Annis — girls' name

What the Data Says About Annis

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,914 babies named Annis between 1880 and 2008, spanning 129 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Annis currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2008. The name reached its historical peak in 1920, when 82 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Annis performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 606 births during that ten-year window. Across the 13 decades of recorded activity, Annis shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Tennessee, which accounts for 106 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by North Carolina and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Annis in 13 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Annis 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 2,914 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.