Ann
About Ann
Ann, the name of the sainted mother of the Virgin Mary, was among the top girls’ names for centuries, in both the original English Ann spelling and the French Anne. Both left the Top 100 around 1970 and show no signs of returning, with Anne is the middle of the US Top 1000 and Ann dropped out of sight.
Once a go-to middle name, Ann has lost its stature in that position as well. Still, it's one of the most common names for girls of the 20th century.
Some more popular related names today include Hannah, Anna, and Annabelle.
As of October 2026, Ann ranked #1076 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #28 in 1936, Nameberry popularity #754.
Editor's take: The name Ann is a girl's name of Hebrew, English origin meaning "grace".
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank | Births | Per million |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #945 | 286 | 160.1 |
| 2015 | #898 | 307 | 172 |
| 2016 | #996 | 265 | 149.5 |
| 2017 | #1,009 | 257 | 148.9 |
| 2018 | #980 | 269 | 158.1 |
| 2019 | #981 | 263 | 156.7 |
| 2020 | #1,104 | 221 | 136.7 |
| 2021 | #1,102 | 224 | 136.5 |
| 2022 | #1,099 | 227 | 138.4 |
| 2023 | #1,073 | 231 | 144 |
| 2024 | #1,141 | 211 | 130.2 |
| 2025 | #1,076 | 225 | 140 |
World rankings
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Famous Anns
- (Dorothy) Ann Willis Richards
American politician, former governor of Texas
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American musician of rock band Heart
- Ann Matthews Martin
American children's novelist
- Ann Bradford Davis
American actress
- Ann Hart Coulter
American political commentator
- Ann Radcliffe
English Gothic novelist
- Ann Curry
American TV journalist
- Ann Landers
pen name of Esther Pauline "Eppie" Lederer, American advice columnist
- Ann Lois Davies Romney
wife of former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney
- (Stanley) Ann Dunham
mother of U.S. President Barack Obama
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Margret (Olsson), Swedish,American actress and singer
- Ann Marie McLaughlin Korologos
19th U.S. Secretary of Labor
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Hayashi, American tennis player
- Ann "Annie" McLane Kuster
U.S. Congresswoman from New Hampshire
- Ann VanderMeer
American publisher and editor Weird Tales Magazine
- Ann Jillian (born Ann Jura Nauseda)
American actress
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American actress
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Kathrin Brömmel, German model
- Ann Hodgman
American children's author
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American Cajun musician
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American composer
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Kathrin Linsenhoff, German equestrian
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American actress
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American author
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American actress
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English poet
- Ann Prentiss (born Ann Elizabeth Ragusa)
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- (Lucille) Ann Casey
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- Ann Elizabeth Meyers
American basketball player
- Ann Pennington
American actress and singer
- Ann Mallalieu
Baroness Mallalieu, English peer
- Ann Shoket
American magazine editor
- Anate "Ann" Augustine
Indian actress
- Ann Todd Jealous
American author and activist
- Ann Truong
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- Ann Eleonora Jørgensen
Danish actress
- Ann Voskamp
American author
- Ann Kirkpatrick
U.S. Congresswoman from Arizona
- Ann Gillis (born Alma Mabel Conner)
American actress
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Ann in pop culture
- "Ann
" song by The Stooges
- Ann Meredith Perkins
character on TV's "Parks and Recreation"
- Ann Paul Veal
character on TV's "Arrested Development"
- Ann Weying aka She
Venom, character in Marvel Comics
- Ann Bradshaw
character in the Gemma Doyle trilogy by Libba Bray
- Ann Possible
Kim's mother on animated TV show "Kim Possible"
- Ann Ewing
character on TV's "Dallas"
- Ann "Panther" Takamaki
character in "Persona" series
- Ann Darrow
character in "King Kong" series
- Ann
character in video game "Style Savvy"
- Ann
character in video game "Harvest Moon"
- Annalina "Ann" Aldurren
character in the Sword of Truth series by Terry Goodkind
- Ann Summers
British lingerie and sex toy company
- Ann
character in Yesterday's child, by Barbara Wood
- Ann
character in "Glitch", by Cotton Valent
- Ann Taylor
clothing brand
- Raggedy Ann
style of doll
- Sweet Ann
an English Vocaloid
Variations & nicknames
- AnneFrench
- Ana Spanish
More nicknames
- Annie