girl's name

Annamae

  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 7
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 3,827

Northern Ireland

#438

as Anna-Mae, 2015

Annamae is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1922, when 143 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 138,141 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1896.

Annamae over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1890s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

1,115
'90 '00 '10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Annamae by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1890s 8
1900s 102
1910s 543
1920s 1,115
1930s 591
1940s 335
1950s 130
1960s 64
1970s 24
1980s 69
1990s 95
2000s 186
2010s 301
2020s (to 2025) 152

How popular is Annamae?

In 2025, Annamae was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Annamae is used

Northern Ireland as Anna-Mae #438 3 in 2015
Ireland as Anna-Mae #917 3 in 2022
France as Anna-Mae #2,741 5 in 2003
Canada as Anna-Mae #3,388 5 in 2021
United States #5,310 24 in 2025
England & Wales as Anna-Mae #5,982 3 in 2022

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.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

How Annamae is spelled

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

Spelling What it is Births on record
Anna-Mae Anna-Mae is Annamae written with a hyphen, used in France, where it ranks #2,741. 94
Anna Mae Anna Mae is Annamae written as two words, used in Ireland, where it ranks #765. 7

Names that peaked alongside Annamae

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

Parents who like Annamae also like

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

Sibling names for Annamae

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

Common questions about Annamae

How popular is the name Annamae?

In 2025, Annamae was given to 24 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Annamae is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Annamae most popular?

Annamae peaked in 1922, when 143 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Annamae a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Annamae currently ranks #5,310 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.