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
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 7,136 births
- Debut · girls
- 28 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 11 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 169,296since 1880
Annette over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,443 | 149 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,305 | 176 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,373 | 164 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,362 | 171 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,317 | 171 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,264 | 177 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,139 | 212 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,214 | 194 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,217 | 197 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,217 | 202 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,337 | 177 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,291 | 184 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,292 | 181 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,153 | 213 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,189 | 202 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,025 | 244 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,101 | 232 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,020 | 257 | — | |
| 2007 | #868 | 321 | — | |
| 2006 | #874 | 304 | — | |
| 2005 | #774 | 341 | — | |
| 2004 | #695 | 389 | — | |
| 2003 | #753 | 330 | — | |
| 2002 | #596 | 434 | — | |
| 2001 | #703 | 352 | — | |
| 2000 | #745 | 309 | — | |
| 1999 | #771 | 287 | — | |
| 1998 | #765 | 281 | — | |
| 1997 | #736 | 290 | — | |
| 1996 | #717 | 294 | — | |
| 1995 | #646 | 334 | — | |
| 1994 | #644 | 337 | — | |
| 1993 | #623 | 362 | — | |
| 1992 | #545 | 430 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #517 | 450 | — | |
| 1990 | #514 | 469 | — | |
| 1989 | #486 | 483 | — | |
| 1988 | #410 | 573 | — | |
| 1987 | #392 | 587 | — | |
| 1986 | #380 | 607 | — | |
| 1985 | #359 | 656 | #5,785 | 6 |
| 1984 | #334 | 696 | #5,561 | 6 |
| 1983 | #322 | 722 | — | |
| 1982 | #283 | 863 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #262 | 949 | — | |
| 1980 | #263 | 970 | #5,525 | 6 |
| 1979 | #250 | 1,000 | — | |
| 1978 | #237 | 1,045 | — | |
| 1977 | #219 | 1,134 | #5,845 | 5 |
| 1976 | #191 | 1,299 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #187 | 1,363 | #4,309 | 7 |
| 1974 | #188 | 1,382 | — | |
| 1973 | #171 | 1,606 | #3,694 | 8 |
| 1972 | #155 | 1,870 | #3,152 | 10 |
| 1971 | #132 | 2,466 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #128 | 2,891 | #3,282 | 9 |
| 1969 | #113 | 3,106 | #2,682 | 11 |
| 1968 | #102 | 3,471 | #2,311 | 13 |
| 1967 | #85 | 4,005 | #2,030 | 15 |
| 1966 | #79 | 4,428 | #2,043 | 15 |
| 1965 | #71 | 5,262 | #1,774 | 20 |
| 1964 | #68 | 6,188 | #1,581 | 25 |
| 1963 | #71 | 6,050 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #75 | 6,076 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #73 | 6,203 | #1,686 | 23 |
| 1960 | #62 | 7,136 | #1,728 | 22 |
| 1959 | #64 | 6,919 | #1,865 | 19 |
| 1958 | #76 | 6,134 | #2,093 | 15 |
| 1957 | #97 | 4,888 | #2,631 | 10 |
| 1956 | #119 | 3,750 | #2,361 | 12 |
| 1955 | #156 | 2,344 | #3,886 | 5 |
| 1954 | #154 | 2,281 | — | |
| 1953 | #145 | 2,485 | — | |
| 1952 | #156 | 2,160 | #3,734 | 5 |
| 1951 | #143 | 2,253 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #144 | 2,127 | #3,021 | 7 |
| 1949 | #151 | 1,958 | — | |
| 1948 | #146 | 1,931 | #3,668 | 5 |
| 1947 | #140 | 2,145 | #2,862 | 8 |
| 1946 | #142 | 1,919 | #3,173 | 6 |
| 1945 | #149 | 1,574 | #2,996 | 6 |
