In the early 1960s, the rare name Annazette appeared for just two years in the U.S. baby name data:
- 1964: unlisted
- 1963: 13 baby girls named Annazette
- 1962: 7 baby girls named Annazette [debut]
- 1961: unlisted
- 1960: unlisted
Where did it come from?
Annazette Williams, the bathing beauty featured on the cover of Jive magazine in February of 1962.
Annazette was also selected as the “Beauty of the Week” in Jet magazine an impressive five times in the early 1960s: twice in 1961, twice in 1962, and once in 1963.
She went on to become an actress (under the name Annazette Chase) and appeared both on TV and in the movies during the rest of the ’60s and throughout the ’70s. Her films include The Mack (1973), Truck Turner (1974), and The Greatest (1977) with Muhammad Ali.
One of the Annazettes born in 1962 was Chicago politician Annazette Collins.
Sources:
- McCann, Bob. Encyclopedia of African American Actresses in Film and Television. Jefferson, NC: McFarland, 2010.
- SSA
Image: Clipping from the cover of Jive magazine (Feb. 1962)