Anne — #649 US girls' name
324,648 babies named Anne in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1959. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 96% of names given to girls today.
16% of everyone ever named Anne was born in this single decade.
5,745 babies were named Anne in 1959 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anne
The Social Security Administration has registered 324,648 babies named Anne between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anne currently holds the #649 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1959, when 5,745 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anne performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 52,403 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anne shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 47,073 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Massachusetts. In total, SSA state-level files list Anne in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anne in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 324,648 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Anne at a glance
Top 1,000 girls' namePeak year
Current rank
Active since
Anne popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1880
- Peak year (1959)
- 5,745
- Annual births at peak — across 145 years of records
Currently ranks #649 among girls.
324,648 total births across 145 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1959 with 5,745 births in a single year.
Anne popularity over time — boys
827 total births recorded since 1900 (Anne as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Anne accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anne by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 52,403 births that decade — 16% of Anne's all-time total
Anne decade highlights
- Peak decade 52,403 births
- Runner-up 47,772 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Anne's strongest decade
52,403 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 16% of all-time use.
Anne by state
Where Anne concentrates geographically — total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 47,073 | 14.5% |
| #2 | Pennsylvania | | 27,662 | 8.5% |
| #3 | Massachusetts | | 20,348 | 6.3% |
| #4 | California | | 18,853 | 5.8% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 17,712 | 5.5% |
| #6 | Ohio | | 14,755 | 4.5% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 13,886 | 4.3% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 13,594 | 4.2% |
47,073 of 324,648 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.5% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 8.5% of nationwide
- Massachusetts 6.3% of nationwide
- California 5.8% of nationwide
- Illinois 5.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 51 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anne appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.