Girls' name · since 1880
Anna
914,859 babies named Anna in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1918. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #17 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 914,859
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Yes -- Anna is the #107 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 914,859 recorded since 1880.
Anna has 914,859 recorded births among girls since 1880, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #107 as of the latest data, more common than 99.4% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1880 to 2025.
- #17 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #107 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 914,859 born since 1880
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anna ranks #17 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #107 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 914,859 born since 1880, peaking in the 1920s.
- #17 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #107 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 914,859
- born since 1880
- 1920s
- peak decade
Anna's 914,859 recorded births place it above 99.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
51 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Pennsylvania.
How Anna compares
914,859 Top 1% higher than 99% of 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
Anna's all-time total is 2,433x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 914,859 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 15,666 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anna's SSA record in two at 1953 and the more recent half accounts for 44% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 56%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2025, with only 2,521 births recorded -- set against the 1918 peak of 15,666, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1880–2025
- Peak year (1918)
- 15,666
- Annual births at peak, across 146 years of records
Anna popularity over time - boys
2,756 total births recorded since 1880 (Anna as boys' name)
Anna by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (123,895 births, 14% of the file).
1920s was Anna's strongest decade.
123,895 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 14% of all-time use.
Anna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s 38,159
1880s
38,159 births
- 1890s
1890s
55,261 births
- 1900s
1900s
54,918 births
- 1910s
1910s
118,998 births
- 1920s
1920s
123,895 births
- 1930s
1930s
66,598 births
- 1940s 41,282
1940s
41,282 births
- 1950s 41,701
1950s
41,701 births
- 1960s 40,935
1960s
40,935 births
- 1970s 37,813
1970s
37,813 births
- 1980s
1980s
57,327 births
- 1990s
1990s
78,595 births
- 2000s
2000s
90,325 births
- 2010s
2010s
51,326 births
- 2020s 17,726
2020s
17,726 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 123,895 births (14% of all-time use).
How Anna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anna's total volume
Anna by state
Where Anna concentrates geographically, total births since 1880
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Pennsylvania | | 85,876 | 9.4% |
| #2 | New York | | 72,696 | 7.9% |
| #3 | California | | 44,000 | 4.8% |
| #4 | Texas | | 39,869 | 4.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 35,707 | 3.9% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 35,379 | 3.9% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 28,384 | 3.1% |
| #8 | Kentucky | | 25,044 | 2.7% |
85,876 of 914,859 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 51 reporting states.
Anna appears in 51 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anna's data
- Anna's decade-level peak was the 1920s (123,895 total births); usage has since declined to 17,726 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Pennsylvania records the most Annas (85,876 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Pennsylvania names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1918)
Similar record span (~145 yrs)
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, 1880–2025 (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 Anna 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.