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Ann

Girls' name · Mid-century perennial

Living in the US
~267,500 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#1,076 among girls
Births in 2025
225 471,625 since 1880
Typical age
66 years, median

Ann popularity over time

Ann rank by birth year, 1880–2025Ann ranked #122 in 1880 and #1,076 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #28, in 1936.#100#1,000#1,076best #28 in 193618901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1880–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

More children were named Ann in 1957 than in any other year — 9,068 of them. The name is already in use in 1880, where the data begins. It has held a top-100 place in 78 separate years.

As of 2025 the name sits at #1,076, with 225 births that year. Compared with 2015, births are down 27%. Year on year the rank improved by 59.

Babies named Ann per yearPeaks at 9,068 births in 1957.9,068 in 1957018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Ann?

An estimated 267,500 living Americans are called Ann. That is out of 471,625 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Ann?

Half of living Anns are older than 66, half younger. Most living bearers were born in the 1950s. By the site’s era rules that makes Ann a mid-century perennial name.

Your Ann

Ages of living people named AnnHalf of living Anns are older than 66 and half younger.median 66020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Ann is most common

Ann is 10.7× as common in Mississippi as it is nationally. Alabama, Tennessee and South Carolina follow.

Where Ann is used more than average5 states use the name Ann more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: not over-representedNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: 2.5× the national rateTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: 2.3× the national rateSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: 1.8× the national rateLAMississippi: 10.7× the national rateMSAlabama: 8.3× the national rateALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Ann is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
Mississippi 166 10.7×
Alabama 238 8.3×
Tennessee 117 2.5×
South Carolina 63 2.3×
Louisiana 50 1.8×

Ann in England and Wales

ONS recorded 14 births named Ann in 2025, ranking it #2,006.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Where the name Ann comes from

From Late Latin Anna chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (“Anna”) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (“Hannah”), from חַנָּה (“grace, gracious, graced with child”). Occasionally reborrowed from languages who adopted the name from English. Very infrequently from Estonian abbreviation of Anna instead. Doublet of Ana, Anna, Anne, Hannah.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

Notable people named Ann

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Ann Radcliffe English author and pioneer of the Gothic novel 1764–1823 61
Ann Coulter American author, political commentator 1961 53
Ann Blyth American actress 1927–2026 45
Ann Rutherford Canadian-American actress 1917–2012 38
Ann Sheridan American actress 1915–1967 38
Ann Linde Swedish politician 1961 38
Ann Richards American politician 1933–2006 34
Ann Widdecombe British politician and media personality 1947–2026 33
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

Names similar to Ann

Matched by sound and spelling inside this dataset, then ordered by total recorded births. This is not a claim about shared etymology.

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