Annette

#1,443 for girls in 2025, 149 births · Last seen for boys in 1992 at #7,422
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1960 · 7,136 births
Debut · girls
28 births
In top 100 · girls
11 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
169,296
since 1880

Annette over time

girls

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

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201944peak #62, 1960girls
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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#1,443149
2024#1,305176
2023#1,373164
2022#1,362171
2021#1,317171
2020#1,264177
2019#1,139212
2018#1,214194
2017#1,217197
2016#1,217202
2015#1,337177
2014#1,291184
2013#1,292181
2012#1,153213
2011#1,189202
2010#1,025244
2009#1,101232
2008#1,020257
2007#868321
2006#874304
2005#774341
2004#695389
2003#753330
2002#596434
2001#703352
2000#745309
1999#771287
1998#765281
1997#736290
1996#717294
1995#646334
1994#644337
1993#623362
1992#545430#7,4226
1991#517450
1990#514469
1989#486483
1988#410573
1987#392587
1986#380607
1985#359656#5,7856
1984#334696#5,5616
1983#322722
1982#283863#6,3855
1981#262949
1980#263970#5,5256
1979#2501,000
1978#2371,045
1977#2191,134#5,8455
1976#1911,299#3,47110
1975#1871,363#4,3097
1974#1881,382
1973#1711,606#3,6948
1972#1551,870#3,15210
1971#1322,466#2,55814
1970#1282,891#3,2829
1969#1133,106#2,68211
1968#1023,471#2,31113
1967#854,005#2,03015
1966#794,428#2,04315
1965#715,262#1,77420
1964#686,188#1,58125
1963#716,050#1,95717
1962#756,076#1,96217
1961#736,203#1,68623
1960#627,136#1,72822
1959#646,919#1,86519
1958#766,134#2,09315
1957#974,888#2,63110
1956#1193,750#2,36112
1955#1562,344#3,8865
1954#1542,281
1953#1452,485
1952#1562,160#3,7345
1951#1432,253#3,0667
1950#1442,127#3,0217
1949#1511,958
1948#1461,931#3,6685
1947#1402,145#2,8628
1946#1421,919#3,1736
1945#1491,574#2,9966
1944#1461,667#3,1096
1943#1421,916#2,27711
1942#1342,041#2,5239
1941#1282,024#2,33310
1940#1262,004#2,4789
1939#1212,065#2,15911
1938#1192,149#2,6468
1937#1152,158#1,52820
1936#1251,851#2,18411
1935#1421,476#2,9517
1934#203872#2,7428
1933#222755#2,5429
1932#232683
1931#223741
1930#220781
1929#224731
1928#224780
1927#228782
1926#228780
1925#222838
1924#221868
1923#215887
1922#225850
1921#218865
1920#220868
1919#220801
1918#217846
1917#219775
1916#219773#3,8975
1915#235660
1914#233526
1913#241408
1912#243342
1911#256227
1910#253232
1909#266181
1908#257185
1907#284152
1906#293126
1905#302123
1904#288123
1903#31598
1902#292115
1901#293106
1900#310113
1899#30494
1898#312101
1897#30291
1896#32679
1895#30988
1894#35561
1893#33863
1892#28887
1891#34453
1890#31763
1889#34153
1888#35645
1887#31047
1886#33840
1885#28349
1884#30440
1883#26945
1882#34127
1881#31226
1880#29428
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annette was already there! It came in at #294, and was given to 28 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 29 girls a year got the name.

See more about Annette
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 138 spots since 2024 (#1,305#1,443)
  • 179 spots since 2020 (#1,264#1,443)
  • 106 spots since 2015 (#1,337#1,443)
  • Biggest jump: 107 spots in 2002 (#703#596)
  • Biggest drop: 157 spots in 2003 (#596#753)
Rise & fade · girls
80 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1960 at #62 (7,136 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 8 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 100 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1957–1967
  • Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–2007
Share of babies · girls
1 in 283
  • Highest: 1 in 283 girls born in 1960 were named Annette (0.35%)
  • Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
Era · girls
The 1960s
  • 30.7% of all girls named Annette (51,925) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s400#269 (1883)#315
1890s780#288 (1892)#320
1900s1,322#257 (1908)#290
1910s5,590#217 (1918)#234
1920s8,249#215 (1923)#223
1930s13,531#115 (1937)#172
1940s19,179#126 (1940)#140
1950s35,341#64 (1959)#125
1960s51,925#62 (1960)#80
1970s16,056#128 (1970)#186
1980s7,106#262 (1981)#349
1990s3,534#514 (1990)#648
2000s3,269#596 (2002)#813
2010s2,006#1,025 (2010)#1,207
2020s1,008#1,264 (2020)#1,344

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.

Annette in 1944

girls
#146
1,667 births · 1 in 796 girls
boys
#3,109
6 births · 1 in 227,146 boys

Top girls' names in 1944

  1. #1Mary62,476
  2. #2Barbara39,196
  3. #3Linda38,415
  4. #4Patricia36,874
  5. #5Carol30,456
  6. #6Sandra26,024
  7. #7Nancy23,218
  8. #8Sharon22,433
  9. #9Judith22,431
  10. #10Betty19,761
  11. #146Annette1,667

Top boys' names in 1944

  1. #1James76,951
  2. #2Robert70,855
  3. #3John66,616
  4. #4William52,375
  5. #5Richard45,643
  6. #6David37,382
  7. #7Charles34,662
  8. #8Thomas31,604
  9. #9Michael26,717
  10. #10Ronald25,513
  11. #3,109Annette6
More about 1944

girls

1,327,223 girls got a published name in 1944; 1 in 796 of them was named Annette, which outranked 97.2% of the 5,243 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #143Maryann1,721
  2. #144Bobbie1,710
  3. #145Rosa1,670
  4. #146Annette1,667
  5. #147Hazel1,659
  6. #148Eva1,658
  7. #149Bernice1,657
Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 1,229Dorinda#1,834#605
  2. 611Deirdre#1,556#945
  3. 504Alana#1,251#747
  4. 460Elyse#1,327#867
  5. 407Joella#1,395#988
Fallers
  1. 613Michal#996#1,609
  2. 493Aloma#762#1,255
  3. 448Louvenia#916#1,364
  4. 347Norine#889#1,236
  5. 341Lyla#864#1,205

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

boys

1,362,875 boys got a published name in 1944; 1 in 227,146 of them was named Annette, which outranked 20.5% of the 3,909 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 34.4% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #2,862Yates7
  2. #2,862Ysabel7
  3. #2,862Zenon7
  4. #3,109Annette6
  5. #3,109Abdul6
  6. #3,109Abran6
  7. #3,109Acy6
  8. #3,430Add5
  9. #3,430Adel5
  10. #3,430Adelard5

Tied with 320 names at #3,109; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1943
Risers
  1. 647Rickie#1,461#814
  2. 586Rusty#1,577#991
  3. 585Humberto#1,280#695
  4. 408Llewellyn#1,343#935
  5. 402Hilario#1,308#906
Fallers
  1. 359Elwyn#923#1,282
  2. 356Albin#856#1,212
  3. 348Prentiss#980#1,328
  4. 286Barrie#969#1,255
  5. 269Duke#986#1,255

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

See the top 100 for 1944