Fun Facts About the Name Anne
- Decades of popularity: Anne stayed in the U.S. top 100 for 66 consecutive years, from 1903 through 1968.
- More than 325 thousand babies named Anne: U.S. records list 325,947 babies given the name Anne from 1880 through 2025. Even 827 boys received the name Anne - about 1 boy for every 393 girls.
What Does the Name Anne Mean?
Anne is an English form of Anna, a name ultimately from Hebrew, and its established meaning is 'grace' or 'favor.' The Hebrew name חַנָּה (Channah, also rendered Hannah) comes from the root חנן (ḥ-n-n), meaning 'to be gracious' or 'to show favor.' In the Hebrew Bible, Channah is the mother of Samuel. The Greek form Ἅννα (Anna) appears in the New Testament for the prophetess Anna in Luke 2. Latin took the name as Anna, and Old French developed the form Anne, which English adopted. The literal etymological sense is connected with graciousness or favor; the common one-word gloss 'grace' is a customary translation. The spelling Anne is not related to Latin annus, 'year.'
Anne Name History & Origins
The name's Hebrew ancestor is Channah. Through Greek-speaking Jewish and early Christian communities, the Greek form Anna became common; it appears in the New Testament. Latin Christian writers used Anna, and the name spread with Christianity in Europe. In medieval France, Anne was used, and from French it passed into English after the Norman Conquest. In England, Anne is found as a given name in the later Middle Ages.
Devotion to Saint Anne, the mother of the Virgin Mary in early Christian tradition rather than the canonical Gospels, was widespread in medieval Europe and gave the name a religious association. By the 15th and 16th centuries, Anne was an established English name. It was borne by queens including Anne Neville, Anne Boleyn, Anne of Cleves, and later Queen Anne.
Literary works later used the name: Shakespeare's The Merry Wives of Windsor has Anne Page and Henry VIII has Anne Bullen; Jane Austen's Persuasion has Anne Elliot; and L. M. Montgomery's Anne of Green Gables has Anne Shirley. These are later literary uses, not the origin of the name. Ann is an English variant without the final e; Anna is the form used in Latin and many European languages, and Hannah is the Hebrew form. Annie and Nan are common diminutives.
How Popular is the Name Anne?
Anne remained among the top 100 girl names in the U.S. from 1903 to 1968. Its highest annual birth count was in 1959, and people born that year turn 67 in 2026.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #619 | 472 | 0.0294% |
| 2024 | #649 | 450 | 0.0279% |
| 2023 | #581 | 515 | 0.0321% |
| 2022 | #573 | 522 | 0.0319% |
| 2021 | #588 | 510 | 0.0311% |
| 2020 | #626 | 463 | 0.0287% |
| 2019 | #573 | 531 | 0.0317% |
| 2018 | #601 | 506 | 0.0298% |
| 2017 | #578 | 522 | 0.0302% |
| 2016 | #554 | 562 | 0.0317% |
| 2015 | #565 | 543 | 0.0304% |
| 2014 | #554 | 559 | 0.0313% |
| 2013 | #520 | 572 | 0.0326% |
| 2012 | #560 | 526 | 0.0299% |
| 2011 | #593 | 486 | 0.0276% |
| 2010 | #609 | 484 | 0.0272% |
| 2009 | #542 | 557 | 0.0303% |
| 2008 | #497 | 634 | 0.0335% |
| 2007 | #519 | 608 | 0.0316% |
| 2006 | #457 | 689 | 0.0362% |
| 2005 | #435 | 710 | 0.0384% |
| 2004 | #398 | 765 | 0.0417% |
| 2003 | #381 | 796 | 0.0436% |
| 2002 | #325 | 941 | 0.0524% |
| 2001 | #311 | 1,023 | 0.0568% |
| 2000 | #298 | 1,081 | 0.0595% |
| 1999 | #288 | 1,083 | 0.0611% |
| 1998 | #275 | 1,134 | 0.0642% |
| 1997 | #221 | 1,347 | 0.0774% |
| 1996 | #219 | 1,324 | 0.0755% |
| 1995 | #208 | 1,385 | 0.0788% |
| 1994 | #204 | 1,432 | 0.0802% |
| 1993 | #199 | 1,483 | 0.0820% |
| 1992 | #182 | 1,684 | 0.0913% |
| 1991 | #178 | 1,673 | 0.0892% |
| 1990 | #155 | 1,926 | 0.1014% |
| 1989 | #153 | 1,880 | 0.1020% |
| 1988 | #153 | 1,853 | 0.1041% |
| 1987 | #147 | 1,868 | 0.1074% |
| 1986 | #151 | 1,918 | 0.1118% |
| 1985 | #146 | 2,020 | 0.1174% |
| 1984 | #127 | 2,238 | 0.1329% |
