Anny

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Anny Ondra

Czech actress (1902–1987)

Choose Anny and your child shares a first name with Anny Ondra, a Czech actress. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anny, like who?” Anny Ondra's Wikipedia article is available in 26 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 27,248 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Anny, 59 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anny would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnny first shows up in US birth records in 1920, the first year at least 5 babies got it. It has been in use for 105 years since.
• 🏆Best yearIts best year was 2024, when it reached #2,585.
• 🚀TrendAnny has climbed 982 places in the US rankings over the last five years and now sits at #2,859. Fast risers like this often keep climbing, so expect to hear it more.
• 💬MeaningAnny is an English form of Anna, which means “grace”. Our records link it to English and Hebrew roots.

About the name Anny

Anny is a girl name of English and Hebrew origin meaning “grace”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-nny”. US birth records list Anny for girls from 1920 to 2025, in 57 of those 106 years. Its best year was 2024, when it ranked #2,585 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #2,859, with 59 babies.

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