Annie
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Annie is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 92nd for girls in the UK (562 babies) and 182nd for girls in the US (1,690 babies).
What does Annie mean?
Hebrew: pet form of Ann and Anna
“favour, grace”
A pet form of Ann and Anna; the musical Annie is based on the comic strip Little Orphan Annie.
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Is Annie a girl's or a boy's name?
Annie is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 562 girls in the UK and 1,690 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annie in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #92among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 562about 1 in 500 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 3% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.8%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 562 girls in the UK were named Annie, making it the 92nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 109th. Its busiest year was 2016, with 643 girls.
Half of all the girls named Annie in the UK since 1996 were born between 2005 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 111th in England and Wales, 94th in Scotland and 7th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1904 (#6), 1914 (#12), 1924 (#28) and 1934 (#69).
Annie in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 562 | #92 |
| 2024 | 555 | #95 |
| 2023 | 548 | #101 |
| 2022 | 599 | #93 |
| 2021 | 577 | #100 |
| 2020 | 497 | #109 |
| 2019 | 565 | #101 |
| 2018 | 561 | #103 |
| 2017 | 623 | #100 |
| 2016 | 643 | #98 |
| 2015 | 613 | #109 |
| 2014 | 584 | #108 |
| 2013 | 556 | #113 |
| 2012 | 561 | #113 |
| 2011 | 485 | #130 |
| 2010 | 453 | #139 |
| 2009 | 426 | #148 |
| 2008 | 391 | #156 |
| 2007 | 377 | #164 |
| 2006 | 356 | #168 |
| 2005 | 361 | #163 |
| 2004 | 294 | #184 |
| 2003 | 331 | #165 |
| 2002 | 327 | #153 |
| 2001 | 359 | #144 |
| 2000 | 407 | #134 |
| 1999 | 416 | #133 |
| 1998 | 485 | #116 |
| 1997 | 464 | #123 |
| 1996 | 412 | #126 |
How popular is Annie in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #182among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,690about 1 in 950 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 44% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,690 girls in the US were named Annie, making it the 182nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 289th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 7,476 girls.
It has been given to more girls each year for the last 5 years. 2025 had more girls named Annie than any year since 1958.
Half of all the girls named Annie in the US since 1880 were born between 1915 and 1948, the years shaded on the chart below.
Annie in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,690 | #182 |
| 2024 | 1,570 | #192 |
| 2023 | 1,484 | #202 |
| 2022 | 1,417 | #205 |
| 2021 | 1,307 | #230 |
| 2020 | 1,103 | #289 |
| 2019 | 1,108 | #298 |
| 2018 | 1,091 | #307 |
| 2017 | 1,092 | #298 |
| 2016 | 1,131 | #286 |
| 2015 | 1,010 | #323 |
| 2014 | 1,058 | #313 |
