Ann
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Ann is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,779th for girls in the UK (17 babies) and 1,076th for girls in the US (225 babies).
What does Ann mean?
Hebrew: English form of Anna, from Hannah
“favour, grace”
In Christian tradition Saint Anne is the mother of the Virgin Mary.
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Is Ann a girl's or a boy's name?
Ann is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 17 girls in the UK and 225 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ann in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,779among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 17about 1 in 16,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadymuch the same
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 17 girls in the UK were named Ann, making it the 1,779th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,948th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 55 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ann than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ann in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 62 girls in the UK were given Ann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #1,779 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,006th in England and Wales and 780th in Scotland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#67), 1914 (#72), 1924 (#76), 1934 (#23), 1944 (#6), 1954 (#11), 1964 (#40) and 1974 (#69).
Ann in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 17 | #1,779 |
| 2024 | 23 | #1,449 |
| 2023 | 18 | #1,728 |
| 2022 | 20 | #1,591 |
| 2021 | 25 | #1,353 |
| 2020 | 15 | #1,948 |
| 2019 | 24 | #1,403 |
| 2018 | 19 | #1,678 |
| 2017 | 18 | #1,763 |
| 2016 | 15 | #2,015 |
| 2015 | 24 | #1,431 |
| 2014 | 28 | #1,272 |
| 2013 | 29 | #1,261 |
| 2012 | 30 | #1,205 |
| 2011 | 39 | #977 |
| 2010 | 28 | #1,229 |
| 2009 | 33 | #1,040 |
| 2008 | 47 | #798 |
| 2007 | 42 | #830 |
| 2006 | 41 | #809 |
| 2005 | 45 | #735 |
| 2004 | 47 | #681 |
| 2003 | 47 | #668 |
| 2002 | 42 | #689 |
| 2001 | 37 | #737 |
| 2000 | 45 | #642 |
| 1999 | 44 | #640 |
| 1998 | 55 | #554 |
| 1997 | 41 | #683 |
| 1996 | 54 | #536 |
How popular is Ann in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #1,076among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 225about 1 in 7,100 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 11% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 225 girls in the US were named Ann, making it the 1,076th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,105th. Its busiest year was 1957, with 9,040 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ann in the US since 1880 were born between 1932 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 733 girls in the US were given Ann or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #444, up from #1,076 for this spelling alone.
Ann in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 225 | #1,076 |
| 2024 | 213 | #1,135 |
| 2023 | 231 | #1,073 |
| 2022 | 227 | #1,098 |
| 2021 | 224 | #1,103 |
| 2020 | 221 | #1,105 |
| 2019 | 264 | #978 |
| 2018 | 269 | #982 |
| 2017 | 257 | #1,009 |
