# Annie (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/annie/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈæni/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Anny |
| US babies named this | 362,180 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 1,927 / 360,253 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 11,799, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 824 | 384 |
| 2012 | 835 | 375 |
| 2013 | 905 | 353 |
| 2014 | 1,058 | 313 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | 323 |
| 2016 | 1,131 | 286 |
| 2017 | 1,092 | 298 |
| 2018 | 1,091 | 307 |
| 2019 | 1,108 | 298 |
| 2020 | 1,103 | 289 |
| 2021 | 1,307 | 230 |
| 2022 | 1,417 | 205 |
| 2023 | 1,484 | 202 |
| 2024 | 1,570 | 192 |
| 2025 | 1,690 | 182 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960 | 8 | 3,090 |
| 1961 | 7 | 3,366 |
| 1962 | 11 | 2,510 |
| 1965 | 5 | 3,948 |
| 1966 | 6 | 3,548 |
| 1973 | 5 | 5,134 |
| 1981 | 6 | 5,518 |
| 1982 | 6 | 5,663 |
| 1984 | 8 | 4,572 |
| 1985 | 5 | 6,577 |
| 1987 | 8 | 4,992 |
| 1988 | 5 | 7,340 |
| 1989 | 5 | 7,971 |
| 1991 | 6 | 7,318 |
| 2020 | 5 | 12,157 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 390 | 144 |
| 2012 | 454 | 125 |
| 2013 | 443 | 125 |
| 2014 | 484 | 115 |
| 2015 | 492 | 119 |
| 2016 | 534 | 108 |
| 2017 | 500 | 109 |
| 2018 | 438 | 122 |
| 2019 | 440 | 115 |
| 2020 | 382 | 132 |
| 2021 | 457 | 112 |
| 2022 | 451 | 113 |
| 2023 | 425 | 113 |
| 2024 | 417 | 115 |
| 2025 | 425 | 111 |

## In other languages

- Danish: Annette
- Finnish: Annukka
- French: Anny, Annette
- German: Annette, Annett
- Italian: Annetta
- Scottish Gaelic: Annag
- Spanish: Anita

## People named Annie

- Annie Ernaux, French writer (born 1940)
- Annie Besant, British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847-1933)
- Annie Jump Cannon, American astronomer (1863-1941)
- Annie Girardot, French actress (1931-2011)
- Annie Leibovitz, American photographer (born 1949)
- Annie Proulx, American novelist, short story and non-fiction author (b. 1935)
- Annie Wersching, American actress (1977–2023)
- Annie Oakley, American exhibition sharpshooter (1860–1926)
- Annie Potts, American actress
- Annie M.G. Schmidt, Dutch writer (1911-1995)
- Annie Easley, American mathematician and rocket scientist
- Annie Scott Dill Maunder, British astronomer (1868-1947)

## 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.