Ann Girl
How popular is Ann?
#1,076 girl name in 2025
225 baby girls were named Ann in the US in 2025, making it the 1076th most popular girl name.
Ann popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,076 for girls (▲ 59 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 225 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-27% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #897 in 2015, #1,105 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (9,040 girls) |
| Highest rank | #28 in 1936 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.2% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Ann counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anne family of names ranked #402 for girls in 2025 (#404 the year before), with 772 babies in all.
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Ann is most popular
Babies named Ann per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Mississippi: 2.0 per 1,000 (92 girls)
- Alabama: 1.2 per 1,000 (114 girls)
- South Carolina: 0.4 per 1,000 (37 girls)
- Tennessee: 0.4 per 1,000 (64 girls)
- Virginia: 0.3 per 1,000 (50 girls)
Ann by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 2,104 | #112 |
| 1890s | 4,688 | #92 |
| 1900s | 9,932 | #56 |
| 1910s | 39,506 | #40 |
| 1920s | 49,810 | #46 |
| 1930s | 64,060 | #28 |
| 1940s | 76,797 | #35 |
| 1950s | 87,047 | #43 |
| 1960s | 72,083 | #51 |
| 1970s | 32,030 | #62 |
| 1980s | 15,928 | #133 |
| 1990s | 7,897 | #250 |
| 2000s | 4,300 | #493 |
| 2010s | 2,738 | #897 |
| 2020s | 1,341 | #1,073 |
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Questions
- Is Ann a boy or girl name?
- Ann is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Ann were girls.
- How popular is the name Ann?
- 225 baby girls were named Ann in the US in 2025, making it the 1076th most popular girl name.
- When was Ann most popular?
- Ann peaked in 1957, when 9,040 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #28 in 1936.
- How many people are named Ann?
- 471,625 babies have been named Ann in the US since 1880. We estimate about 264,505 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 67.
- Where is Ann most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Ann was most common in Mississippi, at 2.0 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.