| 1944 | #146 | 1,667 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #142 | 1,916 | #2,277 | 11 |
| 1942 | #134 | 2,041 | #2,523 | 9 |
| 1941 | #128 | 2,024 | #2,333 | 10 |
| 1940 | #126 | 2,004 | #2,478 | 9 |
| 1939 | #121 | 2,065 | #2,159 | 11 |
| 1938 | #119 | 2,149 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #115 | 2,158 | #1,528 | 20 |
| 1936 | #125 | 1,851 | #2,184 | 11 |
| 1935 | #142 | 1,476 | #2,951 | 7 |
| 1934 | #203 | 872 | #2,742 | 8 |
| 1933 | #222 | 755 | #2,542 | 9 |
| 1932 | #232 | 683 | — | |
| 1931 | #223 | 741 | — | |
| 1930 | #220 | 781 | — | |
| 1929 | #224 | 731 | — | |
| 1928 | #224 | 780 | — | |
| 1927 | #228 | 782 | — | |
| 1926 | #228 | 780 | — | |
| 1925 | #222 | 838 | — | |
| 1924 | #221 | 868 | — | |
| 1923 | #215 | 887 | — | |
| 1922 | #225 | 850 | — | |
| 1921 | #218 | 865 | — | |
| 1920 | #220 | 868 | — | |
| 1919 | #220 | 801 | — | |
| 1918 | #217 | 846 | — | |
| 1917 | #219 | 775 | — | |
| 1916 | #219 | 773 | #3,897 | 5 |
| 1915 | #235 | 660 | — | |
| 1914 | #233 | 526 | — | |
| 1913 | #241 | 408 | — | |
| 1912 | #243 | 342 | — | |
| 1911 | #256 | 227 | — | |
| 1910 | #253 | 232 | — | |
| 1909 | #266 | 181 | — | |
| 1908 | #257 | 185 | — | |
| 1907 | #284 | 152 | — | |
| 1906 | #293 | 126 | — | |
| 1905 | #302 | 123 | — | |
| 1904 | #288 | 123 | — | |
| 1903 | #315 | 98 | — | |
| 1902 | #292 | 115 | — | |
| 1901 | #293 | 106 | — | |
| 1900 | #310 | 113 | — | |
| 1899 | #304 | 94 | — | |
| 1898 | #312 | 101 | — | |
| 1897 | #302 | 91 | — | |
| 1896 | #326 | 79 | — | |
| 1895 | #309 | 88 | — | |
| 1894 | #355 | 61 | — | |
| 1893 | #338 | 63 | — | |
| 1892 | #288 | 87 | — | |
| 1891 | #344 | 53 | — | |
| 1890 | #317 | 63 | — | |
| 1889 | #341 | 53 | — | |
| 1888 | #356 | 45 | — | |
| 1887 | #310 | 47 | — | |
| 1886 | #338 | 40 | — | |
| 1885 | #283 | 49 | — | |
| 1884 | #304 | 40 | — | |
| 1883 | #269 | 45 | — | |
| 1882 | #341 | 27 | — | |
| 1881 | #312 | 26 | — | |
| 1880 | #294 | 28 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1960 at #62 (7,136 births)
- Births halved by 1968, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 11 yrs · run 1957–1967
- Top 1,000: 128 yrs · run 1880–2007
- Highest: 1 in 283 girls born in 1960 were named Annette (0.35%)
- Latest: 1 in 10,787 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 30.7% of all girls named Annette (51,925) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 400 | #269 (1883) | #315 |
| 1890s | 780 | #288 (1892) | #320 |
| 1900s | 1,322 | #257 (1908) | #290 |
| 1910s | 5,590 | #217 (1918) | #234 |
| 1920s | 8,249 | #215 (1923) | #223 |
| 1930s | 13,531 | #115 (1937) | #172 |
| 1940s | 19,179 | #126 (1940) | #140 |
| 1950s | 35,341 | #64 (1959) | #125 |
| 1960s | 51,925 | #62 (1960) | #80 |
| 1970s | 16,056 | #128 (1970) | #186 |
| 1980s | 7,106 | #262 (1981) | #349 |
| 1990s | 3,534 | #514 (1990) | #648 |
| 2000s | 3,269 | #596 (2002) | #813 |
| 2010s | 2,006 | #1,025 (2010) | #1,207 |
| 2020s | 1,008 | #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 1956
Top girls' names in 1956
Top boys' names in 1956
More about 1956
girls
2,007,703 girls got a published name in 1956; 1 in 535 of them was named Annette, which outranked 98.3% of the 6,891 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 21.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,115,302 boys got a published name in 1956; 1 in 176,275 of them was named Annette, which outranked 47.0% of the 4,455 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 31.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,263Vickey13
- #2,263Virgle13
- #2,263Wendy13
- #2,361Annette12
- #2,361Adonis12
- #2,361Adron12
- #2,361Alston12
- #2,497Amon11
- #2,497Ancil11
- #2,497Angela11
Tied with 135 names at #2,361; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.