Anne

Girl French #581 in 2023

Anne is a girl name of French origin.

Meaning of Anne

From Anne, from Anna chiefly in reference to the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to, from Ἄννα in the New Testament, from חַנָּה, from חַנָּה. Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English.

Popularity of Anne

Popularity, 1880–2023

515 births in 2023

1880 2023

324,198 U.S. births recorded from 1880–2023.

Peak year

1959

5,745 babies

First recorded

1880

Earliest SSA data

Recent trend

Steady

Last 5 yrs vs. prior 5

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Popularity counts come from the U.S. Social Security Administration's national dataset. Etymology adapted from Wiktionary under CC BY-SA 4.0. If you spot an error, please let us know.