Anniston

Girl name

Anniston has been given to 3,660 babies in the U.S. since 1996. It peaked in 2014.

Meaning & origin /ˈænɪstən/

The city in Alabama, originally Woodstock, was renamed by town officials in 1873 (after realizing there was another village named Woodstock in central Alabama) in honor of Annie Eliza Scott Tyler (1838–1914), daughter-in-law of Daniel Tyler, one of the two organizers of the Woodstock Iron Company, which started the then planned community. Equivalent to Annie +&lrm; -s- +&lrm; -ton (“Annie’s town”). The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

Origin: place names

Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Popularity over time births per year, 1880–2025

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Total babies

3,660

Peak year

2014 (302 babies)

Rank in 2025

Below top 1000

First recorded

1996

10-year trend

▼ -46%

Gender split

All girls

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