girl's name

Anemone

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 3
  • Letters 7
  • Births on record 206

Anemone is a girl's name with 3 syllables. In 2023 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Peaked in France in 1979, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use in France.
  • First appears in birth records in 1975.
  • 3 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Anemone over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2010s, still in progress — it covers 2010 to 2009, not a full ten years. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2009, not a full ten years.

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Births named Anemone by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 30
1980s 65
1990s 35
2000s 35
2010s (to 2009) 15
2020s (to 2009) 15

How popular is Anemone?

In 2009, Anemone was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Anemone is used

France as Anémone #3,839 5 in 2025
United States #15,716 5 in 2023

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

How Anemone is spelled

Birth registers count each spelling separately, so every one has its own ranking.

Spelling What it is Births on record
Anémone Anémone is a rare spelling of Anemone, written with an acute accent and recorded about 55 times, mostly in France. 55

Names that peaked alongside Anemone

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anemone also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anemone over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Anemone

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anemone — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anemone

How popular is the name Anemone?

In 2009, Anemone was given to 5 babies in France. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Anemone a girl's or a boy's name?

Anemone is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Anemone?

Anemone has 3 syllables.

When was Anemone most popular?

Anemone peaked in 1979, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.

Is Anemone a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anemone currently ranks #3,839 in France. It has largely dropped out of use. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.