Girls' name · since 1987

Ahnna

Ahnna has 234 recorded births since 1987 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#18,209 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,522 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
234
born since 1987
2000s
peak decade

234 babies have been named Ahnna since 1987, making it today's #15522 girls' name.

Social Security Administration records show Ahnna recorded 234 times among girls since 1987, holding rank #15522 nationally today, ahead of 10% of girls, peaking in the 2000s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1987 to 2025.

  • #18,209 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #15,522 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 234 born since 1987
  • 2000s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahnna ranks #18,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 234 born since 1987, peaking in the 2000s.

#18,209 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#15,522 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
234
born since 1987
2000s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%10.2%
Ahnna vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Below the archive median
All-time archive position

Ahnna's 234 recorded births place it above 74.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

National only
State-record footprint

No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.

How Ahnna compares

234 40th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Ahnna's all-time total is 38% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Ahnna Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 234 376 567,345
Peak-year births 16 21 19,840

Ahnna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Ahnna's full recorded timeline at 2004, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1989, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2014 peak of 16 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Ahnna popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1987–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2014)
16
Annual births at peak, across 39 years of records
05101520 198719911996200020052009201520202025 5

Ahnna by decade

2000s is the heaviest window (73 births, 31% of the file).

2000s was Ahnna's strongest decade.

73 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.

Ahnna births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2000s at 73 births (31% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Ahnna?
Ahnna has been given to 234 babies in the U.S. since 1987, according to SSA data. Its archive ordinal is #18,209 of 72,339 among girls' names (total births, highest first). Among girls in 2025, it is #15,522 of 17,297. 16 babies were born in 2014, its single highest year.
Where does Ahnna sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ahnna ranks #18,209 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,522 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Ahnna most popular?
Ahnna was most popular in the 2000s decade with 73 total births. The single peak year was 2014.
How long has the name Ahnna been used?
Ahnna has been recorded in Social Security data since 1987, spanning 39 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Ahnna?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Ahna, Ahniya, Ahniyah, Ahnika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Ahnna's data

  • Ahnna's decade-level peak was the 2000s (73 total births); usage has since declined to 15 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Ahnna

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Ahnna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1987–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Ahnna draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.