Grace; favor. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII, and Queen Anne was the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty.
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Anne is listed in our catalog as a girl name. Its listed meaning is "Grace; favor. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII, and Queen Anne was the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty.". Listed origin: Hebrew.
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In 2024, Anne ranked #649 in US Social Security name records for female births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
| Birth year | Rank |
|---|---|
| 2020 | #626 |
| 2021 | #588 |
| 2022 | #573 |
| 2023 | #581 |
| 2024 | #649 |
Source: Social Security Administration. US data is not a worldwide measure of usage. Missing years are not zero births.
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Anne is listed in our catalog as a girl name. Its listed meaning is "Grace; favor. Anne Boleyn was the second wife of Henry VIII, and Queen Anne was the last monarch of the Stuart dynasty.". Listed origin: Hebrew.
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In 2024, Anne ranked #649 in US Social Security name records for female births. This is the latest verified year in our catalog, not a live ranking.
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