Anne
Anne was given to 472 girls in 2025, #619 among girls’ names; 325,954 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 186,000 Americans named Anne and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (57% of everyone recorded); the median is 61 years old and half are between 45 and 71.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Anne by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Anne mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Anne is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the senses “Ann” (Anne) and “Hannah” (חַנָּה) and “grace, gracious, graced with child” (חַנָּה).
Also “a male given name from the Germanic languages, of mainly French and Frisian usage, see Anne Robert Jacques Turgot”
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ann, Ana, Anna, and Hannah. Compare John.
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Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Anne?
#619 among girls’ names, 2025
Anne fell from #565 in 2015 to #619 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 0.30 to 0.29 per 1,000.
5,755 babies in 1959, the peak
Anne peaked in 1959, when 5,755 babies were given it (5,745 girls, #82 among girls’ names). The 472 births of 2025 are 8% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 472 | #619 | 0.29 |
| 2024 | 453 | #647 | 0.28 |
| 2023 | 515 | #582 | 0.32 |
| 2022 | 522 | #573 | 0.32 |
| 2021 | 511 | #588 | 0.31 |
| 2020 | 463 | #626 | 0.29 |
| 2019 | 531 | #573 | 0.32 |
| 2018 | 506 | #601 | 0.30 |
| 2017 | 522 | #578 | 0.30 |
| 2016 | 562 | #554 | 0.32 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 543 | #565 | 0.30 |
| 2014 | 559 | #555 | 0.31 |
| 2013 | 572 | #520 | 0.33 |
| 2012 | 526 | #560 | 0.30 |
| 2011 | 486 | #593 | 0.28 |
| 2010 | 484 | #609 | 0.27 |
| 2009 | 557 | #542 | 0.30 |
| 2008 | 634 | #497 | 0.34 |
| 2007 | 608 | #519 | 0.32 |
| 2006 | 689 | #457 | 0.36 |
| 2005 | 710 | #435 | 0.38 |
| 2004 | 766 | #398 | 0.42 |
| 2003 | 796 | #381 | 0.44 |
| 2002 | 941 | #325 | 0.52 |
| 2001 | 1,024 | #311 | 0.57 |
| 2000 | 1,081 | #298 | 0.60 |
| 1999 | 1,083 | #288 | 0.61 |
| 1998 | 1,134 | #275 | 0.64 |
| 1997 | 1,347 | #221 | 0.77 |
| 1996 | 1,324 | #219 | 0.76 |
| 1995 | 1,385 | #208 | 0.79 |
| 1994 | 1,432 | #204 | 0.80 |
| 1993 | 1,483 | #199 | 0.82 |
| 1992 | 1,684 | #182 | 0.91 |
| 1991 | 1,674 | #178 | 0.89 |
| 1990 | 1,926 | #155 | 1.0 |
| 1989 | 1,880 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1988 | 1,853 | #153 | 1.0 |
| 1987 | 1,868 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 1986 | 1,918 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1985 | 2,019 | #146 | 1.2 |
| 1984 | 2,237 | #127 | 1.3 |
| 1983 | 2,304 | #130 | 1.4 |
| 1982 | 2,447 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1981 | 2,809 | #105 | 1.7 |
| 1980 | 2,780 | #112 | 1.7 |
| 1979 | 2,734 | #115 | 1.7 |
| 1978 | 2,467 | #119 | 1.6 |
| 1977 | 2,355 | #123 | 1.5 |
| 1976 | 2,220 | #124 | 1.5 |
| 1975 | 2,287 | #124 | 1.6 |
| 1974 | 2,461 | #120 | 1.7 |
| 1973 | 2,453 | #122 | 1.7 |
| 1972 | 2,265 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1971 | 2,919 | #122 | 1.8 |
| 1970 | 3,441 | #112 | 2.0 |
| 1969 | 3,708 | #101 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 3,914 | #88 | 2.4 |
| 1967 | 4,102 | #84 | 2.5 |
| 1966 | 4,151 | #83 | 2.5 |
| 1965 | 4,726 | #77 | 2.7 |
| 1964 | 5,411 | #76 | 2.9 |
| 1963 | 5,330 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1962 | 5,272 | #83 | 2.7 |
| 1961 | 5,524 | #90 | 2.7 |
| 1960 | 5,636 | #88 | 2.8 |
| 1959 | 5,745 | #82 | 2.8 |
| 1958 | 5,456 | #87 | 2.7 |
| 1957 | 5,486 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1956 | 5,356 | #86 | 2.7 |
| 1955 | 5,218 | #84 | 2.7 |
| 1954 | 5,298 | #80 | 2.7 |
| 1953 | 5,256 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1952 | 5,257 | #79 | 2.8 |
| 1951 | 4,873 | #82 | 2.7 |
| 1950 | 4,459 | #84 | 2.6 |
| 1949 | 4,052 | #86 | 2.4 |
| 1948 | 4,122 | #87 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 4,187 | #95 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 4,115 | #81 | 2.6 |
| 1945 | 3,407 | #81 | 2.6 |
| 1944 | 3,209 | #86 | 2.4 |
| 1943 | 3,535 | #80 | 2.5 |
| 1942 | 3,526 | #76 | 2.6 |
| 1941 | 3,096 | #82 | 2.6 |
| 1940 | 2,897 | #84 | 2.5 |
| 1939 | 2,769 | #85 | 2.5 |
| 1938 | 2,887 | #84 | 2.6 |
| 1937 | 2,725 | #92 | 2.6 |
| 1936 | 2,756 | #89 | 2.6 |
| 1935 | 2,892 | #84 | 2.8 |
| 1934 | 2,786 | #88 | 2.7 |
