Anna — #94 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anna

The Social Security Administration has registered 912,251 babies named Anna between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anna currently holds the #94 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1918, when 15,666 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anna performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 123,894 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Pennsylvania, which accounts for 85,733 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Anna in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anna 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 912,251 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.