# Anne (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anne/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | French |
| Meaning | “ann”, “hannah”, “grace”, “gracious”, “graced with child” |
| Pronunciation | /æn/, 1 syllable |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 325,954 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 826 / 325,128 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 1,130, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

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.

## What it means

Anne is grouped under grace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 486 | 593 |
| 2012 | 526 | 560 |
| 2013 | 572 | 520 |
| 2014 | 559 | 555 |
| 2015 | 543 | 565 |
| 2016 | 562 | 554 |
| 2017 | 522 | 578 |
| 2018 | 506 | 601 |
| 2019 | 531 | 573 |
| 2020 | 463 | 626 |
| 2021 | 511 | 588 |
| 2022 | 522 | 573 |
| 2023 | 515 | 582 |
| 2024 | 453 | 647 |
| 2025 | 472 | 619 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1978 | 10 | 3,628 |
| 1979 | 5 | 6,100 |
| 1980 | 10 | 3,851 |
| 1981 | 12 | 3,422 |
| 1982 | 14 | 3,116 |
| 1983 | 9 | 4,151 |
| 1984 | 9 | 4,231 |
| 1985 | 10 | 4,060 |
| 1986 | 13 | 3,446 |
| 1987 | 15 | 3,208 |
| 1988 | 6 | 6,465 |
| 1989 | 19 | 3,095 |
| 1990 | 10 | 5,013 |
| 1993 | 6 | 7,687 |
| 1995 | 5 | 8,946 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 30 | 1,117 |
| 2012 | 38 | 955 |
| 2013 | 28 | 1,220 |
| 2014 | 27 | 1,234 |
| 2015 | 28 | 1,204 |
| 2016 | 32 | 1,086 |
| 2017 | 31 | 1,105 |
| 2018 | 30 | 1,136 |
| 2019 | 28 | 1,189 |
| 2020 | 34 | 992 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 22 | 1,416 |
| 2023 | 18 | 1,640 |
| 2024 | 33 | 1,036 |
| 2025 | 30 | 1,110 |

## People named Anne

- Anne Frank, German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
- Anne Hathaway, American actress (born 1982)
- Julianne Moore, British-American actress and author (born 1960)
- Anne Bancroft, American actress (1931–2005)
- Anne Carson, Canadian and Icelandic poet, essayist, and academic (born 1950)
- Anne, Princess Royal, daughter of Queen Elizabeth II and Prince Philip, Duke of Edinburgh
- Anne Baxter, American actress (1923–1985)
- Anne L'Huillier, French physicist
- Anne of Kyiv, French Queen, middle daughter of Yaroslav the Wise, Grand Prince of Kyiv and Novgorod
- Anne Robert Jacques Turgot, French economist and statesman (1727–1781)
- Anne of Brittany, Duchess of Brittany and twice Queen of France (1477-1514)
- Anne Bonny, Female pirate

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.