Anne

Meaning: Grace; favor
Origin: French (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #619 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Few names move less than Anne — on the books since 1880, #619 in 2025, and dependable in between. Roughly 325,000 girls share it. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

In recent years, Anne ran about 5× its national rate in Mississippi and Alabama.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 34 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

See how Anne ranks in other countries and regions.

#159 in Norway (2025) · #165 in Netherlands (2025) · #553 in Ireland (2025) · #572 in Austria (2025) · #708 in France (2025) · #1,028 in Switzerland (2025) · #1,061 in Ecuador (2025) · #1,113 in England & Wales (2025) · #456 in Canada (2024).

Famous Annes

Anne Frank — German-born Dutch Jewish diarist and Holocaust victim (1929–1945)
Anne Hathaway — American actress (born 1982)
Anne Brontë — British novelist and poet (1820–1849)
Anne Boleyn — Second wife of Henry VIII of England (died 1536)
Anne of Great Britain — Queen of Great Britain and Ireland from 1702 to 1714 (1665–1714)

In stories & tradition

Anne Shirley — Anne of Green Gables (book series)
Anne de Breuil (Milady de Winter) — The Three Musketeers (novel)
Anne Boonchuy — Amphibia (TV series)

What Annes become

Among 7,850 notable people named Anne:

Medical professionals appear 1.96× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anne Beaumanoir, French physician, Righteous among the Nations.

Spellings & nicknames

Together with its spelling variant Ann (#1076), Anne would rank around #443 with about 700 births last year — the newborns split about 68/32 between Anne and Ann.

Similar names: Annette · Frances · Annie · Jane · Priscilla · Alma

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