| 1983 | #130 | 2,304 | 0.1379% |
| 1982 | #122 | 2,447 | 0.1445% |
| 1981 | #105 | 2,809 | 0.1684% |
| 1980 | #112 | 2,781 | 0.1675% |
| 1979 | #115 | 2,734 | 0.1703% |
| 1978 | #119 | 2,467 | 0.1610% |
| 1977 | #123 | 2,355 | 0.1536% |
| 1976 | #124 | 2,220 | 0.1515% |
| 1975 | #124 | 2,286 | 0.1568% |
| 1974 | #120 | 2,461 | 0.1677% |
| 1973 | #122 | 2,453 | 0.1682% |
| 1972 | #134 | 2,265 | 0.1489% |
| 1971 | #122 | 2,919 | 0.1754% |
| 1970 | #112 | 3,441 | 0.1968% |
| 1969 | #101 | 3,708 | 0.2198% |
| 1968 | #88 | 3,914 | 0.2386% |
| 1967 | #84 | 4,103 | 0.2485% |
| 1966 | #83 | 4,151 | 0.2453% |
| 1965 | #77 | 4,725 | 0.2677% |
| 1964 | #76 | 5,412 | 0.2856% |
| 1963 | #80 | 5,329 | 0.2765% |
| 1962 | #83 | 5,273 | 0.2681% |
| 1961 | #90 | 5,521 | 0.2735% |
| 1960 | #88 | 5,636 | 0.2787% |
| 1959 | #82 | 5,745 | 0.2839% |
| 1958 | #87 | 5,455 | 0.2712% |
| 1957 | #86 | 5,486 | 0.2683% |
| 1956 | #86 | 5,356 | 0.2668% |
| 1955 | #84 | 5,218 | 0.2669% |
| 1954 | #80 | 5,298 | 0.2728% |
| 1953 | #80 | 5,256 | 0.2794% |
| 1952 | #79 | 5,257 | 0.2835% |
| 1951 | #82 | 4,873 | 0.2706% |
| 1950 | #84 | 4,459 | 0.2603% |
| 1949 | #86 | 4,052 | 0.2368% |
| 1948 | #87 | 4,122 | 0.2428% |
| 1947 | #95 | 4,187 | 0.2362% |
| 1946 | #81 | 4,116 | 0.2619% |
| 1945 | #81 | 3,407 | 0.2607% |
| 1944 | #86 | 3,208 | 0.2417% |
| 1943 | #80 | 3,535 | 0.2534% |
| 1942 | #76 | 3,525 | 0.2610% |
| 1941 | #82 | 3,097 | 0.2563% |
| 1940 | #84 | 2,897 | 0.2533% |
| 1939 | #85 | 2,769 | 0.2525% |
| 1938 | #84 | 2,887 | 0.2616% |
| 1937 | #92 | 2,725 | 0.2561% |
| 1936 | #89 | 2,756 | 0.2649% |
| 1935 | #84 | 2,892 | 0.2758% |
| 1934 | #88 | 2,786 | 0.2668% |
| 1933 | #85 | 2,767 | 0.2745% |
| 1932 | #81 | 2,969 | 0.2782% |
| 1931 | #80 | 2,979 | 0.2798% |
| 1930 | #83 | 3,091 | 0.2745% |
| 1929 | #91 | 2,881 | 0.2580% |
| 1928 | #93 | 2,824 | 0.2449% |
| 1927 | #92 | 2,928 | 0.2455% |
| 1926 | #86 | 3,109 | 0.2623% |
| 1925 | #85 | 3,320 | 0.2727% |
| 1924 | #79 | 3,627 | 0.2904% |
| 1923 | #71 | 3,727 | 0.3089% |
| 1922 | #66 | 3,974 | 0.3309% |
| 1921 | #70 | 4,007 | 0.3250% |
| 1920 | #65 | 4,114 | 0.3433% |
| 1919 | #63 | 3,975 | 0.3517% |
| 1918 | #54 | 4,567 | 0.3945% |
| 1917 | #53 | 4,603 | 0.4257% |
| 1916 | #53 | 4,571 | 0.4377% |
| 1915 | #52 | 4,333 | 0.4404% |
| 1914 | #53 | 3,365 | 0.4418% |
| 1913 | #57 | 2,684 | 0.4298% |
| 1912 | #58 | 2,369 | 0.4245% |
| 1911 | #64 | 1,598 | 0.3820% |
| 1910 | #67 | 1,413 | 0.3564% |
| 1909 | #76 | 1,110 | 0.3197% |
| 1908 | #75 | 1,088 | 0.3254% |
| 1907 | #79 | 980 | 0.3076% |
| 1906 | #85 | 835 | 0.2828% |
| 1905 | #98 | 708 | 0.2428% |
| 1904 | #97 | 631 | 0.2292% |
| 1903 | #100 | 581 | 0.2218% |
| 1902 | #106 | 564 | 0.2136% |
| 1901 | #104 | 504 | 0.2106% |
| 1900 | #108 | 614 | 0.2048% |
| 1899 | #106 | 476 | 0.2043% |
| 1898 | #109 | 496 | 0.1917% |
| 1897 | #108 | 479 | 0.2045% |
| 1896 | #114 | 423 | 0.1778% |
| 1895 | #108 | 462 | 0.1978% |
| 1894 | #110 | 427 | 0.1915% |
| 1893 | #109 | 400 | 0.1879% |
| 1892 | #109 | 407 | 0.1917% |
| 1891 | #115 | 342 | 0.1844% |
| 1890 | #123 | 319 | 0.1676% |
| 1889 | #125 | 311 | 0.1744% |
| 1888 | #126 | 292 | 0.1635% |
| 1887 | #121 | 249 | 0.1706% |
| 1886 | #132 | 211 | 0.1460% |
| 1885 | #125 | 203 | 0.1526% |
| 1884 | #110 | 242 | 0.1876% |
| 1883 | #116 | 183 | 0.1629% |
| 1882 | #123 | 168 | 0.1558% |
| 1881 | #122 | 131 | 0.1425% |
| 1880 | #120 | 136 | 0.1495% |
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | #8,944 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1993 | #7,687 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1990 | #5,013 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1989 | #3,095 | 19 | 0.0009% |
