Anne

Anne was the #619 girls' name in the US in 2025 (472 babies), and #1,110 in England & Wales and #474 in Canada.

Anne as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Anne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSIrelandEngland & Wales
Anne as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#619 (472)#1,110 (30)——#544 (6)#474 (65)—
2024#647 (453)#1,036 (33)#638 (4)—#631 (5)#417 (73)—
2023#582 (515)#1,640 (18)#749 (3)—#316 (12)#335 (88)—
2022#573 (522)#1,416 (22)#470 (6)—#502 (7)#322 (91)—
2021#588 (511)#1,505 (20)——#586 (6)#380 (84)—
2020#626 (463)#992 (34)——#495 (7)#329 (95)—
2019#573 (531)#1,189 (28)——#457 (8)#334 (96)—
2018#601 (506)#1,136 (30)#809 (3)—#336 (13)#324 (102)—
2017#578 (522)#1,105 (31)#808 (3)—#651 (5)#408 (82)—
2016#554 (562)#1,086 (32)——#448 (9)#393 (88)—
2015#565 (543)#1,204 (28)#806 (3)#358 (4)#431 (10)#375 (91)—
2014#554 (559)#1,234 (27)#802 (3)—#404 (11)#302 (109)—
2013#520 (572)#1,220 (28)——#357 (13)#315 (104)—
2012#560 (526)#955 (38)#467 (7)—#560 (7)#278 (119)—
2011#593 (486)#1,117 (30)#515 (6)—#612 (6)#256 (128)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1914 at #53.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,400 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,400uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 8,500uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,300uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Anne is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,500 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 3,200 to 1 in 3,900.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anne by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #612WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #597MNIllinois: #541ILMichigan: #690MINew York: #704NYMassachusetts: #353MAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #565IAIndiana: #481INOhio: #531OHPennsylvania: #515PANew Jersey: #667NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #939CAUtah: #704UTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: #811MOKentucky: #405KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #433VAMaryland: #651MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #1,040AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #578KSArkansas: #555ARTennessee: #375TNNorth Carolina: #510NCSouth Carolina: #347SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: #534LAMississippi: #242MSAlabama: #135ALGeorgia: #560GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #861TXFlorida: #959FL
Anne (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#26621
Ontario2024#59021

Anne (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnneCanadaGirls#47465
AnneEngland & WalesGirls#1,11030
AnneIrelandGirls#5446
AnneNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnneNSWGirls—too few
AnneScotlandGirls—too few
AnneUSGirls#619472
AnneUSBoys—too few