Annie: Meaning, Popularity, Origin of Baby Name Annie | Girls

Annie

Pronunciation: A-nee (key)

Origin of the name Annie:

Pet form of Anne and Anna (gracious, full of grace).

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US Popularity of Annie Over Time

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Annie can also be short for Annabelle, Annalise, or Anita.
There is a sweet-smelling herb called Sweet Annie (Artemisia annua).

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I named my first daughter Annie. It's a sweet girly name. I love this name!

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I call my sister Anz :)
Ann, Anna, Annie-Ann, Annie Bananie, Annie-bell, Anster, Anners

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Annie Oakley, female sharpshooter

Annie in song, story & screen: | Edit

Annie Get Your Gun, musical
Little Orphan Annie, comic strip
Annie, musical
"Annie Hall," a Woody Allen movie
"Annie Waits", a song by Ben Folds
Annie Wilson, character on the TV series 90210
Annie, subject of the Michael Jackson song "Smooth Criminal"
"Annie" a song by Vanessa Carlton off her sophmore album, "Harmonium"
Annie Porter, in the 1994 hit movie "Speed"
Annie Walker, a CIA operative in the television series "Covert Affairs"
Annie Camden, the wife and mom on "7th Heaven"
Annie Banks-MacKenzie, Daughter from the "Father of the Bride" movies
Annie Cresta from the Hunger Games

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Current Popularity of Annie by State

Global Popularity of the Name Annie

  • #3 in Armenia
  • #91 in Sweden
  • #197 in Scotland
  • #245 in Canada (Alberta)
  • #307 in Canada (British Columbia)
  • #341 in Norway
  • #392 in United States
  • #409 in Canada (Quebec)