# Anniston (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anniston/  
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 | “annie’s town” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈænɪstən/, 3 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,660 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 3,660 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

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 + -s- + -ton (“Annie’s town”). The name of the city in Missouri was changed in 1894—a transfer from the city in Alabama.

## 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 | 165 | 1,383 |
| 2012 | 204 | 1,201 |
| 2013 | 206 | 1,166 |
| 2014 | 302 | 898 |
| 2015 | 256 | 1,039 |
| 2016 | 273 | 980 |
| 2017 | 234 | 1,082 |
| 2018 | 224 | 1,101 |
| 2019 | 194 | 1,203 |
| 2020 | 157 | 1,390 |
| 2021 | 188 | 1,250 |
| 2022 | 146 | 1,490 |
| 2023 | 168 | 1,344 |
| 2024 | 163 | 1,385 |
| 2025 | 139 | 1,525 |

## 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.