Annie

What Annie means

Meaning not yet sourced. Wiktionary has no word-by-word meaning for Annie yet, and we don’t write our own.

Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1922, with 7,476 babies; 1,690 in 2025 Worked out from the official US and England & Wales counts, not a meaning.

How popular is Annie?

US: Rising: up from #323 in 2015. England & Wales: Steady: #119 in 2015, #111 now.

Biggest US share so far: 1881, when 1,326 girls got the name (#8 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 951 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 596 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 389 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in MS (3.71 per 1,000 girls), AL (3.44 per 1,000 girls), SD (3.28 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Annie is #182 in the US and #111 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Annie were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anaia183 US · 14 E&W
• Ania69 US · 11 E&W
• Annia39 US
• Anniah5 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Annie

Girls

• Ruth#173Editor’s note Peaked in the US in 1920, with 26,102 babies; 1,781 in 2025
• Rosemary#251“dew of the sea”^*
• Wrenley#158Editor’s note More popular in the US than England & Wales: #158 vs #1,454 in 2025
• Celine#207“heaven”^*
• Alora#195“my dream”^*
• Rosie#283Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #775 in 2015, #283 in 2025

For a brother

• Walker#78Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #340 in 2015, #78 in 2025
• Stetson#136“site in the Parish of South Brent”^*
• Lorenzo#117Editor’s note Up from #216 in 2015 to #117 in 2025 in the US. About 1 in 560 US boys in the 2025 records
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Baker#217From a surname for “a baker, or owner of a communal oven”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under where there are enough, topped up with common names whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Annie’s. Place names are only included if they are in the top 300. Rank is US 2025.