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Anne

Gender
Girl
Say it
AN
Origin
Hebrew
UK rank, 2025
#1,163 for girls
US rank, 2025
#619 for girls

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Anne is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 1,163rd for girls in the UK (30 babies) and 619th for girls in the US (472 babies).

What does Anne mean?

Hebrew: French and English form of Anna, from Hannah

“favour, grace”

In Christian tradition Saint Anne is the mother of the Virgin Mary; Anne Boleyn was Henry VIII's second wife.

More on Wiktionary.

Is Anne a girl's or a boy's name?

Anne is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 30 girls in the UK and 472 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Anne in the UK?

Rank in 2025
#1,163among girls
Babies in 2025
30about 1 in 9,300 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 30 girls in the UK were named Anne, making it the 1,163rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,033rd. Its busiest year was 1996, with 87 girls.

Half of all the girls named Anne in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2015. 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 Anne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #621, up from #1,163 for this spelling alone.

Among girls in 2025, it was 1,110th in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#61), 1914 (#55), 1924 (#61), 1934 (#26), 1944 (#20), 1954 (#10), 1964 (#34) and 1974 (#60).

1996Busiest: 87 in 19962025
Anne in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
202530#1,163
202437#996
202321#1,560
202228#1,248
202121#1,553
202035#1,033
201929#1,220
201833#1,124
201734#1,104
201634#1,096
201535#1,085
201430#1,209
201329#1,261
201245#902
201136#1,039
201037#989
200952#762
200847#798
200749#741
200639#834
200551#667
200436#834
200351#623
200264#517
200160#534
200071#468
199965#503
199876#447
199769#480
199687#409

How popular is Anne in the US?

Rank in 2025
#619among girls
Babies in 2025
472about 1 in 3,400 girls
Five-year trend
Steadydown 4% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1%chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 472 girls in the US were named Anne, making it the 619th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 626th. Its busiest year was 1959, with 5,745 girls.

Half of all the girls named Anne in the US since 1880 were born between 1929 and 1969, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 733 girls in the US were given Anne or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #444, up from #619 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 5,745 in 19592025
Anne in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025472#619
2024453#647
2023515#582
2022522#573
2021511#588
2020463#626
2019531#573
2018506#601
2017522#578
2016562#554
2015543#565
2014559#554
2013572#520
2012526#560
2011486#593
2010484#609
2009557#542
2008634#497
2007608#519
2006689#457
2005710#435
2004766#398
2003796#381
2002941#325
20011,024#311
20001,081#298
19991,083#288
19981,134#275
19971,347#221
19961,324#219
19951,385#208
19941,432#204
19931,483#199
19921,684#182
19911,674#178
19901,926#155
19891,880#153
19881,853#153
19871,868#147
19861,918#151
19852,019#146
19842,237#127
19832,304#130
19822,447#122
19812,809#105
19802,780#112
19792,734#115
19782,467#119
19772,355#123
19762,220#124
19752,287#124
19742,461#120
19732,453#122
19722,265#134
19712,919#122
19703,441#112
19693,708#101
19683,914#88
19674,102#84
19664,151#83
19654,726#77
19645,411#76
19635,330#80
19625,272#83
19615,524#90
19605,636#88
19595,745#82
19585,456#87
19575,486#86
19565,356#86
19555,218#84
19545,298#80
19535,256#80
19525,257#79
19514,873#82
19504,459#84
19494,052#86
19484,122#87
19474,187#94
19464,115#81
19453,407#81
19443,209#86
19433,535#80
19423,526#76
19413,096#82
19402,897#84
19392,769#85
19382,887#84
19372,725#92
19362,756#89
19352,892#84
19342,786#88
19332,767#85
19322,969#81
19312,979#80
19303,091#83
19292,881#91
19282,824#93
19272,928#92
19263,109#86
19253,320#85
19243,627#79
19233,727#71
19223,974#66
19214,007#70
19204,114#65
19193,975#63
19184,567#54
19174,603#53
19164,571#53
19154,333#52
19143,365#53
19132,684#57
19122,369#58
19111,598#64
19101,413#67
19091,110#76
19081,088#75
1907980#79
1906835#85
1905708#98
1904631#97
1903581#100
1902564#106
1901504#104
1900614#108
1899476#106
1898496#109
1897479#108
1896423#114
1895462#108
1894427#110
1893400#109
1892407#109
1891342#115
1890319#123
1889311#125
1888292#126
1887249#121
1886211#132
1885203#125
1884242#110
1883183#116
1882168#123
1881131#122
1880136#120

Nicknames for Anne

Names like Anne

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

Alice Annie Elizabeth Josephine Jane Anna Charlotte Rose Grace Sarah Elsie Eve

Other spellings of Anne

Ann An

Names related to Anne

Anni Anae Ane Anny Anea

More Hebrew names

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Sources

Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Anne: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anne, updated 20 October 2026.