Annie is the English pet form of Anne, which goes back to the Hebrew Hannah and means "grace" or "favor". Sharpshooter Annie Oakley and the comic-strip orphan of the musical Annie made it a thoroughly American name in its own right. Annie has never left the US top 1000: it stood at number 306 in 2000, climbed from 323 in 2015 to 182 in 2025 and is now at its highest rank in this century.