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How popular is the name Anni?

Births per year, rank history and how many Annis are alive today.

Anni (female) is a rare spelling of the girls' name Annie in England and Wales, ranked 2138th in 2025 and given to 13 babies. This spelling of the name peaked in 2016, when 23 babies were given the name, the 1416th most popular that year.

Across all spellings of the name, the Annie you are most likely to meet is around 10 years old - or else around 29: the name has two living generations. Half of all Annies born in England and Wales are between 23 and 71, and there are at least 37,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 11% chance that at least one of them will be called Annie.

How many babies are named Anni each year?

Includes all spellings: Anni, Annie. Figures before 1996 are estimates.

05k10k15k1920194019601980200020201904: ~14,925 estimated (13,973-15,877)1914: ~8,706 estimated (6,516-10,896)1924: ~2,126 estimated (1,559-2,693)1934: ~459 estimated (328-591)1996: 3891997: 4231998: 4381999: 3632000: 3692001: 3092002: 2892003: 2852004: 2632005: 3152006: 3042007: 3142008: 3372009: 3602010: 3642011: 4042012: 4702013: 4552014: 4922015: 5092016: 5572017: 5132018: 4592019: 4542020: 3982021: 4722022: 4612023: 4362024: 4342025: 438estimatedactual

Where does the Anni spelling rank?

1101001,0005,000200020201998: ranked 3,8482000: ranked 3,9122001: ranked 3,9982002: ranked 2,5402004: ranked 2,1122005: ranked 4,7982006: ranked 4,1572007: ranked 3,2182008: ranked 3,0052009: ranked 3,4222010: ranked 4,0122011: ranked 1,9032012: ranked 1,8092013: ranked 2,1762014: ranked 2,8622015: ranked 1,7112016: ranked 1,4162017: ranked 2,0902018: ranked 1,4902019: ranked 1,9402020: ranked 1,7732021: ranked 1,8662022: ranked 2,4882023: ranked 2,3462024: ranked 1,7432025: ranked 2,138

Where does the Annie spelling rank?

1101002001920194019601980200020201904: ranked 61914: ranked 121924: ranked 281934: ranked 691996: ranked 1191997: ranked 1191998: ranked 1151999: ranked 1322000: ranked 1282001: ranked 1502002: ranked 1552003: ranked 1722004: ranked 1882005: ranked 1632006: ranked 1782007: ranked 1722008: ranked 1622009: ranked 1532010: ranked 1482011: ranked 1442012: ranked 1252013: ranked 1252014: ranked 1152015: ranked 1192016: ranked 1082017: ranked 1092018: ranked 1222019: ranked 1152020: ranked 1322021: ranked 1122022: ranked 1132023: ranked 1132024: ranked 1152025: ranked 111

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.

Chart: babies named Anni per year in England and Wales, 1904 to 2025, peaking at about 14,925 in 1904
Anni: births per year in England and Wales, 1904-2025. Free to share with a link back.

Common questions

When was the name Anni most popular?

The most popular form of the name, Annie, peaked in 1904, when around 14,900 babies in England and Wales were given the name. The Anni spelling itself peaked in 2016, with 23 babies.

How many people are called Anni?

At least 37,000 people named Anni in any spelling born in England and Wales are alive today.

How old is the typical Anni?

Most living Annis are between 23 and 71; the most common age is about 10. There is a second cluster around 29.

Is Anni becoming more or less popular?

Broadly steady in recent years.






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