Ahna — #5036 US girls' name
1,145 babies named Ahna in U.S. Social Security records since 1970, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 71% of names given to girls today.
34% of everyone ever named Ahna was born in this single decade.
68 babies were named Ahna in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ahna
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,145 babies named Ahna between 1970 and 2024, spanning 55 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ahna currently holds the #5036 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 68 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ahna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 386 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ahna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 16 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Minnesota and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Ahna in 9 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ahna in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,145 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Ahna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ahna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1970
- Peak year (2014)
- 68
- Annual births at peak — across 55 years of records
Currently ranks #5036 among girls.
1,145 total births across 55 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 68 births in a single year.
Ahna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 386 births that decade — 34% of Ahna's all-time total
Ahna decade highlights
- Peak decade 386 births
- Runner-up 320 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Ahna's strongest decade
386 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
Ahna by state
Where Ahna concentrates geographically — total births since 1970
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 16 | 1.4% |
| #2 | Minnesota | | 12 | 1.0% |
| #3 | Illinois | | 7 | 0.6% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.5% |
| #5 | California | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #6 | Michigan | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #7 | New York | | 5 | 0.4% |
| #8 | Texas | | 5 | 0.4% |
16 of 1,145 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 9 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 1.4% of nationwide
- Minnesota 1.0% of nationwide
- Illinois 0.6% of nationwide
- Pennsylvania 0.5% of nationwide
- California 0.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 9 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 1.4% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Ahna appears in 9 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1970–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.