Annie

Annie was the #182 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,690 babies), and #111 in England & Wales and #207 in Canada.

Annie as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Annie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.0510152018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandEngland & WalesUSCanada
Annie as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies 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.051015201880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#182 (1,690)#111 (425)#94 (46)#7 (91)#33 (127)#207 (147)
2024#192 (1,570)#115 (417)#87 (49)#11 (89)#41 (112)#207 (143)
2023#202 (1,484)#113 (425)#115 (39)#12 (84)#48 (112)#204 (137)
2022#205 (1,417)#113 (451)#80 (51)#8 (97)#51 (105)#176 (157)
2021#230 (1,307)#112 (457)#135 (33)#18 (87)#46 (129)#156 (184)
2020#289 (1,103)#132 (382)#105 (41)#21 (74)#53 (102)#157 (170)
2019#298 (1,108)#115 (440)#129 (37)#20 (88)#66 (87)#164 (170)
2018#307 (1,091)#122 (438)#116 (41)#24 (82)#73 (87)#261 (123)
2017#298 (1,092)#109 (500)#129 (37)#24 (86)#74 (89)#279 (117)
2016#286 (1,131)#108 (534)#117 (41)#33 (68)#81 (81)#242 (131)
2015#323 (1,010)#119 (492)#120 (40)#27 (81)#83 (78)#259 (127)
2014#313 (1,058)#115 (484)#174 (27)#34 (73)#75 (91)#265 (125)
2013#353 (905)#125 (443)#123 (38)#32 (75)#106 (59)#264 (123)
2012#374 (835)#125 (454)#103 (47)#43 (60)#112 (58)#250 (136)
2011#384 (824)#144 (390)#127 (37)#45 (58)#111 (57)#260 (126)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1881 at #8.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.
  • A comeback: it faded for decades and is rising again.

How common is it?

about 1 in 950 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

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

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 950common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 600common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 390common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 80very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 170very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Annie is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 890 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 870 to 1 in 910.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Annie by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #195WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #205NHWashington: #246WAIdaho: #89IDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: #162NDMinnesota: #143MNIllinois: #191ILMichigan: #293MINew York: #267NYMassachusetts: #245MAOregon: #223ORNevada: #328NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #97SDIowa: #165IAIndiana: #172INOhio: #137OHPennsylvania: #174PANew Jersey: #253NJConnecticut: #220CTRhode Island: #180RICalifornia: #359CAUtah: #105UTColorado: #254CONebraska: #149NEMissouri: #171MOKentucky: #84KYWest Virginia: #181WVVirginia: #204VAMaryland: #253MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #388AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: #136KSArkansas: #96ARTennessee: #100TNNorth Carolina: #136NCSouth Carolina: #144SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #107OKLouisiana: #68LAMississippi: #56MSAlabama: #52ALGeorgia: #125GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #169TXFlorida: #329FL
Annie (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
Ontario2024#18461
Quebec2025#7745

Annie (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
AnnieCanadaGirls#207147
AnnieEngland & WalesGirls#111425
AnnieIrelandGirls#33127
AnnieNorthern IrelandGirls#791
AnnieScotlandGirls#9446
AnnieUSGirls#1821,690
AnnieUSBoys—too few