Ann is a girl's name of English origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 211 girls in the United States.
Ann belongs to the English & American tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Ann first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #28 in 1936, and in 2024 211 babies received the name — 470,033 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Ann is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its English origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Ann is a girl name. In 2024, 211 babies received the name in the US.
Ann comes from the English & American tradition.
Ann first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #28 in 1936, and 211 babies were given the name in 2024.
Ann is pronounced /æn/ (IPA).
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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