Annie
For 2025 the count puts Annie at #182 nationwide, and gathering speed. Its high-water mark came in 1922, which makes it a grandparent-generation name enjoying its afterlife.
Annie’s free Name Kit
Five printables for Annie, drawn in your browser at print size the moment you ask: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet, and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Letter size, 300 dpi, in the site’s own hand.
- Name print Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
- Nursery sign The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
- Tracing sheet The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
- Shortlist sheet A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
- Sibling names sheet Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Name print
Meaning, origin and the popularity curve on one sheet, ready for a frame.
Nursery sign
The name big and bright, for a door, a shelf or the top of a dresser.
Tracing sheet
The name in dotted letters, with room to go over it again and again.
Shortlist sheet
A page for weighing names side by side: initials, nicknames, how it sounds with yours.
Sibling names sheet
Twelve names that go with this one, each with the reason, from the sibling matcher.
Print on plain letter paper or heavier card; the sign and the print look best on matte stock.
Annie since 1880
Annie peaked in 1922 at #30; #182 in 2025.
United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.
Where Annie is most common
By share of a state's recorded girls' names, Annie runs strongest in Mississippi at 0.37% in 2025, then Alabama and South Dakota.
Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.
Names that sit near Annie
Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.
Ada
#219 in 2025
Anna
#107 in 2025 · Hebrew
Arthur
#87 in 2025 · Celtic
Mabel
#201 in 2025 · Latin
Vera
#205 in 2025 · Slavonic
June
#150 in 2025
Edward
#224 in 2025 · Teutonic
Warren
#240 in 2025 · Teutonic
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About Annie
Where does Annie rank right now?
For 2025 the count puts Annie at #182 nationwide, and gathering speed. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.
What does Annie mean?
The 1884 reference we quote from has no entry for Annie. Rather than borrow a gloss from somewhere we cannot cite, the page leaves the meaning blank and lets the chart speak.
What names go with Annie?
Nearest by the published recipe: Ada, Anna and Arthur. The sibling matcher scores every common American name against the ones you already have.
Get Annie’s free Name Kit
Five printables made in your browser: a name print for the wall, a nursery sign, a tracing sheet, a shortlist sheet and twelve sibling names with the reason for each. Yours in a moment, for one email.
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