Ann

Ann: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“grace”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
AN · 1 syllable
Used for
Girls

English form of Anne, from Latin Anna, from Greek and ultimately Hebrew Hannah. A long-standing classic used both alone and in compounds.

How popular is Ann?

202463.0 per million US babies
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Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Ann in 2024211

2024 rank#1,142 girls

Peak year1936

Total US babies since 1880471,397

Ann is steady now but far below its 1936 peak.

Names like Ann

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

Ann questions

What does the name Ann mean?

Ann means "grace". It comes from Hebrew. English form of Anne, from Latin Anna, from Greek and ultimately Hebrew Hannah. A long-standing classic used both alone and in compounds.

Is Ann a boy or girl name?

Ann is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Ann?

211 US babies were named Ann in 2024. Its peak year was 1936.

How do you pronounce Ann?

Ann is usually pronounced AN.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.