Annie

Meaning: Grace; favor
Origin: Variant of Ann (from Hebrew)

Girl's name · #182 in the US (2025) · Timeless

Popularity over time

Annie holds its lane: charted since 1880 and rarely far from where it stands today (#182 in 2025). About 360,000 girls have carried it along the way. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Annie is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 46 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Annie is especially popular in N. Ireland.

#7 in N. Ireland (2025) · #33 in Ireland (2025) · #94 in Scotland (2025) · #111 in England & Wales (2025) · #143 in Sweden (2025) · #214 in Norway (2025) · #220 in New Zealand (2025) · #287 in Ecuador (2025) · #724 in Switzerland (2025) · #863 in Belgium (2025) · #1,286 in France (2025) · #1,353 in Austria (2025) and 1 more.

Famous Annies

Annie Ernaux — French writer (born 1940)
Annie Besant — British socialist, theosophist, women's rights activist, writer and orator (1847–1933)
Annie Lennox — Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1954)
Annie Jump Cannon — American astronomer (1863–1941)
Annie Girardot — French actress (1931–2011)

In stories & tradition

Annie Wilkes — Misery (book)
Annie Christmas — American Folklore character
Annie Wilson^it — 90210 (TV series)

What Annies become

Among 1,811 notable people named Annie:

Entertainers appear 1.51× more often than among typical names — e.g. Annie Lennox, Scottish singer-songwriter (born 1954).

Similar names: Aniyah · Eva · Anna · Janie · Rosa · Anne

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