Anne
Girl nameAnne has been given to 325,954 babies in the U.S. since 1880. It peaked in 1959 and currently ranks #619 for girls (2025).
Meaning & origin /æn/
From French Anne (“Ann”), from Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ann, Ana, Anna, and Hannah. Compare John.
Origin: French
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025
Total babies
325,954
Peak year
1959 (5,755 babies)
Rank in 2025
#619 for girls
First recorded
1880
10-year trend
▼ -13%
Gender split
100% girls / 0% boys
Famous people named Anne
Anne Frank
German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
Nancy Reagan
First Lady of the United States from 1981 to 1989
Ana Bolena
Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Anne of Great Britain
Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)
Notability data from Wikidata (CC0).
Names with a similar vibe
Same primary gender, peaked around the same years, and roughly as common as Anne.
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