Girls' name · peaked in 1936
Ann name popularity since 1925
389,970 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Ann. Half of them were born in 1953 or earlier, so the typical Ann is about 73 years old in 2026. Ann peaked in 1936 as the #28 name for girls, and it was outside the top 1,000 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 389,970
- Named Ann, 1925–2025
- In 2025
- Not top 1,000
- #1,076 for girls in 2025
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 388,821 girls · 1,149 boys
- Most popular in
- Rhode Island
- 2.52× its national share
Peak year is the year Ann made up the largest share of US girls, in records going back to 1880. Typical age is based on births from 1925 on, not on who is living today.
Ann births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year by count was 1957. Measured as a share of all babies, Ann peaked in 1936.
- Steepest fall: Between 1969 and 1974, Ann's share of baby girls fell by 45%, from 1 in 275 to 1 in 501.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Ann's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Ann.
Decade by decade
Babies named Ann in each decade, and its rank among girls' names in the middle year of the decade (1935, 1945 … 2025).
| Decade | Girls | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1925–29 | 24,600 | 84 | – |
| 1930s | 64,060 | 251 | #30 |
| 1940s | 76,797 | 216 | #39 |
| 1950s | 87,047 | 181 | #43 |
| 1960s | 72,083 | 208 | #59 |
| 1970s | 32,030 | 136 | #104 |
| 1980s | 15,928 | 67 | #187 |
| 1990s | 7,897 | 0 | #354 |
| 2000s | 4,300 | 6 | #640 |
| 2010s | 2,738 | 0 | #898 |
| 2020–25 | 1,341 | 0 | #1,076 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
41.3% of babies named Ann from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Ann is most popular
The index compares Ann's share of babies in each state with its share nationwide, 1925–2025 (1.50× = 50% more common). States with at least 300 babies named Ann.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Rhode Island | 2.52× | 3,497 |
| Massachusetts | 2.44× | 22,749 |
| Vermont | 1.88× | 1,231 |
| Connecticut | 1.81× | 7,686 |
| District of Columbia | 1.78× | 3,214 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Ann and were given to at least 1,000 girls from 1925 to 2025, with the year each one was most popular.
| Spelling | Girls | Peak year |
|---|---|---|
| Ann (this page) | 388,821 | 1936 |
| Anne | 258,229 | 1914 |
| An | 1,393 | 2010 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Ann's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Ann.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Ann (1936).
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration national and state baby-name data, which covers names given to at least 5 babies of one sex in a year. About the data