Girls' name · since 1965
Gana
34 babies named Gana in U.S. Social Security records since 1965, with the highest year being 1965. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #39,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gana sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 34 recorded since 1965.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gana has been recorded 34 times among girls since 1965, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1965 to 2020.
- #39,472 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 34 born since 1965
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Gana ranks #39,472 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 34 born since 1965, peaking in the 2010s.
- #39,472 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 34
- born since 1965
- 2010s
- peak decade
Gana's 34 recorded births place it above 45.11% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Gana's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Gana's full recorded timeline at 2011, 47% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 53% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2014, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1965 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Gana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1965–2020
- Peak year (1965)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 56 years of records
Gana by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (17 births, 50% of the file).
2010s was Gana's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 50% of all-time use.
Gana births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 6
1960s
6 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
17 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 17 births (50% of all-time use).
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- Gana's decade-level peak was the 2010s (17 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Gana: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1965)
Similar record span (~55 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, 1965–2020 (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 Gana 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.