Anna

#107 for girls in 2025, 2,521 births · Last seen for boys in 2021 at #10,799
Given to girls 99.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
1895 · 5,950 births
Debut · girls
2,604 births
In top 100 · girls
135 yrs
of 146 years
Total births · girls
914,859
since 1880

Anna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100rank188019001920194019601980200020201902peak #2, 1895girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1072,521—
2024#942,716—
2023#792,934—
2022#832,962—
2021#853,082#10,7996
2020#683,511#12,0225
2019#633,849—
2018#544,198#12,1565
2017#534,574#8,8408
2016#494,810#10,7446
2015#445,150#9,5687
2014#345,706—
2013#355,398#9,6557
2012#345,630#12,2745
2011#385,675#9,6007
2010#276,336#7,59110
2009#286,818#7,69210
2008#267,278#7,18711
2007#257,901#7,09411
2006#228,613#12,0555
2005#229,113#4,46419
2004#209,531#2,41946
2003#219,464#5,55813
2002#2010,398#5,72512
2001#1910,596#6,9359
2000#2210,613#6,8399
1999#299,115#5,65611
1998#318,386#4,87313
1997#338,342—
1996#338,575#5,9829
1995#318,570#4,28014
1994#417,529#3,59618
1993#476,813#6,2288
1992#496,853#7,4226
1991#467,119#4,00514
1990#457,293#2,17033
1989#516,898#1,43358
1988#546,444#2,19728
1987#526,170#2,33324
1986#515,908#2,05728
1985#545,883#2,71018
1984#575,306#2,29222
1983#555,217#2,91215
1982#565,271#2,20723
1981#545,192#2,13824
1980#555,038#2,21323
1979#594,670#1,86729
1978#654,173#2,92914
1977#743,851#2,36119
1976#783,584#2,70915
1975#793,578#2,75114
1974#823,622#2,94612
1973#863,507#2,85712
1972#863,449#2,65913
1971#1063,578#2,55814
1970#1023,801#1,93921
1969#993,720#2,54912
1968#993,569#2,73510
1967#913,728#2,24213
1966#953,682#1,96316
1965#963,920#2,27013
1964#974,292#1,72921
1963#1024,257#1,95717
1962#1004,430#2,18614
1961#1004,678#1,87619
1960#1044,659#2,21014
1959#994,878#1,80620
1958#1034,661#3,2757
1957#1054,442#2,49411
1956#1034,394#1,82119
1955#1054,090#2,04815
1954#1054,000#2,31612
1953#983,837#2,39111
1952#1013,714#2,01015
1951#943,870#2,05514
1950#933,815#2,5809
1949#913,897#1,94115
1948#894,037#1,94315
1947#924,238#1,98815
1946#873,999#1,94914
1945#733,607#2,00912
1944#743,635#1,81015
1943#644,232#2,07413
1942#594,488#1,42124
1941#564,432#1,90314
1940#514,717#1,33425
1939#434,929#1,57818
1938#405,145#1,43922
1937#395,449#1,62718
1936#365,727#1,05137
1935#346,162#1,22630
1934#316,680#1,35725
1933#297,072#1,33025
1932#247,924#1,09038
1931#258,429#1,19433
1930#239,081#92852
1929#209,751#1,05542
1928#1610,575#95051
1927#1611,215#1,00149
1926#1511,698#99248
1925#1312,250#1,22534
1924#1313,076#1,28732
1923#1312,865#1,15738
1922#1213,408#1,10741
1921#1114,476#1,41228
1920#1014,581#1,25233
1919#1014,498#1,04742
1918#1015,666#1,25631
1917#715,160#1,17533
1916#715,228#1,09635
1915#715,119#1,15931
1914#611,865#85540
1913#79,687#87131
1912#78,586#81629
1911#66,753#70720
1910#66,436#63421
1909#65,804#53024
1908#55,860#87710
1907#45,575#54020
1906#45,502#67413
1905#45,424#49121
1904#35,330#56616
1903#35,098#50518
1902#35,288#53616
1901#34,923#45318
1900#36,114#45525
1899#25,115#38423
1898#25,773#34531
1897#25,429#43819
1896#25,860#50017
1895#25,950#47618
1894#25,565#41920
1893#25,695#44817
1892#25,542#42220
1891#25,099#45615
1890#25,233#40520
1889#25,062#36923
1888#24,982#35926
1887#24,227#48813
1886#24,283#47015
1885#23,994#39920
1884#23,860#39920
1883#23,306#44816
1882#23,143—
1881#22,698#43116
1880#22,604#52612
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anna was already there! It came in at #2, and was given to 2,604 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 2020–2025, when fewer than 3,600 girls a year got the name.

