Annette
Annette was given to 149 girls in 2025, #1,443 among girls’ names; 169,795 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 120,000 Americans named Annette and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (71% of everyone recorded); the median is 63 years old and half are between 56 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Annette by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Annette mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Annette is “a female given name from French.” Its etymology gives the sense “grace, gracious” (חַנָּה).
From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French suffix ette meaning cute, adorable or little. So, Annette could mean “Little favor of God”, “cute grace” or “little Anne”.
/əˈnɛt/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Annette?
#1,443 among girls’ names, 2025
Annette fell from #1,337 in 2015 to #1,443 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 99.2 to 92.7 per million.
7,158 babies in 1960, the peak
Annette peaked in 1960, when 7,158 babies were given it (7,136 girls, #62 among girls’ names). The 149 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 149 | #1,443 | 0.09 |
| 2024 | 176 | #1,308 | 0.11 |
| 2023 | 164 | #1,373 | 0.10 |
| 2022 | 171 | #1,363 | 0.10 |
| 2021 | 171 | #1,317 | 0.10 |
| 2020 | 177 | #1,265 | 0.11 |
| 2019 | 212 | #1,139 | 0.13 |
| 2018 | 194 | #1,214 | 0.11 |
| 2017 | 197 | #1,219 | 0.11 |
| 2016 | 202 | #1,218 | 0.11 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 177 | #1,337 | 0.10 |
| 2014 | 184 | #1,292 | 0.10 |
| 2013 | 181 | #1,293 | 0.10 |
| 2012 | 213 | #1,153 | 0.12 |
| 2011 | 202 | #1,189 | 0.11 |
| 2010 | 244 | #1,025 | 0.14 |
| 2009 | 232 | #1,102 | 0.13 |
| 2008 | 257 | #1,020 | 0.14 |
| 2007 | 321 | #869 | 0.17 |
| 2006 | 304 | #874 | 0.16 |
| 2005 | 341 | #774 | 0.18 |
| 2004 | 389 | #695 | 0.21 |
| 2003 | 330 | #753 | 0.18 |
| 2002 | 434 | #596 | 0.24 |
| 2001 | 352 | #703 | 0.20 |
| 2000 | 309 | #745 | 0.17 |
| 1999 | 287 | #770 | 0.16 |
| 1998 | 281 | #765 | 0.16 |
| 1997 | 290 | #736 | 0.17 |
| 1996 | 294 | #717 | 0.17 |
| 1995 | 334 | #646 | 0.19 |
| 1994 | 337 | #644 | 0.19 |
| 1993 | 362 | #623 | 0.20 |
| 1992 | 430 | #546 | 0.23 |
| 1991 | 450 | #517 | 0.24 |
| 1990 | 469 | #513 | 0.25 |
| 1989 | 483 | #486 | 0.26 |
| 1988 | 573 | #410 | 0.32 |
| 1987 | 587 | #392 | 0.34 |
| 1986 | 607 | #380 | 0.35 |
| 1985 | 656 | #359 | 0.38 |
| 1984 | 696 | #334 | 0.41 |
| 1983 | 722 | #322 | 0.43 |
| 1982 | 863 | #283 | 0.51 |
| 1981 | 949 | #262 | 0.57 |
| 1980 | 970 | #263 | 0.58 |
| 1979 | 1,000 | #250 | 0.62 |
| 1978 | 1,045 | #237 | 0.68 |
| 1977 | 1,134 | #219 | 0.74 |
| 1976 | 1,299 | #191 | 0.89 |
| 1975 | 1,363 | #187 | 0.93 |
| 1974 | 1,382 | #188 | 0.94 |
| 1973 | 1,606 | #171 | 1.1 |
| 1972 | 1,870 | #155 | 1.2 |
| 1971 | 2,466 | #132 | 1.5 |
| 1970 | 2,891 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1969 | 3,106 | #113 | 1.8 |
| 1968 | 3,471 | #102 | 2.1 |
| 1967 | 4,005 | #85 | 2.4 |
| 1966 | 4,428 | #79 | 2.6 |
| 1965 | 5,262 | #71 | 3.0 |
| 1964 | 6,188 | #68 | 3.3 |
| 1963 | 6,050 | #71 | 3.1 |
| 1962 | 6,076 | #75 | 3.1 |
| 1961 | 6,203 | #73 | 3.1 |
| 1960 | 7,136 | #62 | 3.5 |
| 1959 | 6,919 | #64 | 3.4 |
| 1958 | 6,134 | #76 | 3.0 |
| 1957 | 4,888 | #97 | 2.4 |
| 1956 | 3,750 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1955 | 2,344 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1954 | 2,281 | #154 | 1.2 |
| 1953 | 2,485 | #145 | 1.3 |
| 1952 | 2,160 | #156 | 1.2 |
| 1951 | 2,253 | #143 | 1.3 |
| 1950 | 2,127 | #144 | 1.2 |
| 1949 | 1,958 | #151 | 1.1 |
| 1948 | 1,931 | #146 | 1.1 |
| 1947 | 2,145 | #140 | 1.2 |
| 1946 | 1,919 | #142 | 1.2 |
| 1945 | 1,574 | #149 | 1.2 |
| 1944 | 1,667 | #146 | 1.3 |
| 1943 | 1,916 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1942 | 2,041 | #134 | 1.5 |
| 1941 | 2,024 | #128 | 1.7 |
| 1940 | 2,004 | #126 | 1.8 |
| 1939 | 2,065 | #121 | 1.9 |
| 1938 | 2,149 | #119 | 1.9 |
| 1937 | 2,158 | #115 | 2.0 |
| 1936 | 1,851 | #125 | 1.8 |
| 1935 | 1,476 | #142 | 1.4 |
| 1934 | 872 | #203 | 0.84 |
| 1933 | 755 | #222 | 0.75 |
| 1932 | 683 | #232 | 0.64 |
| 1931 | 741 | #223 | 0.70 |