| 2016 | 265 | #996 |
| 2015 | 307 | #897 |
| 2014 | 286 | #944 |
| 2013 | 280 | #912 |
| 2012 | 268 | #949 |
| 2011 | 256 | #992 |
| 2010 | 286 | #913 |
| 2009 | 287 | #930 |
| 2008 | 344 | #825 |
| 2007 | 368 | #782 |
| 2006 | 388 | #723 |
| 2005 | 435 | #640 |
| 2004 | 402 | #685 |
| 2003 | 499 | #552 |
| 2002 | 525 | #521 |
| 2001 | 506 | #529 |
| 2000 | 546 | #493 |
| 1999 | 583 | #456 |
| 1998 | 555 | #464 |
| 1997 | 626 | #415 |
| 1996 | 663 | #400 |
| 1995 | 743 | #354 |
| 1994 | 784 | #341 |
| 1993 | 848 | #314 |
| 1992 | 946 | #295 |
| 1991 | 1,025 | #268 |
| 1990 | 1,124 | #250 |
| 1989 | 1,089 | #246 |
| 1988 | 1,171 | #222 |
| 1987 | 1,204 | #221 |
| 1986 | 1,303 | #199 |
| 1985 | 1,443 | #187 |
| 1984 | 1,695 | #160 |
| 1983 | 1,812 | #157 |
| 1982 | 1,920 | #155 |
| 1981 | 2,123 | #133 |
| 1980 | 2,168 | #136 |
| 1979 | 2,266 | #126 |
| 1978 | 2,320 | #125 |
| 1977 | 2,452 | #118 |
| 1976 | 2,436 | #108 |
| 1975 | 2,715 | #104 |
| 1974 | 2,928 | #100 |
| 1973 | 3,255 | #93 |
| 1972 | 3,360 | #91 |
| 1971 | 4,558 | #78 |
| 1970 | 5,740 | #62 |
| 1969 | 6,133 | #57 |
| 1968 | 6,177 | #54 |
| 1967 | 6,247 | #57 |
| 1966 | 5,993 | #61 |
| 1965 | 6,784 | #59 |
| 1964 | 7,758 | #60 |
| 1963 | 7,975 | #57 |
| 1962 | 8,123 | #56 |
| 1961 | 8,216 | #54 |
| 1960 | 8,677 | #51 |
| 1959 | 8,918 | #44 |
| 1958 | 8,856 | #47 |
| 1957 | 9,040 | #44 |
| 1956 | 8,990 | #46 |
| 1955 | 8,916 | #43 |
| 1954 | 8,751 | #44 |
| 1953 | 8,579 | #46 |
| 1952 | 8,653 | #45 |
| 1951 | 8,423 | #46 |
| 1950 | 7,921 | #45 |
| 1949 | 7,870 | #44 |
| 1948 | 8,025 | #44 |
| 1947 | 8,894 | #41 |
| 1946 | 8,077 | #40 |
| 1945 | 7,038 | #39 |
| 1944 | 7,081 | #39 |
| 1943 | 7,829 | #37 |
| 1942 | 7,666 | #38 |
| 1941 | 7,121 | #37 |
| 1940 | 7,196 | #35 |
| 1939 | 6,551 | #33 |
| 1938 | 6,990 | #32 |
| 1937 | 6,713 | #30 |
| 1936 | 6,666 | #28 |
| 1935 | 6,706 | #30 |
| 1934 | 6,641 | #32 |
| 1933 | 6,209 | #34 |
| 1932 | 6,195 | #34 |
| 1931 | 5,858 | #35 |
| 1930 | 5,531 | #41 |
| 1929 | 5,172 | #46 |
| 1928 | 4,932 | #54 |
| 1927 | 4,782 | #59 |
| 1926 | 4,779 | #55 |
| 1925 | 4,935 | #52 |
| 1924 | 5,035 | #55 |
| 1923 | 5,022 | #52 |
| 1922 | 5,054 | #49 |
| 1921 | 5,058 | #53 |
| 1920 | 5,041 | #49 |
| 1919 | 4,924 | #49 |
| 1918 | 5,613 | #44 |
| 1917 | 5,455 | #44 |
| 1916 | 5,343 | #40 |
| 1915 | 4,895 | #43 |
| 1914 | 3,888 | #40 |
| 1913 | 2,998 | #46 |
| 1912 | 2,666 | #47 |
| 1911 | 1,882 | #53 |
| 1910 | 1,842 | #52 |
| 1909 | 1,477 | #56 |
| 1908 | 1,354 | #62 |
| 1907 | 1,264 | #62 |
| 1906 | 1,064 | #70 |
| 1905 | 996 | #75 |
| 1904 | 880 | #78 |
| 1903 | 774 | #84 |
| 1902 | 753 | #83 |
| 1901 | 634 | #89 |
| 1900 | 736 | #92 |
| 1899 | 586 | #92 |
| 1898 | 593 | #101 |
| 1897 | 545 | #97 |
| 1896 | 488 | #105 |
| 1895 | 551 | #97 |
| 1894 | 470 | #105 |
| 1893 | 397 | #110 |
| 1892 | 393 | #115 |
| 1891 | 337 | #117 |
| 1890 | 328 | #121 |
| 1889 | 341 | #112 |
| 1888 | 295 | #123 |
| 1887 | 239 | #124 |
| 1886 | 229 | #124 |
| 1885 | 208 | #124 |
| 1884 | 214 | #118 |
| 1883 | 167 | #124 |
| 1882 | 150 | #125 |
| 1881 | 130 | #123 |
| 1880 | 131 | #122 |
Nicknames for Ann
- Annie 562 girls in the UK in 2025
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