Anna
Anna was given to 2,521 girls in 2025, #107 among girls’ names; 917,615 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 434,000 Americans named Anna and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 34 years old and half are between 22 and 56.
Anna is the #50 most common first name among living American women and girls, by this estimate.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Anna by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Anna mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Anna is “a female given name from Latin.” Its etymology gives the senses “Hannah” (חַנָּה) and “grace, gracious, graced with child” (חַנָּה).
From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah.
/ˈænə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Anna?
#107 among girls’ names, 2025
Anna fell from #44 in 2015 to #107 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 2.9 to 1.6 per 1,000.
15,697 babies in 1918, the peak
Anna peaked in 1918, when 15,697 babies were given it (15,666 girls, #10 among girls’ names). The 2,521 births of 2025 are 16% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,521 | #107 | 1.6 |
| 2024 | 2,716 | #94 | 1.7 |
| 2023 | 2,934 | #79 | 1.8 |
| 2022 | 2,962 | #83 | 1.8 |
| 2021 | 3,082 | #85 | 1.9 |
| 2020 | 3,511 | #68 | 2.2 |
| 2019 | 3,849 | #63 | 2.3 |
| 2018 | 4,198 | #54 | 2.5 |
| 2017 | 4,574 | #53 | 2.6 |
| 2016 | 4,810 | #49 | 2.7 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 5,150 | #44 | 2.9 |
| 2014 | 5,706 | #34 | 3.2 |
| 2013 | 5,398 | #35 | 3.1 |
| 2012 | 5,630 | #34 | 3.2 |
| 2011 | 5,675 | #38 | 3.2 |
| 2010 | 6,336 | #27 | 3.6 |
| 2009 | 6,818 | #28 | 3.7 |
| 2008 | 7,278 | #26 | 3.8 |
| 2007 | 7,901 | #25 | 4.1 |
| 2006 | 8,613 | #22 | 4.5 |
| 2005 | 9,113 | #22 | 4.9 |
| 2004 | 9,531 | #20 | 5.2 |
| 2003 | 9,464 | #21 | 5.2 |
| 2002 | 10,398 | #20 | 5.8 |
| 2001 | 10,596 | #19 | 5.9 |
| 2000 | 10,613 | #22 | 5.8 |
| 1999 | 9,115 | #29 | 5.1 |
| 1998 | 8,386 | #31 | 4.7 |
| 1997 | 8,342 | #33 | 4.8 |
| 1996 | 8,575 | #33 | 4.9 |
| 1995 | 8,570 | #31 | 4.9 |
| 1994 | 7,529 | #41 | 4.2 |
| 1993 | 6,813 | #47 | 3.8 |
| 1992 | 6,853 | #49 | 3.7 |
| 1991 | 7,119 | #46 | 3.8 |
| 1990 | 7,293 | #45 | 3.8 |
| 1989 | 6,898 | #51 | 3.7 |
| 1988 | 6,444 | #54 | 3.6 |
| 1987 | 6,170 | #52 | 3.5 |
| 1986 | 5,908 | #51 | 3.4 |
| 1985 | 5,883 | #54 | 3.4 |
| 1984 | 5,306 | #57 | 3.2 |
| 1983 | 5,217 | #55 | 3.1 |
| 1982 | 5,271 | #56 | 3.1 |
| 1981 | 5,192 | #54 | 3.1 |
| 1980 | 5,038 | #55 | 3.0 |
| 1979 | 4,670 | #59 | 2.9 |
| 1978 | 4,173 | #65 | 2.7 |
| 1977 | 3,851 | #74 | 2.5 |
| 1976 | 3,584 | #78 | 2.4 |
| 1975 | 3,578 | #79 | 2.5 |
| 1974 | 3,622 | #82 | 2.5 |
| 1973 | 3,507 | #86 | 2.4 |
| 1972 | 3,449 | #86 | 2.3 |
| 1971 | 3,578 | #106 | 2.2 |
| 1970 | 3,801 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1969 | 3,720 | #99 | 2.2 |
| 1968 | 3,569 | #99 | 2.2 |
| 1967 | 3,728 | #91 | 2.3 |
| 1966 | 3,682 | #95 | 2.2 |
| 1965 | 3,920 | #96 | 2.2 |
| 1964 | 4,292 | #97 | 2.3 |
| 1963 | 4,257 | #102 | 2.2 |
| 1962 | 4,430 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1961 | 4,678 | #100 | 2.3 |
| 1960 | 4,659 | #104 | 2.3 |
| 1959 | 4,878 | #99 | 2.4 |
| 1958 | 4,661 | #103 | 2.3 |
| 1957 | 4,442 | #105 | 2.2 |
| 1956 | 4,394 | #103 | 2.2 |
| 1955 | 4,090 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1954 | 4,000 | #105 | 2.1 |
| 1953 | 3,837 | #98 | 2.0 |
| 1952 | 3,714 | #101 | 2.0 |
| 1951 | 3,870 | #94 | 2.1 |
| 1950 | 3,815 | #93 | 2.2 |
| 1949 | 3,897 | #91 | 2.3 |
| 1948 | 4,037 | #89 | 2.4 |
| 1947 | 4,238 | #92 | 2.4 |
| 1946 | 3,999 | #87 | 2.5 |
| 1945 | 3,607 | #73 | 2.8 |
| 1944 | 3,635 | #74 | 2.7 |
| 1943 | 4,232 | #64 | 3.0 |
| 1942 | 4,488 | #59 | 3.3 |
| 1941 | 4,432 | #56 | 3.7 |
| 1940 | 4,717 | #51 | 4.1 |
| 1939 | 4,929 | #43 | 4.5 |
| 1938 | 5,145 | #40 | 4.7 |
| 1937 | 5,449 | #39 | 5.1 |
| 1936 | 5,727 | #36 | 5.5 |
| 1935 | 6,162 | #34 | 5.9 |
| 1934 | 6,680 | #31 | 6.4 |
| 1933 | 7,072 | #29 | 7.0 |
| 1932 | 7,924 | #24 | 7.4 |
| 1931 | 8,429 | #25 | 7.9 |
