Anne
2025 SSA
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About Anne
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 but Anne is still among the most classic names for girls, although others are more likely to choose the original Hannah, the Anna variation, or even Annabel or Annabella.
Anne for girls#619 US
Anne was on a long slide from the early 1980s until about 2010, when its popularity in the US stabilized around the middle of the Top 1000.
Anne was the name of six queens of England, two of them wives of Henry VIII, as well as the name of the present Queen Elizabeth's only daughter plus French and Russian royalty. More recently, Mindy Kaling chose Anne for her second daughter.
Anne has too many distinguished namesakes to enumerate--but among them are Anne Hathaway, (both Shakespeare's wife and the contemporary actress), Anne of Green Gables, Anne Bronte, Anne Frank, and Anne Morrow Lindbergh.
Anne for boys
Anne, usually seen as a girls' name, is also attested as a boys' name - for example, Anne de Montmorency, who was a French soldier, statesman and diplomat. He became Marshal of France and Constable of France. It is also a Frisian male name deriving from the element arn "eagle", as in Dutch author Anne de Vries.
Pronounced AN.
As of October 2026, Anne ranked #619 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #52 in 1915, Nameberry popularity #289.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · girls | Births · girls | US rank · boys | Births · boys |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | #554 | 559 | — | 0 |
| 2015 | #565 | 543 | — | 0 |
| 2016 | #554 | 562 | — | 0 |
| 2017 | #578 | 522 | — | 0 |
| 2018 | #601 | 506 | — | 0 |
| 2019 | #573 | 531 | — | 0 |
| 2020 | #626 | 463 | — | 0 |
| 2021 | #588 | 510 | — | 0 |
| 2022 | #573 | 522 | — | 0 |
| 2023 | #581 | 515 | — | 0 |
| 2024 | #649 | 450 | — | 0 |
| 2025 | #619 | 472 | — | 0 |
World rankings
Anne for girls
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Anne on lists
Famous Annes
- Saint AnneGirl
mother of the Virgin Mary
- AnneGirl
Queen of Great Britain
- Anne of BohemiaGirl
Queen consort of Richard II of England
- Anne NevilleGirl
Queen consort of Richard III of England
- Anne BoleynGirl
2nd Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
- Anne of ClevesGirl
4th Queen consort of Henry VIII of England
- Anne of DenmarkGirl
Queen consort of James VI and I of England and Scotland
- Anne of KievGirl
Queen consort of Henry I of France
- AnneGirl
Duchess of Brittany, Queen consort of Charles VIII and Louis XII of France
- Anne of Austria (born Ana Maria Mauricia)Girl
Queen consort of Louis XIII of France
- AnneGirl
Marie Dagmar Ingrid of Denmark; Queen consort of Constantine II of Greece
- Anne Antoinette Françoise Charlotte Zita Marguerite of BourbonGirl
Parma, Queen consort of Michael I of Romania
- Anne of Bohemia and Hungary aka Anna JagellonicaGirl
Queen consort of Ferdinand I of the Romans
- Anne of AustriaGirl
Queen consort of Sigismund III Vasa of Poland and Sweden
- Anne HydeGirl
Duchess of York, wife of future King James II of England; mother of Queen Anne
- AnneGirl
Princess of England, daughter of Charles I
- AnneGirl
Princess Royal & Princess of Orange, daughter of Britain's George II
- Anne Elizabeth Alice LouiseGirl
Princess Royal, daughter of Britain's Elizabeth II
- Anne SuzukiGirl
Japanese actress
- Anne Bancroft (born Anna Maria Louisa Italiano)Girl
American actress
- Anne BaxterGirl
American actress
- Anne BradstreetGirl
first published poet in the U.S.
