#1,358
  5. 371Gaylen#987#1,358

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

See the top 100 for 1942