Girls' name · since 1911
Anette
Anette has 2,728 recorded births since 1911 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2003 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #3,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,728
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
2,728 babies have been named Anette since 1911, making it today's #8397 girls' name.
Anette has 2,728 recorded births among girls since 1911, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #8397 as of the latest data, more common than 51% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1911 to 2025.
- #3,816 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #8,397 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,728 born since 1911
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anette ranks #3,816 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #8,397 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,728 born since 1911, peaking in the 2000s.
- #3,816 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #8,397 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,728
- born since 1911
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anette's 2,728 recorded births place it above 94.72% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
11 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anette compares
2,728 Top 19% higher than 81% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anette's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anette | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,728 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 113 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anette's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anette splits its recorded history at 1976: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1912 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2003 peak of 113 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anette popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1911–2025
- Peak year (2003)
- 113
- Annual births at peak, across 115 years of records
Anette by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (782 births, 29% of the file).
2000s was Anette's strongest decade.
782 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Anette births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s 42
1910s
42 births
- 1920s 18
1920s
18 births
- 1930s 38
1930s
38 births
- 1940s 80
1940s
80 births
- 1950s 212
1950s
212 births
- 1960s
1960s
491 births
- 1970s 262
1970s
262 births
- 1980s 193
1980s
193 births
- 1990s 210
1990s
210 births
- 2000s
2000s
782 births
- 2010s 287
2010s
287 births
- 2020s 113
2020s
113 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 782 births (29% of all-time use).
How Anette compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anette's total volume
Anette by state
Where Anette concentrates geographically, total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 501 | 18.4% |
| #2 | Texas | | 381 | 14.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 100 | 3.7% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 29 | 1.1% |
| #5 | Florida | | 22 | 0.8% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 18 | 0.7% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 18 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.2% |
501 of 2,728 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 11 reporting states.
Anette appears in 11 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anette's data
- Anette's decade-level peak was the 2000s (782 total births); usage has since declined to 113 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anettes (501 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anette: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2003)
Similar record span (~114 yrs)
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, 1911–2025 (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 Anette 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.