Girls' name · peaked in 1881
Annie name popularity since 1925
204,818 babies born in the US from 1925 to 2025 were named Annie (99.4% girls, 0.6% boys). Half of them were born in 1944 or earlier, so the typical Annie is about 82 years old in 2026. Annie peaked in 1881 as the #8 name for girls, and it ranked #182 in 2025.
Key facts
- US babies since 1925
- 204,818
- Named Annie, 1925–2025
- Peak year
- 1881
- #8 for girls that year
- In 2025
- #182
- for girls in 2025 (1,690 babies)
- Girls / boys
- 99.4% girls
- 203,660 girls · 1,158 boys
- Most popular in
- Mississippi
- 7.76× its national share
Peak year is the year Annie 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.
Annie births per year, 1925–2025
The biggest year on this chart was 1925. Measured as a share of all babies, Annie peaked earlier, in 1881.
- Steepest fall: Between 1950 and 1955, Annie's share of baby girls fell by 42%, from 1 in 514 to 1 in 881.
- Fastest rise: Between 1976 and 1981, it became 1.8× more common, from 1 in 3,160 baby girls to 1 in 1,710.
Shaded on the chart. Both compare Annie's share of all US girls five years apart, counting only years with at least 100 babies named Annie.
Decade by decade
Babies named Annie 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 | 33,073 | 247 | – |
| 1930s | 48,946 | 433 | #38 |
| 1940s | 38,714 | 242 | #69 |
| 1950s | 23,682 | 140 | #160 |
| 1960s | 9,652 | 37 | #316 |
| 1970s | 5,418 | 5 | #413 |
| 1980s | 8,262 | 43 | #296 |
| 1990s | 8,614 | 6 | #297 |
| 2000s | 8,861 | 0 | #376 |
| 2010s | 9,867 | 0 | #323 |
| 2020–25 | 8,571 | 5 | #182 |
Ranks count every name given to at least 5 girls that year, so they can go past 1,000.
Generation fingerprint
42.0% of babies named Annie from 1925 to 2025 were born in the Silent Generation years (1928–1945). The full split by generation:
Where Annie is most popular
The index compares Annie'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 Annie.
| State | Index | Babies |
|---|---|---|
| Mississippi | 7.76× | 19,094 |
| Alabama | 6.52× | 23,435 |
| South Carolina | 4.89× | 13,924 |
| Georgia | 4.13× | 23,203 |
| North Carolina | 3.66× | 21,073 |
Other spellings
Spellings that sound like Annie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Annie (this page) | 203,660 | 1881 |
| Ani | 3,183 | 2007 |
| Anny | 1,507 | 2024 |
Names with a similar story
Of the other 499 names on this site, these six had the share of babies closest in shape to Annie's from 1925 to 2025, however common each one got. Each line is scaled to its own high; the dashed line is Annie.
Names from the same era
Other common names that peaked within two years of Annie (1881).
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