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Its wave through time Most used in the 2000s
In the United States 0 20 40 60 1880 1900 1920 1940 1960 1980 2000 2020 Peak 2003 per 100,000 babies of that sex 18,124 babies given this name since 1961 At its height in 2003, about 1 in 1,700 girls 324 babies in 2020 Names worth a look Anneke Girl Dutch diminutive of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favour'. Renaissance · forgotten Anikó Girl A Hungarian diminutive of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favour'. Victorian Anke Girl Low German and Frisian pet form of Anna (Hebrew 'grace, favour'). Modern · forgotten Angustias Girl Spanish 'anguish, distress', from the Virgen de las Angustias, patroness of Granada. Victorian · forgotten Annegret Girl Combination of Anna (Hebrew 'grace, favour') and Grete (from Margarete, Greek 'pearl'). Modern · forgotten Anxo Boy Galician form of Ángel, from Greek angelos 'messenger'. Modern Anaïg Girl Breton diminutive of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favour'. Modern Anca Girl A Romanian diminutive of Ana, from Hebrew Hannah 'grace, favour'. Middle Ages Where this comes from United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.