The first name Anniston
A girl’s name meaning “annie’s town”.
Pronounced /ˈænɪstən/ 3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Anniston means “annie’s town”.
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.
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Popularity in the United States
Babies named Anniston at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 139 girls born in the United States were named Anniston, the 1,525th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2014, when 302 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Questions
- What does the name Anniston mean?
- Anniston means “annie’s town”.
- Is Anniston a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 3,660 US babies named Anniston since 1880 were girls.
- When was Anniston most popular?
- 2014 in the United States, when 302 babies were named Anniston, its highest rank at 898th.
- How do you pronounce Anniston?
- Anniston is /ˈænɪstən/, 3 syllables.