Anni
Feminine · “grace”
Anni is the German and Finnish pet form of Anna, and it is a real name in both countries rather than an American respelling. Its American peak is 1932, in the years when German-descended families were the largest single ancestry group in the country. Behind it is one of the most stable names in the Western world.
How old is the name Anni?
Anni first appears in US birth records in 1932 — 93 years ago. The typical Anni alive today was born around 2003, making them about 22 years old. About 600 people named Anni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anni most popular?
Anni peaked in 1932, reaching #4411 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 1,705 places below that high. See the whole 1932 chart.
Where it comes from
From Hannah to Anni
The story of Anni
Anna has been continuously used across Europe for two thousand years and is among the small handful of names that have never gone out of fashion anywhere. Every European language built pet forms on it: Annie in English, Annette and Anouk in French, Anneke in Dutch, Anni and Annchen in German, Anni and Anneli in Finnish, Anya in Russian. Anni is a full name in Finland and a diminutive in Germany, which is the ordinary situation for short forms in northern Europe. American records show it with German and Scandinavian families, peaking in the early 1930s.
Meaning
grace, favor
Anna is the Greek and Latin form of Hebrew Hannah, from a root meaning grace, favor or graciousness. Hannah is the mother of the prophet Samuel; Anna is the prophetess in Luke who recognizes the infant Jesus in the temple, and by tradition the name of the Virgin Mary's mother. The -i ending on Anni is the ordinary German and Finnish diminutive marker and adds nothing lexical. The derivation is settled throughout.
How the name formed
- Hannah
- Anna
- Anni
Related forms: Anni · Anni · Annie · Anni
Pronouncing Anni
AH-nee
Two syllables, stress on the first, with an open a in German and Finnish. English speakers say AN-ee with a short a, exactly as Annie. Both are heard on American bearers.
Nicknames for Anni
Moderate
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
- 1932
- Most girls named
- 200120 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4411reached in 1932
- Change vs 2024
- +58.3%19 in 2025, from 12
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.
Anni in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anni in German — same name
- Anni in Finnish — same name
- Annie in English — spelling variant
- Anni in Estonian — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California.
Annis among us
people named Anni are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Anni
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Anni
- #6116
- Anni on the 2025 chart
- #807
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Anni went to 19 girls in 2025, but Anny, Ani and Any and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 153, which makes it the 807th most-given girls’ name of the year — 5,309 places above the chart.
About 1 girl in 10,505 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 84,593 for Anni 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 Corra test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Anni's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Corra climbed just as high around 1916, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Corra's path sketches the road Anni is walking now.
Anni 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
Anni beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Anni in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and expressible in a single word.
- Anna is available as a longer, entirely traditional alternative.
- It is a genuine full name in Finland and Estonia, not only a diminutive.
- It will be written Annie by most Americans taking it down.
- The first vowel is open in German and short in English.
- Its American curve is early-twentieth-century, which places a bearer's generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Annis are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 600 people named Anni are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Anni?
- Anni is one of 5 recorded spellings. Anny is the more common one — 59 births in 2025 against 19 for Anni.
- How popular is the name Anni in 2025?
- Anni ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Anni?
- About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Anni — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Anni with classmates?
- Anni will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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