| 1930 | 781 | #220 | 0.69 |
| 1929 | 731 | #224 | 0.65 |
| 1928 | 780 | #224 | 0.68 |
| 1927 | 782 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1926 | 780 | #228 | 0.66 |
| 1925 | 838 | #222 | 0.69 |
| 1924 | 868 | #221 | 0.70 |
| 1923 | 887 | #215 | 0.74 |
| 1922 | 850 | #225 | 0.71 |
| 1921 | 865 | #218 | 0.70 |
| 1920 | 868 | #220 | 0.72 |
| 1919 | 801 | #220 | 0.71 |
| 1918 | 846 | #217 | 0.73 |
| 1917 | 775 | #219 | 0.72 |
| 1916 | 773 | #219 | 0.74 |
| 1915 | 660 | #235 | 0.67 |
| 1914 | 526 | #233 | 0.69 |
| 1913 | 408 | #241 | 0.65 |
| 1912 | 342 | #243 | 0.61 |
| 1911 | 227 | #256 | 0.54 |
| 1910 | 232 | #253 | 0.59 |
| 1909 | 181 | #266 | 0.52 |
| 1908 | 185 | #257 | 0.55 |
| 1907 | 152 | #284 | 0.48 |
| 1906 | 126 | #293 | 0.43 |
| 1905 | 123 | #302 | 0.42 |
| 1904 | 123 | #289 | 0.45 |
| 1903 | 98 | #315 | 0.37 |
| 1902 | 115 | #292 | 0.44 |
| 1901 | 106 | #293 | 0.44 |
| 1900 | 113 | #310 | 0.38 |
| 1899 | 94 | #304 | 0.40 |
| 1898 | 101 | #312 | 0.39 |
| 1897 | 91 | #302 | 0.39 |
| 1896 | 79 | #326 | 0.33 |
| 1895 | 88 | #309 | 0.38 |
| 1894 | 61 | #355 | 0.27 |
| 1893 | 63 | #338 | 0.30 |
| 1892 | 87 | #289 | 0.41 |
| 1891 | 53 | #344 | 0.29 |
| 1890 | 63 | #317 | 0.33 |
| 1889 | 53 | #341 | 0.30 |
| 1888 | 45 | #356 | 0.25 |
| 1887 | 47 | #310 | 0.32 |
| 1886 | 40 | #339 | 0.28 |
| 1885 | 49 | #283 | 0.37 |
| 1884 | 40 | #304 | 0.31 |
| 1883 | 45 | #269 | 0.40 |
| 1882 | 27 | #342 | 0.25 |
| 1881 | 26 | #312 | 0.28 |
| 1880 | 28 | #295 | 0.31 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Annette a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Annette has been given almost only to girls: 499 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Annette: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Annette, and how old are they?
120,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 71% of the 169,795 Americans ever recorded as Annette. The median Annette alive today is 63 years old; half are between 56 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 126,912 people named Annette (126,802 women and girls, 110 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 129,483 born in the U.S. The Census count is 2% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 9,210 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 60,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 34,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 8,570 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 4,730 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 2,340 |
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 Annette born?
The states with the most babies named Annette are New York, California and Illinois, with 27% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 18,192 | #1,240 | 1.3× |
| California | 16,110 | #1,029 | 1.2× |
| Illinois | 10,029 | #1,127 | 1.1× |
| Texas | 9,519 | #1,158 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 8,655 | not ranked | 0.8× |
| Ohio | 7,694 | not ranked | 0.9× |
| Michigan | 7,686 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Georgia | 4,858 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Florida | 4,597 | #1,911 | 1.1× |
| New Jersey | 4,556 | not ranked | 0.9× |
Where Annette is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Annette is most over-represented in Utah: since 1910 it was given 1.7 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 Annette 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 7 names spelled alike, given to 182,143 babies since 1880, Annette is the most given (93% of them). In 2025 it was given to 149 of their 171 babies (87%), again the most given.
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 Annette
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 Annette and names like it
- Compare Annette and AnnettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sAnnette peaked in 1960.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Annette since 1910.
- French namesWiktionary’s origin for Annette: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Annette.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Annette alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.