Annie
Meaning and origin
From English Annie. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1843.
Source: Wiktionary, Swedish entry for Annie (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity in Sweden
Among newborns, Annie has been falling over the last few years. Its best year between 1998 and 2022 was 2001. The figures are for this exact spelling; other spellings of the name are counted on their own.
Years with fewer than two babies (fewer than ten before 2004) show as zero in the chart and as – in the table.
Show the figures
| Year | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1998 | 143 |
| 1999 | 137 |
| 2000 | 118 |
| 2001 | 157 |
| 2002 | 121 |
| 2003 | 132 |
| 2004 | 123 |
| 2005 | 128 |
| 2006 | 109 |
| 2007 | 119 |
| 2008 | 115 |
| 2009 | 104 |
| 2010 | 128 |
| 2011 | 117 |
| 2012 | 124 |
| 2013 | 99 |
| 2014 | 96 |
| 2015 | 111 |
| 2016 | 90 |
| 2017 | 70 |
| 2018 | 69 |
| 2019 | 55 |
| 2020 | 66 |
| 2021 | 61 |
| 2022 | 64 |
Everyone registered in Sweden on 31 December with this as the first name they use.
Show the figures
| Year | Women and girls |
|---|---|
| 1999 | 5,585 |
| 2000 | 5,523 |
| 2001 | 5,496 |
| 2002 | 5,452 |
| 2003 | 5,437 |
| 2004 | 5,440 |
| 2005 | 5,447 |
| 2006 | 5,441 |
| 2007 | 5,445 |
| 2008 | 5,464 |
| 2009 | 5,495 |
| 2010 | 5,546 |
| 2011 | 5,584 |
| 2012 | 5,617 |
| 2013 | 5,626 |
| 2014 | 5,642 |
| 2015 | 5,708 |
| 2016 | 5,739 |
| 2017 | 5,780 |
| 2018 | 5,778 |
| 2019 | 5,800 |
| 2020 | 5,814 |
Annie in a sentence
- Hej! Jag heter Annie.Hi! My name is Annie.
- Har du träffat Annie? Hon började jobba här i måndags.Have you met Annie? She started working here on Monday.
- Jag ska fika med Annie i eftermiddag.I'm having coffee with Annie this afternoon.
- Annies mamma är lärare.Annie's mum is a teacher.
Swedish shows possession with a plain -s and no apostrophe: Annies mamma is Annie's mum.
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Questions about Annie
How do you pronounce Annie in Swedish?
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What does the name Annie mean?
From English Annie. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1843.
How popular is Annie in Sweden?
64 babies were named Annie in 2022. In 2020, 5,814 people in Sweden had Annie as the first name they go by. Among newborns the name has been falling lately and peaked in 2001 in the years SCB covers (1998–2022).
Popularity figures: Statistics Sweden (SCB), name statistics (BE0001) from the Statistical Database, released as open data under CC0. Each spelling is counted as its own name, as SCB does. SCB's open name statistics end with babies named in 2022 and the population on 31 December 2020; SCB stopped producing name statistics in 2024 and now points to the Swedish Tax Agency (Skatteverket) for newer figures.
Origins, IPA and recordings: Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), via kaikki.org; recordings from Lingua Libre on Wikimedia Commons (CC BY-SA). Lingolib is not affiliated with SCB or Wiktionary. Sources last checked 7 October 2026.