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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201952peak #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 1952

girls
#79
5,257 births · 1 in 353 girls
boys
#2,875
8 births · 1 in 242,954 boys

Top girls' names in 1952

  1. #1Linda67,082
  2. #2Mary65,629
  3. #3Patricia53,101
  4. #4Deborah49,811
  5. #5Susan41,348
  6. #6Barbara39,864
  7. #7Nancy31,739
  8. #8Karen28,956
  9. #9Debra26,832
  10. #10Sandra26,097
  11. #79Anne5,257

Top boys' names in 1952

  1. #1James87,065
  2. #2Robert86,588
  3. #3John83,140
  4. #4Michael79,037
  5. #5David71,752
  6. #6William63,039
  7. #7Richard58,350
  8. #8Thomas48,647
  9. #9Charles38,866
  10. #10Gary38,754
  11. #2,875Anne8
More about 1952

girls

1,854,335 girls got a published name in 1952; 1 in 353 of them was named Anne, which outranked 98.8% of the 6,389 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #76Vickie5,482
  2. #77Darlene5,427
  3. #78Joanne5,351
  4. #79Anne5,257
  5. #80Marcia5,210
  6. #81Sally5,037
  7. #82Marie4,977
Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 2,501Pandora#3,284#783
  2. 368Lise#1,314#946
  3. 353Vanessa#656#303
  4. 334Dorinda#1,170#836
  5. 332Mitzi#928#596
Fallers
  1. 380Rhona#988#1,368
  2. 342Sharleen#765#1,107
  3. 270Enid#908#1,178
  4. 237Allyn#988#1,225
  5. 230Sheron#908#1,138

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

boys

1,943,633 boys got a published name in 1952; 1 in 242,954 of them was named Anne, which outranked 32.5% of the 4,257 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anne
  1. #2,680Wright9
  2. #2,680York9
  3. #2,680Zollie9
  4. #2,875Anne8
  5. #2,875Able8
  6. #2,875Alvia8
  7. #2,875Alyn8
  8. #3,095Abelino7
  9. #3,095Aden7
  10. #3,095Adolf7

Tied with 219 names at #2,875; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1951
Risers
  1. 753Darren#1,598#845
  2. 372Robby#1,242#870
  3. 355Cris#1,218#863
  4. 301Ethan#1,295#994
  5. 280Adan#1,150#870
Fallers
  1. 477Ottis#984#1,461
  2. 408Wayland#915#1,323
  3. 330Mcarthur#806#1,136
  4. 305Arvin#963#1,268
  5. 285Levon#881#1,166

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

See the top 100 for 1952