Ann

Boy · recorded 1905–2004

  • 2004last recorded
  • 1910best year

Most popular in 1910.

Last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys a year have been given it since, so it's a true rarity.

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Meaning

We don’t have a verified meaning for Ann.

We only publish meanings we can cite to a source you could check yourself. Most sites will give you one anyway; the ones you find elsewhere are often copied between sites without verification.

Its story

Popularity since 1905

0316219051930195519792004

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Per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 84 recorded years as a table
Ann, per million boys born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
190545
190638
190741
190832
190930
191062
191149
191221
191314
191414
191514
191613
191715
191813
19198
192014
192117
192219
192311
192412
192521
19265
192712
192822
192917
193024
193118
193219
193319
193424
193526
193633
193726
193827
193921
194020
194118
194230
194316
194414
194516
19467
194711
194811
19498
19506
19517
19529
19538
19549
195511
19569
195713
195811
19596
196012
196110
196210
19639
196412
196515
196611
196714
19686
19699
197013
197111
19729
19738
19747
19757
19769
19775
19785
19796
19804
19816
19825
19837
19843
19864
19883
19894
20043

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Ann isn’t concentrated in any one state. Either it’s spread evenly, or no state reaches the 25 births over three years needed before a rate means anything.

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2004
6
Rank in 2004
#9,948
How rare
1 in 330,829 boys
Since 1905
1,364

Ann was last recorded in 2004. Fewer than five boys have been given the name in any year since, which is the point below which the record stops reporting.

Most popular in 1910, at 62 per million boys born.

There isn’t enough data for a ten-year trend: Ann doesn’t appear in both ends of that window.

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.