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How popular is the name Ann?
Births per year, rank history and how many Anns are alive today.
Ann (female), once a common girls' name, is now rarely given to new babies in England and Wales: just 14 in 2025, ranked 2006th. This spelling of the name peaked in 1944, when around 10,700 babies were given the name, the 6th most popular that year. It has declined since 1944; the 2025 figure is roughly 1% of its peak. At least 230,000 babies have been named Ann in England and Wales since 1904. Figures before 1996 are estimates. Ann is one spelling of a name also recorded as Anne; the combined figures below cover every spelling.
Across all spellings of the name, the Ann you are most likely to meet is around 79 years old. Half of all Anns born in England and Wales are between 69 and 81, and there are at least 180,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly a 44% chance that at least one of them will be called Ann.
How many babies are named Ann each year?
Includes all spellings: Ann, Anne. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
Where does the Ann spelling rank?
Where does the Anne spelling rank?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Ann most popular?
Ann peaked in 1944, when around 10,700 babies in England and Wales were given the name across all spellings.
How many people are called Ann?
At least 180,000 people named Ann in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Ann?
Most living Anns are between 69 and 81; the most common age is about 79.
Is Ann becoming more or less popular?
Well past its peak: today's figures are a fraction of the 1944 peak, though numbers have levelled off in recent years.