| 1933 | 2,767 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1932 | 2,969 | #81 | 2.8 |
| 1931 | 2,979 | #80 | 2.8 |
| 1930 | 3,091 | #83 | 2.7 |
| 1929 | 2,881 | #91 | 2.6 |
| 1928 | 2,824 | #93 | 2.4 |
| 1927 | 2,928 | #92 | 2.5 |
| 1926 | 3,109 | #86 | 2.6 |
| 1925 | 3,320 | #85 | 2.7 |
| 1924 | 3,627 | #79 | 2.9 |
| 1923 | 3,727 | #71 | 3.1 |
| 1922 | 3,974 | #66 | 3.3 |
| 1921 | 4,007 | #70 | 3.2 |
| 1920 | 4,114 | #65 | 3.4 |
| 1919 | 3,975 | #63 | 3.5 |
| 1918 | 4,567 | #54 | 3.9 |
| 1917 | 4,603 | #53 | 4.3 |
| 1916 | 4,571 | #53 | 4.4 |
| 1915 | 4,333 | #52 | 4.4 |
| 1914 | 3,365 | #53 | 4.4 |
| 1913 | 2,684 | #57 | 4.3 |
| 1912 | 2,369 | #58 | 4.2 |
| 1911 | 1,598 | #64 | 3.8 |
| 1910 | 1,413 | #67 | 3.6 |
| 1909 | 1,110 | #76 | 3.2 |
| 1908 | 1,088 | #75 | 3.3 |
| 1907 | 980 | #79 | 3.1 |
| 1906 | 835 | #85 | 2.8 |
| 1905 | 708 | #98 | 2.4 |
| 1904 | 631 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1903 | 581 | #100 | 2.2 |
| 1902 | 564 | #106 | 2.1 |
| 1901 | 504 | #104 | 2.1 |
| 1900 | 614 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1899 | 476 | #106 | 2.0 |
| 1898 | 496 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1897 | 479 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1896 | 423 | #114 | 1.8 |
| 1895 | 462 | #108 | 2.0 |
| 1894 | 427 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1893 | 400 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1892 | 407 | #109 | 1.9 |
| 1891 | 342 | #115 | 1.8 |
| 1890 | 319 | #123 | 1.7 |
| 1889 | 311 | #125 | 1.7 |
| 1888 | 292 | #126 | 1.6 |
| 1887 | 249 | #121 | 1.7 |
| 1886 | 211 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1885 | 203 | #125 | 1.5 |
| 1884 | 242 | #110 | 1.9 |
| 1883 | 183 | #116 | 1.6 |
| 1882 | 168 | #123 | 1.6 |
| 1881 | 131 | #122 | 1.4 |
| 1880 | 136 | #120 | 1.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Anne a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Anne has been given almost only to girls: 826 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Anne: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Anne, and how old are they?
186,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 57% of the 325,954 Americans ever recorded as Anne. The median Anne alive today is 61 years old; half are between 45 and 71.
The 2020 Census counted 221,693 people named Anne (221,518 women and girls, 175 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 202,993 born in the U.S. The Census count is 9% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 16,500 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 75,200 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 45,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 29,500 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 12,700 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 6,690 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Anne born?
The states with the most babies named Anne are New York, Pennsylvania and Massachusetts, with 31% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Massachusetts is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 47,129 | #705 | 1.8× |
| Pennsylvania | 27,682 | #518 | 1.4× |
| Massachusetts | 20,365 | #357 | 2.1× |
| California | 18,883 | #941 | 0.8× |
| Illinois | 17,731 | #544 | 1.1× |
| Ohio | 14,774 | #535 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 13,898 | #673 | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 13,606 | #694 | 1.1× |
| Virginia | 9,513 | #435 | 1.3× |
| Texas | 7,916 | #861 | 0.4× |
Where Anne is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Anne is most over-represented in Massachusetts: since 1910 it was given 2.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Anne with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,747,100 babies since 1880, Anne is the third most given (19% of them). In 2025 it was given to 472 of their 6,934 babies (6.8%), the fifth most given that year.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Anne
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Anne and names like it
- Compare Anne and AnnaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1950sAnne peaked in 1959.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Anne since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Anne: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1959The year the most babies were named Anne.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Anne alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.