Anne
Anne is ranked 649th among girls in 2024 (450 births). Its best rank was 52nd, in 1915.
- Rank in 2024
- #649down 68 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 4500.03% of girls
- Peak year
- 19595,745 births
- Best rank
- #52in 1915
- Since 1880
- 324,648people given the name
The story in the numbers
324,648 girls have been named Anne in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1959, with 5,745 births — 0.28% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 554 → 649).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1953, and the 1950s alone account for 16%. It has spent 145 of 145 years in the top 1,000, 66 of them in the top 100.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Anne | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,126 | |
| 1890s | 4,231 | |
| 1900s | 7,615 | |
| 1910s | 33,478 | |
| 1920s | 34,511 | |
| 1930s | 28,621 | |
| 1940s | 36,146 | |
| 1950s | 52,403 | |
| 1960s | 47,772 | |
| 1970s | 25,601 | |
| 1980s | 22,118 | |
| 1990s | 14,471 | |
| 2000s | 7,804 | |
| 2010s | 5,291 | |
| 2020s | 2,460 |
In 1959, its biggest year
Anne was the 82nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1959 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Donna. See all of 1959.
Names that rose and fell with Anne
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Antoinettepeak 1924
- Jeannettepeak 1917
- Sylviapeak 1937
- Annpeak 1957
- Theressapeak 1961
- Catherinepeak 1956
- Robbiepeak 1957
- Altheapeak 1956
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.