- Johanna "Anne" Mansfield SullivanGirl
American tutor of Helen Keller
- Anne BonnyGirl
Irish pirate
- Anne BrontëGirl
English novelist
- Anne Louise DudekGirl
American actress
- Anne of AustriaGirl
Landgravine of Thuringia
- Anne FrancineGirl
American actress
- Anne Lloyd FrancisGirl
American actress
- Annelies Marie "Anne" FrankGirl
Dutch WWII diarist
- Anne Jacqueline HathawayGirl
American actress
- Anne HathawayGirl
wife of William Shakespeare
- Anne Bright HoltonGirl
American lawyer and judge
- Anne HutchinsonGirl
American religious dissenter
- Anne VilliersGirl
Countess of Morton
- Anne Maree JudkinsGirl
New Zealand race walker
- Anne W. BurrellGirl
American celebrity chef
- Anne Viensouk KeothavongGirl
Laotian,British tennis player
- Anne Elise KornblutGirl
American writer and journalist
- Anne KremerGirl
Luxembourgish tennis player
- Anne MearaGirl
American actress and comedian
- Anne Spencer Morrow LindberghGirl
American author, wife of aviator Charles Lindbergh
- Anne WatanabeGirl
Japanese model, daughter of actor Ken Watanabe
- (Morna) Anne MurrayGirl
Canadian pop singer
- Anne Klein (born Hannah Golofski)Girl
American fashion designer
- Anne ProvoostGirl
Belgian novelist
- Anne Rice (born Howard Allen Frances O'Brien)Girl
American novelist
- Anne SextonGirl
American poet
- Anne Inez McCaffreyGirl
Irish novelist
- Anne Jeffreys (born Annie Carmichael)Girl
American actress
- Anne Charlotte McClainGirl
American astronaut
- Anne VeskiGirl
Estonian pop singer
- Anne GeddesGirl
New Zealand photographer
- Anne Elizabeth DarwinGirl
daughter of naturalist Charles Darwin
- Anne RoyallGirl
first U.S. woman journalist
- Anne Kristine StuartGirl
American romance novelist
- Anne Graham LotzGirl
American Christian evangelist, daughter of Billy Graham
- Anne Hampton "Annie" PottsGirl
American actress
- Anne de ZoghebGirl
Lebanese model, wife of singer Paul Anka
- Anne Phyllis TylerGirl
American novelist
- AnneGirl
Marie (Rose Nicholson), British singer and songwriter
- Anne ThérèseGirl
Princess of Savoy
- Anne CharlotteGirl
Princess of Lorraine, Abbess of Remiremont, Mons and Essen
- Anne SavileGirl
Princess of Löwenstein,Wertheim,Freudenberg, English aviatrix
- Anne Marguerite Brigitte MarieGirl
Princess of Orléans, Duchess of Calabria; daughter of Prince Henri
- Anne Ferelith Fenella BowesGirl
Lyon; Viscountess Anson; Princess George Valdemar of Denmark; cousin of Queen Elizabeth II
- Anne CarsonGirl
Canadian poet and translator
- Anne Elizabeth Gabrielle EdmondsGirl
Australian comedian
- Anne DiamondGirl
English journalist and television presenter
- AnneBoy
duc de Montmorency, Marshal of France
- Anne Robert Jacques TurgotBoy
Baron de l'Aulne, French economist and statesman
- Anne Casimir Pyrame de CandolleBoy
Swiss botanist
- Anne de VriesBoy
Dutch novelist
- Anne HamiltonBoy
Scottish nobleman
- Anne de NoaillesBoy
1st Duke of Noailles
- Guillaume MarieBoy
Anne Brune, Marshal of France
Anne in pop culture
- Anne ShirleyGirl
main character in L. M. Montgomery's "Anne of Green Gables" series
- Anne ElliotGirl
character in Jane Austen's "Persuasion"
- Anne PageGirl
character in Shakespeare's "The Merry Wives of Windsor"
- Anne Patricia Howard MartinGirl
character in movie "The Patriot"
- Anne CahillGirl
character in "The 39 Clues" series
- Anne WheelerGirl
character in "The Greatest Showman"
- AnneGirl
character in video game "Style Savvy"
- Anne SteeleGirl
character on "Buffy the Vampire Slayer"
- Anne ManningGirl
from the movie "Separate Lies"
- Anne MacMorrowGirl
from movie "The Water Horse: Legend of the Deep"
- Anne JuergensGirl
character on TV's "Secret Life of the American Teenager"
- Anne WinslowGirl
character on TV's "Requiem for Murder"
- Anne SullivanGirl
reoccurring character on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"
- Anne WeyingGirl
character in Marvel Universe
- AnneGirl
Marie Hoag, character in Marvel Universe
- Anne KirrinGirl
character in Enid Blyton's 'Famous Five' series