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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201967peak #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 1967

girls
#85
4,005 births · 1 in 412 girls
boys
#2,030
15 births · 1 in 116,254 boys

Top girls' names in 1967

  1. #1Lisa52,437
  2. #2Kimberly33,097
  3. #3Michelle30,827
  4. #4Mary25,316
  5. #5Susan22,262
  6. #6Karen21,537
  7. #7Angela19,555
  8. #8Tammy18,652
  9. #9Melissa18,377
  10. #10Jennifer18,236
  11. #85Annette4,005

Top boys' names in 1967

  1. #1Michael82,411
  2. #2David66,806
  3. #3James61,683
  4. #4John61,600
  5. #5Robert56,369
  6. #6William37,615
  7. #7Mark34,910
  8. #8Richard33,585
  9. #9Christopher29,413
  10. #10Brian28,646
  11. #2,030Annette15
More about 1967

girls

1,651,025 girls got a published name in 1967; 1 in 412 of them was named Annette, which outranked 98.9% of the 7,852 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #82Carla4,185
  2. #83Sarah4,139
  3. #84Anne4,102
  4. #85Annette4,005
  5. #86Tamara4,000
  6. #87Heather3,904
  7. #88Heidi3,865
Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,873Anissa#2,519#646
  2. 1,660Buffy#2,453#793
  3. 1,522Nichelle#2,022#500
  4. 893Josette#1,621#728
  5. 862Lissette#1,600#738
Fallers
  1. 792Tatia#668#1,460
  2. 531Inger#929#1,460
  3. 400Sonji#639#1,039
  4. 389Sunday#983#1,372
  5. 325Cinda#944#1,269

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

boys

1,743,811 boys got a published name in 1967; 1 in 116,254 of them was named Annette, which outranked 55.4% of the 4,551 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 28.3% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annette
  1. #1,974Warrick16
  2. #1,974Wilhelm16
  3. #1,974Worth16
  4. #2,030Annette15
  5. #2,030Aden15
  6. #2,030Alaric15
  7. #2,030Archibald15
  8. #2,139Adonis14
  9. #2,139Albino14
  10. #2,139Aloysius14

Tied with 108 names at #2,030; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1966
Risers
  1. 1,048Alfie#1,963#915
  2. 548Waylon#1,540#992
  3. 519Ariel#1,450#931
  4. 430Brendon#1,345#915
  5. 416Terrill#1,259#843
Fallers
  1. 443German#968#1,411
  2. 396Darry#916#1,312
  3. 346Regan#835#1,181
  4. 337Caleb#916#1,253
  5. 317Winfred#785#1,102

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

See the top 100 for 1967