Zanna — #7997 US girls' name
629 babies named Zanna in U.S. Social Security records since 1920, with the highest year being 2014. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 55% of names given to girls today.
30% of everyone ever named Zanna was born in this single decade.
28 babies were named Zanna in 2014 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zanna
The Social Security Administration has registered 629 babies named Zanna between 1920 and 2024, spanning 105 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zanna currently holds the #7997 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2014, when 28 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zanna performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 189 births during that ten-year window. Across the 9 decades of recorded activity, Zanna shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 8 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Zanna in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zanna 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 629 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.
Zanna at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zanna popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1920
- Peak year (2014)
- 28
- Annual births at peak — across 105 years of records
Currently ranks #7997 among girls.
629 total births across 105 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2014 with 28 births in a single year.
Zanna by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 189 births that decade — 30% of Zanna's all-time total
Zanna decade highlights
- Peak decade 189 births
- Runner-up 156 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Zanna's strongest decade
189 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 30% of all-time use.
Zanna by state
Where Zanna concentrates geographically — total births since 1920
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 8 | 1.3% |
8 of 629 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- California 1.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 1.3% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1920–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.