| 1930 | 9,081 | #23 | 8.1 |
| 1929 | 9,751 | #20 | 8.7 |
| 1928 | 10,575 | #16 | 9.2 |
| 1927 | 11,215 | #16 | 9.4 |
| 1926 | 11,698 | #15 | 9.9 |
| 1925 | 12,250 | #13 | 10.1 |
| 1924 | 13,076 | #13 | 10.5 |
| 1923 | 12,865 | #13 | 10.7 |
| 1922 | 13,408 | #12 | 11.2 |
| 1921 | 14,476 | #11 | 11.7 |
| 1920 | 14,581 | #10 | 12.2 |
| 1919 | 14,498 | #10 | 12.8 |
| 1918 | 15,666 | #10 | 13.5 |
| 1917 | 15,160 | #7 | 14.0 |
| 1916 | 15,228 | #7 | 14.6 |
| 1915 | 15,119 | #7 | 15.4 |
| 1914 | 11,865 | #6 | 15.6 |
| 1913 | 9,687 | #7 | 15.5 |
| 1912 | 8,586 | #7 | 15.4 |
| 1911 | 6,753 | #6 | 16.1 |
| 1910 | 6,436 | #6 | 16.2 |
| 1909 | 5,804 | #6 | 16.7 |
| 1908 | 5,860 | #5 | 17.5 |
| 1907 | 5,575 | #4 | 17.5 |
| 1906 | 5,502 | #4 | 18.6 |
| 1905 | 5,424 | #4 | 18.6 |
| 1904 | 5,330 | #3 | 19.4 |
| 1903 | 5,098 | #3 | 19.5 |
| 1902 | 5,288 | #3 | 20.0 |
| 1901 | 4,923 | #3 | 20.6 |
| 1900 | 6,114 | #3 | 20.4 |
| 1899 | 5,115 | #2 | 22.0 |
| 1898 | 5,773 | #2 | 22.3 |
| 1897 | 5,429 | #2 | 23.2 |
| 1896 | 5,860 | #2 | 24.6 |
| 1895 | 5,950 | #2 | 25.5 |
| 1894 | 5,565 | #2 | 25.0 |
| 1893 | 5,695 | #2 | 26.7 |
| 1892 | 5,542 | #2 | 26.1 |
| 1891 | 5,099 | #2 | 27.5 |
| 1890 | 5,233 | #2 | 27.5 |
| 1889 | 5,062 | #2 | 28.4 |
| 1888 | 4,982 | #2 | 27.9 |
| 1887 | 4,227 | #2 | 29.0 |
| 1886 | 4,283 | #2 | 29.6 |
| 1885 | 3,994 | #2 | 30.0 |
| 1884 | 3,860 | #2 | 29.9 |
| 1883 | 3,306 | #2 | 29.4 |
| 1882 | 3,143 | #2 | 29.1 |
| 1881 | 2,698 | #2 | 29.3 |
| 1880 | 2,604 | #2 | 28.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Anna a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Anna has been given almost only to girls: 2,756 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Anna: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Anna, and how old are they?
434,000 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 917,615 Americans ever recorded as Anna. The median Anna alive today is 34 years old; half are between 22 and 56.
The 2020 Census counted 512,954 people named Anna (512,297 women and girls, 657 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 453,193 born in the U.S. The Census count is 13% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 27,100 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 62,600 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 57,300 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 103,000 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 133,000 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 51,100 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Anna born?
The states with the most babies named Anna are Pennsylvania, New York and California, with 26% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | 86,009 | #61 | 1.8× |
| New York | 72,799 | #103 | 1.2× |
| California | 44,039 | #162 | 0.7× |
| Texas | 39,874 | #132 | 0.7× |
| Ohio | 35,712 | #127 | 1.0× |
| Illinois | 35,379 | #122 | 0.9× |
| New Jersey | 28,395 | #115 | 1.2× |
| Kentucky | 25,085 | #69 | 1.5× |
| Michigan | 22,567 | #96 | 0.8× |
| Massachusetts | 21,246 | #76 | 0.9× |
Where Anna is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Anna is most over-represented in Pennsylvania: since 1910 it was given 1.8 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Anna with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 1,790,678 babies since 1880, Anna is the most given (51% of them). In 2025 it was given to 2,521 of their 8,078 babies (31%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Anna
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Anna and names like it
- Compare Anna and AnnieBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1910sAnna peaked in 1918.
- Pennsylvania’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Anna since 1910.
- Latin namesWiktionary’s origin for Anna: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1918The year the most babies were named Anna.
- The names of Generation ZMost people named Anna alive today were born 1997-2012.
- Names starting with AMost given first.