girl's name

Anni

  • Origin Finnish
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,025

Scotland

#982

2014 births

Anni is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Anni is a name of Finnish origin.
  • Peaked in 2001, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 174,520 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1932.

Anni over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1930s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

145
'30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80 '90 '00 '10 '20
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Births named Anni by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1930s 5
1940s 10
1950s 17
1960s 14
1970s 37
1980s 79
1990s 100
2000s 145
2010s 134
2020s (to 2025) 85

How popular is Anni?

In 2025, Anni was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Anni is used

Scotland #982 3 in 2014
France #1,664 5 in 1954
England & Wales #2,251 13 in 2025
Canada #3,944 5 in 2023
United States #6,273 19 in 2025

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.

Names that peaked alongside Anni

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

Parents who like Anni also like

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

Anni in other languages

The same name as it is spelled elsewhere — not shortenings, and not different names that merely sound alike. Each one has its own record here.

Dutch
Anny
Other forms
Forms we hold no single language for — some are used across several, some are simply spelled differently.
Ani Hanni

Sibling names for Anni

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

Common questions about Anni

How popular is the name Anni?

In 2025, Anni was given to 19 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

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

Anni is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anni most popular?

Anni peaked in 2001, when 20 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Anni a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anni currently ranks #2,251 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.