Ana

#245 for girls in 2025, 1,276 births · Last seen for boys in 2023 at #12,239
Given to girls 99.5% of the time

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Peak · girls
1991 · 2,652 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
111,359
since 1880

Ana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Ana has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201957peak #119, 1991girls
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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#2451,276
2024#2041,504
2023#2231,336#12,2395
2022#2081,403
2021#2341,282
2020#2441,238
2019#2231,395#10,8036
2018#2151,449
2017#2111,457
2016#2221,436
2015#2111,548
2014#2191,538
2013#2361,349
2012#2171,462
2011#2381,334
2010#1971,575
2009#1801,826#9,8647
2008#1701,955#11,0376
2007#1612,228
2006#1442,414#10,6626
2005#1472,354#6,63411
2004#1392,348#8,9277
2003#1292,595
2002#1342,537#7,6438
2001#1342,518#6,01311
2000#1362,428#7,4168
1999#1542,113#8,7046
1998#1402,265#6,8438
1997#1392,318#4,96012
1996#1412,307#4,87812
1995#1342,367#4,28014
1994#1432,211#4,09415
1993#1362,366#2,69726
1992#1372,328#2,99922
1991#1192,652#3,10520
1990#1242,614#1,94639
1989#1312,276#2,29229
1988#1701,665#2,59922
1987#1691,647#3,52113
1986#1661,641#2,51021
1985#1831,470#2,35722
1984#1931,391#2,95615
1983#2011,309#2,20823
1982#2001,365#2,83116
1981#1891,441#3,03014
1980#1981,325#2,96515
1979#2291,140#4,0689
1978#2201,139#2,66916
1977#2181,137#3,20312
1976#2111,165#3,47110
1975#2131,157#2,63715
1974#2181,179#3,8378
1973#2321,097#2,71613
1972#2491,086#3,3449
1971#2691,069#4,3756
1970#2801,048#2,89111
1969#292961#3,0629
1968#286923#3,1078
1967#297847
1966#310820
1965#317812
1964#345758#3,6016
1963#341769#3,6466
1962#361686
1961#379649
1960#382619
1959#393579#3,6196
1958#396539
1957#430479#3,5526
1956#419469
1955#458387
1954#448387
1953#480321
1952#494288
1951#516258
1950#556223
1949#545235
1948#552226#3,0107
1947#645166
1946#686135
1945#673121
1944#701114
1943#745108
1942#81488
1941#81578
1940#86867
1939#82470
1938#79279
1937#87063
1936#74880
1935#76678
1934#72884
1933#87859
1932#84667
1931#79373
1930#69099#4,0015
1929#76483
1928#79182
1927#76689
1926#87971
1925#96060
1924#97661
1923#91264
1922#89167
1921#90567
1920#89466
1919#92558
1918#94857
1917#97851
1916#1,22734
1915#1,01243
1914#1,05932
1913#1,15123
1912#1,05524
1911#74134
1910#1,42111
1909#1,15213
1908#1,04415
1907#81921
1906#87218
1905#69926
1904#1,2519
1903#89615
1902#87216
1901#1,4666
1900#88518
1899#90613
1898#84016
1897#1,1678
1896#95012
1895#1,05310
1894#99810
1893#95510
1892#1,1717
1891#1,0068
1890#66716
1889#9029
1888#75312
1887
1886#73110
1885#9216
1884#58313
1883#7547
1882#7407
1881#5829
1880#8365
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Ana was already there! It came in at #836, and was given to 5 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1887, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Ana
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 41 spots since 2024 (#204#245)
  • 1 spot since 2020 (#244#245)
  • 34 spots since 2015 (#211#245)
  • Biggest jump: 680 spots in 1911 (#1,421#741)
  • Biggest drop: 581 spots in 1901 (#885#1,466)
Rise & fade · girls
111 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 1991 at #119 (2,652 births)
  • Births halved by 2020, 29 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 131 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1917–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 704
  • Highest: 1 in 704 girls born in 2003 were named Ana (0.14%)
  • Latest: 1 in 1,260 girls born in 2025 (0.08%)
  • Its best rank, #119 in 1991, was only 1 in 707 (0.14%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 21.1% of all girls named Ana (23,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s78#582 (1881)#756
1890s110#667 (1890)#971
1900s157#699 (1905)#996
1910s367#741 (1911)#1,052
1920s710#764 (1929)#874
1930s752#690 (1930)#794
1940s1,338#545 (1949)#704
1950s3,930#393 (1959)#459
1960s7,844#286 (1968)#331
1970s11,217#211 (1976)#234
1980s15,530#131 (1989)#180
1990s23,541#119 (1991)#137
2000s23,203#129 (2003)#147
2010s14,543#197 (2010)#219
2020s8,039#204 (2024)#226

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.

Ana in 1957

girls
#430
479 births · 1 in 4,269 girls
boys
#3,552
6 births · 1 in 359,539 boys

Top girls' names in 1957

  1. #1Mary61,102
  2. #2Susan45,954
  3. #3Linda44,517
  4. #4Debra42,728
  5. #5Karen40,591
  6. #6Deborah40,096
  7. #7Cynthia39,340
  8. #8Patricia39,283
  9. #9Barbara29,692
  10. #10Donna28,042
  11. #430Ana479

Top boys' names in 1957

  1. #1Michael92,781
  2. #2James84,337
  3. #3David82,403
  4. #4Robert81,765
  5. #5John79,033
  6. #6William56,852
  7. #7Mark52,841
  8. #8Richard52,446
  9. #9Thomas44,625
  10. #10Steven36,842
  11. #3,552Ana6
More about 1957

girls

2,044,851 girls got a published name in 1957; 1 in 4,269 of them was named Ana, which outranked 93.9% of the 7,015 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ana
  1. #427Lola483
  2. #428Marcy481
  3. #429Rena480
  4. #430Ana479
  5. #430Dee479
  6. #432Jessica475
  7. #433Dena471
  8. #434Allison465

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 2,944Tammi#3,696#752
  2. 1,310Tamela#2,151#841
  3. 1,298Tammie#1,662#364
  4. 993Tia#1,968#975
  5. 676Tamera#1,287#611
Fallers
  1. 423Corliss#878#1,301
  2. 399Glynis#977#1,376
  3. 367Merrie#977#1,344
  4. 303Taryn#935#1,238
  5. 291Glendora#963#1,254

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

boys

2,157,236 boys got a published name in 1957; 1 in 359,539 of them was named Ana, which outranked 22.0% of the 4,552 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 30.8% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Ana
  1. #3,257Yehuda7
  2. #3,257Yitzchok7
  3. #3,257Zach7
  4. #3,552Ana6
  5. #3,552Adlai6
  6. #3,552Ahmad6
  7. #3,552Aidan6
  8. #3,993Able5
  9. #3,993Albaro5
  10. #3,993Alcides5

Tied with 440 names at #3,552; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1956
Risers
  1. 714Dion#1,642#928
  2. 404Wes#1,317#913
  3. 371Antoine#1,232#861
  4. 340Domenick#1,335#995
  5. 329Mitch#868#539
Fallers
  1. 458Lannie#999#1,457
  2. 402Desi#986#1,388
  3. 354Gavin#924#1,278
  4. 317Murphy#917#1,234
  5. 288Eliot#897#1,185

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

See the top 100 for 1957