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Annette

Gender
Girl
Origin
French
UK rank, 2025
#3,101 for girls
US rank, 2025
#1,443 for girls

Annette is a girls' name of French origin, meaning “grace, gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 1,443rd for girls in the US (149 babies).

What does Annette mean?

French

“grace, gracious”

A female given name from French.

From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.

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

Annette is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 149 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.

How popular is Annette in the UK?

Rank in 2025
3,101st among girls
Babies in 2025
8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady up 9% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Annette, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 23 girls.

2025 had more girls named Annette than any year since 2015.

Half of all the girls named Annette in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2012. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.

Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.

In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#74) and 1964 (#79).

1996Busiest: 23 in 19962025
Annette in the UK, year by year
YearGirlsRank
20258#3,101
20244#4,907
20230–
20220–
20214#4,864
20204#4,744
20196#3,738
20181#7,536
20175#4,250
20166#3,788
20159#2,855
20140–
20134#4,953
20126#3,881
201111#2,393
201011#2,379
200911#2,298
200815#1,840
20075#3,858
200612#1,987
200510#2,206
20045#3,356
20038#2,320
20020–
20016#2,587
20006#2,554
19996#2,559
19988#2,110
199711#1,664
199623#958

How popular is Annette in the US?

Rank in 2025
1,443rd among girls
Babies in 2025
149 about 1 in 11,000 girls
Five-year trend
Steady down 16% in five years
Same name in a class
under 1% chance among 15 girls

In 2025, 149 girls in the US were named Annette, making it the 1,443rd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,264th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 7,136 girls.

2025 had fewer girls named Annette than any year since 1906.

Half of all the girls named Annette in the US since 1880 were born between 1946 and 1967, the years shaded on the chart below.

In 2025, 161 girls in the US were given Annette or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,227, up from #1,443 for this spelling alone.

1880Busiest: 7,136 in 19602025
Annette in the US, year by year
YearGirlsRank
2025149#1,443
2024176#1,305
2023164#1,373
2022171#1,362
2021171#1,317
2020177#1,264
2019212#1,139
2018194#1,214
2017197#1,217
2016202#1,217
2015177#1,337
2014184#1,291
2013181#1,292
2012213#1,153
2011202#1,189
2010244#1,025
2009232#1,101
2008257#1,020
2007321#868
2006304#874
2005341#774
2004389#695
2003330#753
2002434#596
2001352#703
2000309#745
1999287#770
1998281#765
1997290#736
1996294#717
1995334#646
1994337#644
1993362#623
1992430#545
1991450#517
1990469#513
1989483#486
1988573#410
1987587#392
1986607#380
1985656#359
1984696#334
1983722#322
1982863#283
1981949#262
1980970#263
19791,000#250
19781,045#237
19771,134#219
19761,299#191
19751,363#187
19741,382#188
19731,606#171
19721,870#155
19712,466#132
19702,891#128
19693,106#113
19683,471#102
19674,005#85
19664,428#79
19655,262#71
19646,188#68
19636,050#71
19626,076#75
19616,203#73
19607,136#62
19596,919#64
19586,134#76
19574,888#97
19563,750#119
19552,344#156
19542,281#154
19532,485#145
19522,160#156
19512,253#143
19502,127#144
19491,958#151
19481,931#146
19472,145#140
19461,919#142
19451,574#149
19441,667#146
19431,916#142
19422,041#134
19412,024#128
19402,004#126
19392,065#121
19382,149#119
19372,158#115
19361,851#125
19351,476#142
1934872#203
1933755#222
1932683#232
1931741#223
1930781#220
1929731#224
1928780#224
1927782#228
1926780#228
1925838#222
1924868#221
1923887#215
1922850#225
1921865#218
1920868#220
1919801#220
1918846#217
1917775#219
1916773#219
1915660#235
1914526#233
1913408#241
1912342#243
1911227#256
1910232#253
1909181#266
1908185#257
1907152#284
1906126#293
1905123#302
1904123#288
190398#315
1902115#292
1901106#293
1900113#310
189994#304
1898101#312
189791#302
189679#326
189588#309
189461#355
189363#338
189287#288
189153#344
189063#317
188953#341
188845#356
188747#310
188640#338
188549#283
188440#304
188345#269
188227#341
188126#312
188028#294

Names like Annette

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

Alice, Charlotte, Amy, Bonnie, Annie, Billie, Florence, Michelle, Adele, Anna, Grace, Constance

Other spellings of Annette

Anette

Names related to Annette

Annetta, Anneth, Annett, Annet, Anett, Yanette

More French names

Eleanor, Beau, Esme, Darcie, Darcy, Genevieve, Esmae, Arleth, Elle, Russell, Monty, Mallory, Percy, Lacey, Belle, Quincy

Every French name

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, “Annette: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annette, updated 20 October 2026.