Anette
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- French
- US rank, 2025
- #8,360 for girls
Anette is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “grace, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 8,360th for girls in the US (12 babies).
What does Anette mean?
French: spelling of Annette
“grace, gracious”
A female given name from French.
Meaning borrowed from Annette. From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anette a girl's or a boy's name?
Anette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 12 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anette in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 8,360th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 12 about 1 in 130,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 19% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 12 girls in the US were named Anette, making it the 8,360th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 2003, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1911.
2025 had fewer girls named Anette than any year since 1955.
Half of all the girls named Anette in the US since 1880 were born between 1965 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 161 girls in the US were given Anette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,227, up from #8,360 for this spelling alone.
- Annette 149
- Anette 12
Anette in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 12 | #8,360 |
| 2024 | 19 | #6,164 |
| 2023 | 31 | #4,451 |
| 2022 | 17 | #6,702 |
| 2021 | 21 | #5,744 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 21 | #5,794 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 22 | #5,657 |
| 2016 | 35 | #4,156 |
| 2015 | 18 | #6,719 |
| 2014 | 30 | #4,655 |
| 2013 | 28 | #4,885 |
| 2012 | 31 | #4,599 |
| 2011 | 38 | #3,915 |
| 2010 | 46 | #3,469 |
| 2009 | 51 | #3,251 |
| 2008 | 60 | #2,922 |
| 2007 | 69 | #2,647 |
| 2006 | 79 | #2,375 |
| 2005 | 90 | #2,072 |
| 2004 | 96 | #1,941 |
| 2003 | 113 | #1,686 |
| 2002 | 109 | #1,682 |
| 2001 | 71 | #2,255 |
| 2000 | 44 | #3,117 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 21 | #4,951 |
| 1997 | 21 | #4,815 |
| 1996 | 26 | #4,054 |
| 1995 | 19 | #5,014 |
| 1994 | 16 | #5,707 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 19 | #5,044 |
| 1991 | 23 | #4,323 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 25 | #3,887 |
| 1988 | 20 | #4,303 |
| 1987 | 15 | #5,069 |
| 1986 | 13 | #5,456 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,453 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 24 | #3,417 |
| 1981 | 21 | #3,738 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 19 | #3,777 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 23 | #3,094 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 21 | #3,212 |
| 1973 | 24 | #2,830 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 42 | #2,001 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 35 | #2,134 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,751 |
| 1966 | 53 | #1,532 |
| 1965 | 60 | #1,421 |
| 1964 | 54 | #1,548 |
| 1963 | 50 | #1,597 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1961 | 45 | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 56 | #1,466 |
| 1959 | 44 | #1,642 |
| 1958 | 43 | #1,629 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 10 | #3,717 |
| 1953 | 23 | #2,172 |
| 1952 | 11 | #3,371 |
| 1951 | 10 | #3,481 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 16 | #2,513 |
| 1948 | 13 | #2,827 |
| 1947 | 12 | #3,060 |
| 1946 | 5 | #4,958 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 7 | #3,685 |
| 1943 | 7 | #3,800 |
| 1942 | 8 | #3,442 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 7 | #3,427 |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 5 | #4,202 |
| 1934 | 8 | #3,157 |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 8 | #3,224 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 5 | #4,849 |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 0 | – |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 5 | #4,973 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
| 1918 | 0 | – |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 5 | #2,977 |
| 1911 | 7 | #1,956 |
Names like Anette
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Noelle, Giselle, Nicole, Michelle, Jasmine, Danielle, Amy, Celeste, Camille, Autumn, Jade, Elise
Other spellings of Anette
Names related to Anette
More French names
Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anette, updated 20 October 2026.