Annamaria
Feminine · “grace”
Annamaria is two of the oldest women's names in Christian Europe run together into one: Anna, the grandmother of Jesus in tradition, and Maria, his mother. Italian and Hungarian families have written it as a single word for centuries, and it has always been given as one name rather than two.
How old is the name Annamaria?
Annamaria first appears in US birth records in 1936 — 89 years ago. The typical Annamaria alive today was born around 1986, making them about 39 years old. About 3,600 people named Annamaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Annamaria most popular?
Annamaria peaked in 1966, reaching #1129 nationally. Today it ranks #4758, 3,629 places below that high. See the whole 1966 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Channah to Annamaria
The story of Annamaria
Compound Marian names were built all over Catholic Europe: Annamaria in Italy and Hungary, Anne-Marie in France, Annemarie in Germany, Ana Maria in Spain and Portugal. They belong to a devotional habit of naming a daughter for the Virgin and one other holy woman at once, and in Italy and Hungary the two halves fused into a single written word. The name came to the United States with Italian and Hungarian families in particular, where it often stands as the formal name behind an everyday Anna or Marie.
Meaningscholars disagree
grace, joined to a name never satisfactorily explained
Anna is settled: Hebrew Channah, grace or favor. Maria is not. Its Hebrew original Miryam has been read as bitter, as rebellious and, most respectably now, as coming from an Egyptian word meaning beloved. The compound carries both, one clear and one open.
How the name formed
- Channah
- Anna
- Anna Maria
- Annamaria
Related forms: Anne-Marie · Annemarie · Ana María · Annamária · Anna Maria · Annemarie
Pronouncing Annamaria
ah-nah-mah-REE-ah
Five syllables in Italian, with the weight on the fourth. English speakers usually reduce it to four, an-uh-muh-REE-uh, and both are ordinary in American families.
Nicknames for Annamaria
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1936
- Most girls named
- 196981 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1129reached in 1966
- Change vs 2023
- −17.6%28 in 2025, from 34
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Annamaria in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anne-Marie in French — same name
- Annemarie in German — same name
- Ana María in Spanish — same name
- Annamária in Hungarian — spelling variant
- Anna Maria in Polish — same name
- Annemarie in Dutch — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, New York.
Annamarias among us
people named Annamaria are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 57,402 born in 2025 was named Annamaria
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Annamaria
- #4758
- Annamaria on the 2025 chart
- #905
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Annamaria went to 28 girls in 2025, but Anamaria is the same name said out loud. Together the 2 spellings went to 55, which makes it the 905th most-given girls’ name of the year — 3,853 places above the chart.
- Annamaria28
- Anamaria27
About 1 girl in 29,223 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 57,402 for Annamaria itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Jerline test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Annamaria's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Jerline climbed just as high around 1932, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Jerline's path sketches the road Annamaria is walking now.
Annamaria sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Annamaria is headed
Annamaria should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Annamaria beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Annamaria in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- It carries two of the most widely recognized names in the world in a single word.
- Anna and Mari are ready short forms, both of them complete names elsewhere.
- It is formal and long on paper while shortening comfortably in speech.
- It is long for American forms and gets broken into two words or clipped without being asked.
- Anna Maria, Annamaria and Anna-Maria all appear, so family records may not match.
- The everyday short form Anna is very widely used, so the child's daily name will not be distinctive.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annamarias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 3,600 people named Annamaria are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Annamaria?
- Annamaria is the most-used spelling in US records — 28 of the 55 babies given the name in 2025. The others recorded are Anamaria.
- How popular is the name Annamaria in 2025?
- Annamaria ranks #4758 among US girl names in 2025, with 28 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Annamaria?
- About 1 in every 57,402 US girls born in 2025 was named Annamaria — 28 in all.
- Will my child share the name Annamaria with classmates?
- Annamaria will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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