It was successively renamed Annales d'histoire sociale (1939–1942, 1945), Mélanges d'histoire sociale (1942–1944), Annales.
Hiljem on ajakiri vahetanud mitmel korral oma nime (Annales d’histoire sociale: 1939–42, 1945; Mélanges d’histoire sociale, 1942–44; Annales.