Girls' name · since 1915
Ane
Ane has 290 recorded births since 1915 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1960 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #16,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ane sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 290 recorded since 1915.
Ane has 290 recorded births among girls since 1915, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1990s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 2019.
- #16,189 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 290 born since 1915
- 1990s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ane ranks #16,189 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 290 born since 1915, peaking in the 1990s.
- #16,189 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 290
- born since 1915
- 1990s
- peak decade
Ane's 290 recorded births place it above 77.56% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ane's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ane's SSA record in two at 1990 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1915, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1960 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ane popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–2019
- Peak year (1960)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Ane by decade
1990s is the heaviest window (60 births, 21% of the file).
1990s was Ane's strongest decade.
60 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 21% of all-time use.
Ane births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 10
1910s
10 births
- 1940s 12
1940s
12 births
- 1950s 12
1950s
12 births
- 1960s 21
1960s
21 births
- 1970s
1970s
36 births
- 1980s
1980s
46 births
- 1990s
1990s
60 births
- 2000s
2000s
53 births
- 2010s
2010s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 1990s at 60 births (21% of all-time use).
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- Ane's usage has stayed within range of its 1990s decade-level peak (60 total births) through the 2010s (40) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1915–2019 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ane draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.