Where Anna is popular in 1902

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Anna
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 13 spots since 2024 (#94 → #107)
  • 39 spots since 2020 (#68 → #107)
  • 63 spots since 2015 (#44 → #107)
  • Biggest jump: 20 spots in 1972 (#106 → #86)
  • Biggest drop: 17 spots in 2021 (#68 → #85)
Rise & fade · girls
15 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1895 at #2 (5,950 births)
  • Births halved by 2022, 127 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 10 for 41 yrs
  • Top 10: 41 yrs · run 1880–1920
  • Top 100: 135 yrs · run 1880–1951
  • Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 33
  • Highest: 1 in 33 girls born in 1885 were named Anna (3.0%)
  • Latest: 1 in 638 girls born in 2025 (0.16%)
  • Its best rank, #2 in 1895, was only 1 in 39 (2.5%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 13.5% of all girls named Anna (123,895) were born in this decade
  • Comeback: #2 (1895) → #106 (1971) → #19 (2001)
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s38,159#2 (1889)#2
1890s55,261#2 (1895)#2
1900s54,918#3 (1900)#4
1910s118,998#6 (1914)#7
1920s123,895#10 (1920)#14
1930s66,598#23 (1930)#32
1940s41,282#51 (1940)#74
1950s41,701#93 (1950)#101
1960s40,935#91 (1967)#98
1970s37,813#59 (1979)#82
1980s57,327#51 (1989)#54
1990s78,595#29 (1999)#39
2000s90,325#19 (2001)#23
2010s51,326#27 (2010)#43
2020s17,726#68 (2020)#86

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anna in 1902

girls
#3
5,288 births · 1 in 50 girls
boys
#536
16 births · 1 in 7,666 boys

Top girls' names in 1902

  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
  7. #7Florence3,509
  8. #8Marie3,424
  9. #9Ethel3,295
  10. #10Alice3,135

Top boys' names in 1902

  1. #1John7,907
  2. #2William6,617
  3. #3James5,592
  4. #4George4,223
  5. #5Charles3,361
  6. #6Robert3,180
  7. #7Joseph3,098
  8. #8Frank2,756
  9. #9Edward2,294
  10. #10Henry2,154
  11. #536Anna16
More about 1902

girls

264,073 girls got a published name in 1902; 1 in 50 of them was named Anna, which outranked 99.9% of the 2,042 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anna
  1. #1Mary14,486
  2. #2Helen5,967
  3. #3Anna5,288
  4. #4Margaret5,011
  5. #5Ruth4,384
  6. #6Elizabeth3,694
Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,031Lolita#1,679 → #648
  2. ↑ 861Cathleen#1,679 → #818
  3. ↑ 743Maple#1,679 → #936
  4. ↑ 743Margarite#1,679 → #936
  5. ↑ 707Mignon#1,679 → #972
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,046Veva#747 → #1,793
  2. ↓ 847Janette#747 → #1,594
  3. ↓ 832Laurine#961 → #1,793
  4. ↓ 676Aura#918 → #1,594
  5. ↓ 667Electa#771 → #1,438

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

122,660 boys got a published name in 1902; 1 in 7,666 of them was named Anna, which outranked 59.4% of the 1,320 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anna
  1. #521Ruth17
  2. #521Wilford17
  3. #521Winfred17
  4. #536Anna16
  5. #536Arlie16
  6. #536Casper16
  7. #536Cicero16
  8. #556Alfredo15
  9. #556Angus15
  10. #556Artie15

Tied with 19 names at #536; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1901
Risers
  1. ↑ 551Judge#1,058 → #507
  2. ↑ 522Ottis#1,058 → #536
  3. ↑ 502Lonzo#1,058 → #556
  4. ↑ 475Eldred#1,058 → #583
  5. ↑ 468Rogers#943 → #475
Fallers
  1. ↓ 541Carmen#596 → #1,137
  2. ↓ 541Alf#596 → #1,137
  3. ↓ 541Orrin#596 → #1,137
  4. ↓ 528Davis#334 → #862
  5. ↓ 500Guadalupe#433 → #933

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1902 →