Annette Girl
How popular is Annette?
#1,443 girl name in 2025
149 baby girls were named Annette in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name.
Annette popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,443 for girls (▼ 138 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 149 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-16% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,337 in 2015, #1,264 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1960 (7,136 girls) |
| Highest rank | #62 in 1960 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Annette counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Annette family of names ranked #1,161 for girls in 2025 (#1,037 the year before), with 161 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Annette | 149 | 93% |
| Anette | 12 | 7% |
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 Annette is most popular
Babies named Annette per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Texas: 0.2 per 1,000 (124 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (125 girls)
- Wisconsin: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- Illinois: 0.1 per 1,000 (31 girls)
- Arizona: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
Annette by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 400 | #269 |
| 1890s | 780 | #288 |
| 1900s | 1,322 | #257 |
| 1910s | 5,590 | #217 |
| 1920s | 8,249 | #215 |
| 1930s | 13,531 | #115 |
| 1940s | 19,179 | #126 |
| 1950s | 35,341 | #64 |
| 1960s | 51,925 | #62 |
| 1970s | 16,056 | #128 |
| 1980s | 7,106 | #262 |
| 1990s | 3,534 | #513 |
| 2000s | 3,269 | #596 |
| 2010s | 2,006 | #1,025 |
| 2020s | 1,008 | #1,264 |
Girl names about as popular as Annette
Questions
- Is Annette a boy or girl name?
- Annette is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Annette were girls.
- How popular is the name Annette?
- 149 baby girls were named Annette in the US in 2025, making it the 1443rd most popular girl name.
- When was Annette most popular?
- Annette peaked in 1960, when 7,136 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #62 in 1960.
- How many people are named Annette?
- 169,795 babies have been named Annette in the US since 1880. We estimate about 123,761 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 64.
- Where is Annette most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Annette was most common in Texas, at 0.2 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.