Annie

#182 for girls in 2025, 1,690 births · Last seen for boys in 2020 at #12,022
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1881 · 1,326 births
Debut · girls
1,258 births
In top 100 · girls
68 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
360,253
since 1880

Annie over time

girls

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

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201928peak #8, 1881girls
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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#1821,690
2024#1921,570
2023#2021,484
2022#2051,417
2021#2301,307
2020#2891,103#12,0225
2019#2981,108
2018#3071,091
2017#2981,092
2016#2861,131
2015#3231,010
2014#3131,058
2013#353905
2012#374835
2011#384824
2010#392813
2009#380858
2008#392824
2007#419784
2006#394813
2005#376839
2004#381817
2003#337924
2002#313977
2001#317983
2000#3061,042
1999#313986
1998#324921
1997#317927
1996#289999
1995#297928
1994#332803
1993#339762
1992#353730
1991#351736#7,2716
1990#333822
1989#343742#7,9055
1988#341721#7,2705
1987#360659#4,9688
1986#336719
1985#296831#6,5235
1984#300794#4,5528
1983#292806
1982#2461,016#5,6196
1981#253973#5,4686
1980#2581,001
1979#269910
1978#332662
1977#388541
1976#430464
1975#413487
1974#421464
1973#421464#5,1015
1972#438438
1971#428489
1970#441499
1969#397571
1968#365611
1967#334690
1966#325736#3,5376
1965#316815#3,9305
1964#2821,034
1963#2641,120
1962#2451,299#2,50411
1961#2411,298#3,3567
1960#2211,478#3,0778
1959#2081,588#1,86519
1958#1961,723#2,17714
1957#1931,832#2,49411
1956#1712,116#2,7989
1955#1602,220#2,21913
1954#1502,409#3,4526
1953#1432,563#2,03815
1952#1272,838#1,61522
1951#1133,062#1,77418
1950#1063,331#2,11113
1949#1033,453#2,12313
1948#973,721#1,61121
1947#1033,758#1,78618
1946#973,651#1,60120
1945#693,741#1,29626
1944#713,738#1,68317
1943#694,070#1,52921
1942#624,293#1,08939
1941#594,073#1,15233
1940#564,216#1,13534
1939#544,155#1,16831
1938#474,562#1,17131
1937#464,479#89648
1936#454,529#1,06836
1935#384,849#89450
1934#385,018#90948
1933#375,123#1,05138
1932#415,385#88852
1931#415,090#92249
1930#405,756#95850
1929#375,955#98347
1928#376,329#90255
1927#366,562#87260
1926#346,877#1,09242
1925#327,350#1,05343
1924#327,347#1,11741
1923#347,095#1,32230
1922#307,476#1,18137
1921#367,209#1,10141
1920#357,268#1,15738
1919#357,146#1,23033
1918#366,743#1,09439
1917#356,404#1,26429
1916#366,105#1,12034
1915#365,936#1,18130
1914#334,800#1,22123
1913#304,267#99525
1912#274,083#1,02320
1911#243,298#1,11710
1910#193,519#56925
1909#222,904#65317
1908#212,820#77912
1907#192,891#66415
1906#182,774#75211
1905#172,793#52519
1904#172,631#68612
1903#172,551#61913
1902#162,664#68711
1901#162,396#46617
1900#113,324#55519
1899#182,289#61311
1898#182,470#57314
1897#202,307#1,0575
1896#192,358#9826
1895#192,390#52915
1894#182,393#66810
1893#172,251#65010
1892#152,348#8617
1891#132,096#9635
1890#152,220#8846
1889#132,123#49814
1888#142,188#60911
1887#121,844#48813
1886#131,765#9595
1885#101,703#6419
1884#101,739
1883#91,589#6778
1882#101,492#6918
1881#81,326#8665
1880#111,258#8096
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Annie was already there! It came in at #11, and was given to 1,258 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1968–1977, when fewer than 620 girls a year got the name.

See more about Annie
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#192#182)
  • 107 spots since 2020 (#289#182)
  • 141 spots since 2015 (#323#182)
  • Biggest jump: 63 spots in 1979 (#332#269)
  • Biggest drop: 46 spots in 1983 (#246#292)
Rise & fade · girls
1 yr to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1881 at #8 (1,326 births)
  • Births halved by 1968, 87 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 5 yrs
  • Top 10: 5 yrs · run 1881–1885
  • Top 100: 68 yrs · run 1880–1946
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 69
  • Highest: 1 in 69 girls born in 1881 were named Annie (1.4%)
  • Latest: 1 in 951 girls born in 2025 (0.11%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 19.3% of all girls named Annie (69,468) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s17,027#8 (1881)#11
1890s23,122#13 (1891)#17
1900s27,748#11 (1900)#17
1910s52,301#19 (1910)#31
1920s69,468#30 (1922)#34
1930s48,946#37 (1933)#43
1940s38,714#56 (1940)#79
1950s23,682#106 (1950)#157
1960s9,652#221 (1960)#299
1970s5,418#269 (1979)#398
1980s8,262#246 (1982)#303
1990s8,614#289 (1996)#325
2000s8,861#306 (2000)#362
2010s9,867#286 (2016)#333
2020s8,571#182 (2025)#217

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.

Annie in 1928

girls
#37
6,329 births · 1 in 182 girls
boys
#902
55 births · 1 in 20,138 boys

Top girls' names in 1928

  1. #1Mary66,871
  2. #2Betty36,083
  3. #3Dorothy33,733
  4. #4Helen22,937
  5. #5Margaret20,295
  6. #6Ruth17,859
  7. #7Doris16,575
  8. #8Barbara14,872
  9. #9Virginia14,500
  10. #10Shirley14,215
  11. #37Annie6,329

Top boys' names in 1928

  1. #1Robert60,701
  2. #2John53,760
  3. #3James52,752
  4. #4William49,118
  5. #5Charles31,243
  6. #6Richard28,793
  7. #7Donald25,704
  8. #8George24,391
  9. #9Joseph22,322
  10. #10Edward18,492
  11. #902Annie55
More about 1928

girls

1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 182 of them was named Annie, which outranked 99.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #34Ruby6,692
  2. #35Lillian6,577
  3. #36Eleanor6,535
  4. #37Annie6,329
  5. #38Marilyn6,066
  6. #39Lorraine5,982
  7. #40Thelma5,978
Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 2,165Jeanine#3,053#888
  2. 1,368Joline#2,256#888
  3. 1,101Lorelei#2,095#994
  4. 1,063Jeannine#1,384#321
  5. 859Romona#1,456#597
Fallers
  1. 860Valencia#924#1,784
  2. 547Kazuko#955#1,502
  3. 386Matilde#924#1,310
  4. 368Glendora#747#1,115
  5. 366Hilma#924#1,290

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

boys

1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 20,138 of them was named Annie, which outranked 80.9% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Annie
  1. #891Orrin56
  2. #891Sumner56
  3. #891Verlyn56
  4. #902Annie55
  5. #902Carmelo55
  6. #902Clearence55
  7. #902Deane55
  8. #913Addison54
  9. #913Ardell54
  10. #913Arvin54

Tied with 10 names at #902; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1927
Risers
  1. 1,009Fidencio#1,959#950
  2. 766Hoover#1,128#362
  3. 700Reyes#1,692#992
  4. 441Arlen#1,227#786
  5. 392Arland#1,372#980
Fallers
  1. 2,975Shoji#722#3,697
  2. 529Alvan#951#1,480
  3. 418Watson#964#1,382
  4. 412Judge#911#1,323
  5. 363Donato#990#1,353

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

See the top 100 for 1928