Girl name#246 of girl names
Annette
Pronounced AH0 N EH1 T (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1960
- 145 years in use
How popular is Annette?
Annette is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 173,965 children — the 246th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 35% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1960, when 7,239 children were given it.
Characteristics
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AH0 N EH1 T
- Stress pattern:
- 01
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Annette
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Annette
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Annette?
- Annette ranks 246th among girls' names in US records, with 173,965 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 2,070.
- Is Annette a unisex name?
- No. Annette is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Annette most popular?
- 1960, when 7,239 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.