| 2013 | 905 | #353 |
| 2012 | 835 | #374 |
| 2011 | 824 | #384 |
| 2010 | 813 | #392 |
| 2009 | 858 | #380 |
| 2008 | 824 | #392 |
| 2007 | 784 | #419 |
| 2006 | 813 | #394 |
| 2005 | 839 | #376 |
| 2004 | 817 | #381 |
| 2003 | 924 | #337 |
| 2002 | 977 | #313 |
| 2001 | 983 | #317 |
| 2000 | 1,042 | #306 |
| 1999 | 986 | #313 |
| 1998 | 921 | #324 |
| 1997 | 927 | #317 |
| 1996 | 999 | #289 |
| 1995 | 928 | #297 |
| 1994 | 803 | #332 |
| 1993 | 762 | #339 |
| 1992 | 730 | #353 |
| 1991 | 736 | #351 |
| 1990 | 822 | #333 |
| 1989 | 742 | #343 |
| 1988 | 721 | #341 |
| 1987 | 659 | #360 |
| 1986 | 719 | #336 |
| 1985 | 831 | #296 |
| 1984 | 794 | #300 |
| 1983 | 806 | #292 |
| 1982 | 1,016 | #246 |
| 1981 | 973 | #253 |
| 1980 | 1,001 | #258 |
| 1979 | 910 | #269 |
| 1978 | 662 | #332 |
| 1977 | 541 | #388 |
| 1976 | 464 | #430 |
| 1975 | 487 | #413 |
| 1974 | 464 | #421 |
| 1973 | 464 | #421 |
| 1972 | 438 | #438 |
| 1971 | 489 | #428 |
| 1970 | 499 | #441 |
| 1969 | 571 | #397 |
| 1968 | 611 | #365 |
| 1967 | 690 | #334 |
| 1966 | 736 | #325 |
| 1965 | 815 | #316 |
| 1964 | 1,034 | #282 |
| 1963 | 1,120 | #264 |
| 1962 | 1,299 | #245 |
| 1961 | 1,298 | #241 |
| 1960 | 1,478 | #221 |
| 1959 | 1,588 | #208 |
| 1958 | 1,723 | #196 |
| 1957 | 1,832 | #193 |
| 1956 | 2,116 | #171 |
| 1955 | 2,220 | #160 |
| 1954 | 2,409 | #150 |
| 1953 | 2,563 | #143 |
| 1952 | 2,838 | #127 |
| 1951 | 3,062 | #113 |
| 1950 | 3,331 | #106 |
| 1949 | 3,453 | #103 |
| 1948 | 3,721 | #97 |
| 1947 | 3,758 | #103 |
| 1946 | 3,651 | #97 |
| 1945 | 3,741 | #69 |
| 1944 | 3,738 | #71 |
| 1943 | 4,070 | #69 |
| 1942 | 4,293 | #62 |
| 1941 | 4,073 | #59 |
| 1940 | 4,216 | #56 |
| 1939 | 4,155 | #54 |
| 1938 | 4,562 | #47 |
| 1937 | 4,479 | #46 |
| 1936 | 4,529 | #45 |
| 1935 | 4,849 | #38 |
| 1934 | 5,018 | #38 |
| 1933 | 5,123 | #37 |
| 1932 | 5,385 | #41 |
| 1931 | 5,090 | #41 |
| 1930 | 5,756 | #40 |
| 1929 | 5,955 | #37 |
| 1928 | 6,329 | #37 |
| 1927 | 6,562 | #36 |
| 1926 | 6,877 | #34 |
| 1925 | 7,350 | #32 |
| 1924 | 7,347 | #32 |
| 1923 | 7,095 | #34 |
| 1922 | 7,476 | #30 |
| 1921 | 7,209 | #36 |
| 1920 | 7,268 | #35 |
| 1919 | 7,146 | #35 |
| 1918 | 6,743 | #36 |
| 1917 | 6,404 | #35 |
| 1916 | 6,105 | #36 |
| 1915 | 5,936 | #36 |
| 1914 | 4,800 | #33 |
| 1913 | 4,267 | #30 |
| 1912 | 4,083 | #27 |
| 1911 | 3,298 | #24 |
| 1910 | 3,519 | #19 |
| 1909 | 2,904 | #22 |
| 1908 | 2,820 | #21 |
| 1907 | 2,891 | #19 |
| 1906 | 2,774 | #18 |
| 1905 | 2,793 | #17 |
| 1904 | 2,631 | #17 |
| 1903 | 2,551 | #17 |
| 1902 | 2,664 | #16 |
| 1901 | 2,396 | #16 |
| 1900 | 3,324 | #11 |
| 1899 | 2,289 | #18 |
| 1898 | 2,470 | #18 |
| 1897 | 2,307 | #20 |
| 1896 | 2,358 | #19 |
| 1895 | 2,390 | #19 |
| 1894 | 2,393 | #18 |
| 1893 | 2,251 | #17 |
| 1892 | 2,348 | #15 |
| 1891 | 2,096 | #13 |
| 1890 | 2,220 | #15 |
| 1889 | 2,123 | #13 |
| 1888 | 2,188 | #14 |
| 1887 | 1,844 | #12 |
| 1886 | 1,765 | #13 |
| 1885 | 1,703 | #10 |
| 1884 | 1,739 | #10 |
| 1883 | 1,589 | #9 |
| 1882 | 1,492 | #10 |
| 1881 | 1,326 | #8 |
| 1880 | 1,258 | #11 |
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