| 1988 | #6,465 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1987 | #3,208 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 1986 | #3,446 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1985 | #4,059 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1984 | #4,231 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1983 | #4,149 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1982 | #3,116 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 1981 | #3,424 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1980 | #3,851 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1979 | #6,100 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1978 | #3,627 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1977 | #3,844 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1976 | #3,734 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1975 | #5,501 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 1974 | #3,129 | 11 | 0.0007% |
| 1973 | #3,711 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 1972 | #2,826 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1971 | #3,382 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1970 | #2,126 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1969 | #1,982 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 1968 | #2,583 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1967 | #2,356 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1966 | #2,468 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 1965 | #2,787 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1964 | #2,041 | 16 | 0.0008% |
| 1963 | #2,421 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1962 | #1,966 | 17 | 0.0008% |
| 1961 | #2,327 | 13 | 0.0006% |
| 1960 | #2,541 | 11 | 0.0005% |
| 1959 | #2,669 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1958 | #2,177 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 1957 | #3,031 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1956 | #2,982 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1955 | #2,569 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 1954 | #2,318 | 12 | 0.0006% |
| 1953 | #3,153 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1952 | #2,883 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1951 | #2,670 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1950 | #2,777 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 1949 | #2,613 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1948 | #3,016 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 1945 | #3,350 | 5 | 0.0004% |
| 1944 | #2,317 | 10 | 0.0007% |
| 1943 | #2,567 | 9 | 0.0006% |
| 1942 | #2,948 | 7 | 0.0005% |
| 1941 | #2,086 | 12 | 0.0010% |
| 1940 | #1,897 | 14 | 0.0012% |
| 1939 | #1,796 | 15 | 0.0014% |
| 1938 | #2,487 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1936 | #2,638 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1935 | #2,539 | 9 | 0.0009% |
| 1934 | #2,985 | 7 | 0.0007% |
| 1933 | #2,214 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1932 | #3,378 | 6 | 0.0006% |
| 1931 | #1,846 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1930 | #2,083 | 14 | 0.0013% |
| 1929 | #1,934 | 16 | 0.0015% |
| 1928 | #2,854 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1927 | #2,300 | 13 | 0.0012% |
| 1926 | #3,719 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1925 | #3,164 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1924 | #3,031 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1923 | #3,192 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1922 | #3,264 | 8 | 0.0007% |
| 1921 | #3,890 | 6 | 0.0005% |
| 1920 | #2,976 | 9 | 0.0008% |
| 1919 | #3,124 | 8 | 0.0008% |
| 1918 | #2,551 | 11 | 0.0011% |
| 1917 | #3,230 | 7 | 0.0008% |
| 1916 | #2,267 | 12 | 0.0013% |
| 1915 | #2,634 | 9 | 0.0011% |
| 1914 | #2,107 | 10 | 0.0015% |
| 1913 | #1,810 | 10 | 0.0020% |
| 1912 | #2,053 | 7 | 0.0016% |
| 1911 | #1,752 | 5 | 0.0022% |
| 1909 | #1,456 | 5 | 0.0030% |
| 1908 | #1,222 | 6 | 0.0039% |
| 1900 | #1,320 | 5 | 0.0033% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
