Anni

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⭐ Famous Anni

Anni Albers

German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus (1899–1994)

Choose Anni and your child shares a first name with Anni Albers, a German-American textile artist, weaver and graphic designer, student and teacher at the Bauhaus. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anni, like who?” Anni Albers's Wikipedia article is available in 25 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 84,746 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Anni, 19 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anni would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnni first shows up in US birth records in 1932, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 93 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 1932, when it reached #4,411.
• 📈Then vs nowAnni is 2.4× more common today than it was in 2000. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 200,000 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 84,746.
• 🚀TrendAnni has climbed 2,290 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #6,116. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningAnni is a Finnish form of Anna, which means “grace”. Our records link it to English and German roots.

About the name Anni

Anni is a girl name of English and German origin meaning “grace”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-nni”. US birth records list Anni for girls from 1932 to 2025, in 57 of those 94 years. Its best year was 1932, when it ranked #4,411 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #6,116, with 19 babies.

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