Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Ann

#72 most common girls' name of all time · #143 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#72
Rank overall
#143 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
471,625
Since 2016
2,396
Peak year
1957 #44
Best rank
#28 1936
Girls Boys peak 9,068/yr
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Ann is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 225 — 225 #1,076
2024 213 — 213 #1,136
2023 231 — 231 #1,073
2022 227 — 227 #1,098
2021 224 — 224 #1,103
2020 221 — 221 #1,105
2019 264 — 264 #978
2018 269 — 269 #982
2017 257 — 257 #1,009
2016 265 — 265 #996
2015 307 — 307 #897
2014 286 — 286 #944
2013 280 — 280 #912
2012 268 — 268 #949
2011 256 — 256 #992
2010 286 — 286 #913
2009 287 — 287 #930
2008 344 — 344 #826
2007 368 — 368 #783
2006 388 — 388 #723
2005 435 — 435 #640
2004 402 6 408 #685
2003 499 — 499 #552
2002 525 — 525 #521
2001 506 — 506 #529
2000 546 — 546 #493
1999 583 — 583 #456
1998 555 — 555 #464
1997 626 — 626 #415
1996 663 — 663 #400
1995 743 — 743 #354
1994 784 — 784 #341
1993 848 — 848 #314
1992 946 — 946 #295
1991 1,025 — 1,025 #268
1990 1,124 — 1,124 #251
1989 1,089 8 1,097 #246
1988 1,171 6 1,177 #222
1987 1,204 — 1,204 #221
1986 1,303 8 1,311 #199
1985 1,443 — 1,443 #187
1984 1,695 6 1,701 #160
1983 1,812 12 1,824 #157
1982 1,920 9 1,929 #155
1981 2,123 11 2,134 #133
1980 2,168 7 2,175 #136
1979 2,266 10 2,276 #126
1978 2,320 9 2,329 #125
1977 2,452 8 2,460 #118
1976 2,436 14 2,450 #108
1975 2,715 11 2,726 #104
1974 2,928 11 2,939 #100
1973 3,255 13 3,268 #93
1972 3,360 15 3,375 #91
1971 4,558 20 4,578 #78
1970 5,740 25 5,765 #62
1969 6,133 16 6,149 #57
1968 6,177 10 6,187 #54
1967 6,247 25 6,272 #57
1966 5,993 20 6,013 #61
1965 6,784 27 6,811 #59
1964 7,758 24 7,782 #60
1963 7,975 19 7,994 #57
1962 8,123 20 8,143 #56
1961 8,216 22 8,238 #54
1960 8,677 25 8,702 #51
1959 8,918 13 8,931 #44
1958 8,856 23 8,879 #47
1957 9,040 28 9,068 #44
1956 8,990 19 9,009 #46
1955 8,916 23 8,939 #43
1954 8,751 18 8,769 #44
1953 8,579 16 8,595 #46
1952 8,653 18 8,671 #45
1951 8,423 13 8,436 #46
1950 7,921 10 7,931 #45
1949 7,870 15 7,885 #44
1948 8,025 19 8,044 #44
1947 8,894 20 8,914 #41
1946 8,077 12 8,089 #40
1945 7,038 22 7,060 #39
1944 7,081 19 7,100 #39
1943 7,829 23 7,852 #37
1942 7,666 41 7,707 #38
1941 7,121 22 7,143 #37
1940 7,196 23 7,219 #35
1939 6,551 23 6,574 #33
1938 6,990 30 7,020 #32
1937 6,713 28 6,741 #30
1936 6,666 34 6,700 #28
1935 6,706 27 6,733 #30
1934 6,641 25 6,666 #32
1933 6,209 19 6,228 #34
1932 6,195 20 6,215 #34
1931 5,858 19 5,877 #35
1930 5,531 26 5,557 #41
1929 5,172 18 5,190 #46
1928 4,932 24 4,956 #54
1927 4,782 14 4,796 #59
1926 4,779 5 4,784 #55
1925 4,935 23 4,958 #52
1924 5,035 14 5,049 #55
1923 5,022 12 5,034 #52
1922 5,054 21 5,075 #49
1921 5,058 19 5,077 #53
1920 5,041 15 5,056 #49
1919 4,924 8 4,932 #49
1918 5,613 13 5,626 #44
1917 5,455 14 5,469 #44
1916 5,343 12 5,355 #40
1915 4,895 12 4,907 #43
1914 3,888 9 3,897 #40
1913 2,998 7 3,005 #46
1912 2,666 9 2,675 #47
1911 1,882 11 1,893 #53
1910 1,842 12 1,854 #52
1909 1,477 5 1,482 #56
1908 1,354 5 1,359 #62
1907 1,264 6 1,270 #62
1906 1,064 5 1,069 #70
1905 996 6 1,002 #75
1904 880 — 880 #78
1903 774 — 774 #84
1902 753 — 753 #84
1901 634 — 634 #89
1900 736 — 736 #92
1899 586 — 586 #92
1898 593 — 593 #101
1897 545 — 545 #98
1896 488 — 488 #105
1895 551 — 551 #97
1894 470 — 470 #105
1893 397 — 397 #110
1892 393 — 393 #115
1891 337 — 337 #118
1890 328 — 328 #121
1889 341 — 341 #113
1888 295 — 295 #124
1887 239 — 239 #124
1886 229 — 229 #124
1885 208 — 208 #124
1884 214 — 214 #118
1883 167 — 167 #125
1882 150 — 150 #125
1881 130 — 130 #123
1880 131 — 131 #122