Girls' name · peaked in 1914
Anne name popularity since 1925
258,920 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Anne. Half of them were born in 1959 or earlier, so the typical Anne is about 67 years old in 2026. Anne peaked in 1914 as the #53 name for girls, and it ranked #619 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 258,920
- Named Anne, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1914
- #53 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #619
- for girls in 2025 (472 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.7% girls
- 258,229 girls · 691 boys
- Most popular in
- Massachusetts
- 2.74× its national share
Peak year is the year Anne 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.
Anne births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1959. Measured as a share of all babies, Anne peaked earlier, in 1914.
- Steepest fall: Between 1967 and 1972, Anne's share of baby girls fell by 40%, from 1 in 402 to 1 in 672.
Shaded on the chart. This compares Anne's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Anne.
Decade by decade
Babies named Anne 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 | 15,062 | 52 | – |
| 1930s | 28,621 | 109 | #84 |
| 1940s | 36,146 | 73 | #81 |
| 1950s | 52,404 | 94 | #84 |
| 1960s | 47,774 | 130 | #77 |
| 1970s | 25,602 | 95 | #124 |
| 1980s | 22,115 | 117 | #146 |
| 1990s | 14,472 | 21 | #208 |
| 2000s | 7,806 | 0 | #435 |
| 2010s | 5,291 | 0 | #565 |
| 2020–25 | 2,936 | 0 | #619 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
37.2% of babies named Anne from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Baby Boom years (1946–1964). The full split by generation:
Where Anne is most popular
The index compares Anne'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 Anne.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Massachusetts | 2.74× | 16,935 |
| District of Columbia | 2.64× | 3,161 |
| Rhode Island | 2.23× | 2,047 |
| Vermont | 2.18× | 945 |
| Connecticut | 2.00× | 5,629 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Anne 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Anne (this page) | 258,229 | 1914 |
| Ann | 388,821 | 1936 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Anne's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Anne.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Anne (1914).
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