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Annette

Pronounced /əˈnɛt/

Rank in 2024
#1,305
Born in 2024
176
Peak year
1960 · #62
Origin
French

1880 to 2024

Uncommon
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Its story in numbers

  • In 2024, 176 girls were named Annette, about 1 in every 9,166.
  • It peaked in 1960 with 7,136 babies, ranked #62.
  • It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
  • 169,146 girls have been named Annette since 1880.

Who else has this name

Babies named Annette per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.

  1. 0.7
    Greatest
  2. 1.3
    Silent
  3. 2.1
    Boomers
  4. 1.5
    Gen X
  5. 0.3
    Millennials
  6. 0.2
    Gen Z
  7. 0.1
    Gen Alpha

Greatest: 13,537 babies, 0.66 per 1,000. Silent: 26,268 babies, 1.27 per 1,000. Boomers: 74,947 babies, 2.09 per 1,000. Gen X: 37,298 babies, 1.46 per 1,000. Millennials: 8,812 babies, 0.31 per 1,000. Gen Z: 4,786 babies, 0.16 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,205 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.

Meaning and origin

From French Annette, diminutive of Anne, from Ἄννα (Ánna), the Ancient Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew female name חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious”) with the French suffix 'ette' meaning cute, adorable or little. So, Annette could mean "Little favor of God", "cute grace" or "little Anne".

  • A female given name from French.
Origin
French
Say it
/əˈnɛt/

From Wiktionary’s entry for Annette, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Other spellings

  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Anette

    Rank
    #6,345
    Born '24
    19
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 20032024
  • GirlBoyUncommon

    Annetta

    Rank
    #17,458
    Born '24
    5
    Origin
    —
    1880peak 19412024