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
- Peak · girls
- 1991 · 2,652 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 111,359since 1880
Ana over time
Rank among girls' names. Ana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #245 | 1,276 | — | |
| 2024 | #204 | 1,504 | — | |
| 2023 | #223 | 1,336 | #12,239 | 5 |
| 2022 | #208 | 1,403 | — | |
| 2021 | #234 | 1,282 | — | |
| 2020 | #244 | 1,238 | — | |
| 2019 | #223 | 1,395 | #10,803 | 6 |
| 2018 | #215 | 1,449 | — | |
| 2017 | #211 | 1,457 | — | |
| 2016 | #222 | 1,436 | — | |
| 2015 | #211 | 1,548 | — | |
| 2014 | #219 | 1,538 | — | |
| 2013 | #236 | 1,349 | — | |
| 2012 | #217 | 1,462 | — | |
| 2011 | #238 | 1,334 | — | |
| 2010 | #197 | 1,575 | — | |
| 2009 | #180 | 1,826 | #9,864 | 7 |
| 2008 | #170 | 1,955 | #11,037 | 6 |
| 2007 | #161 | 2,228 | — | |
| 2006 | #144 | 2,414 | #10,662 | 6 |
| 2005 | #147 | 2,354 | #6,634 | 11 |
| 2004 | #139 | 2,348 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #129 | 2,595 | — | |
| 2002 | #134 | 2,537 | #7,643 | 8 |
| 2001 | #134 | 2,518 | #6,013 | 11 |
| 2000 | #136 | 2,428 | #7,416 | 8 |
| 1999 | #154 | 2,113 | #8,704 | 6 |
| 1998 | #140 | 2,265 | #6,843 | 8 |
| 1997 | #139 | 2,318 | #4,960 | 12 |
| 1996 | #141 | 2,307 | #4,878 | 12 |
| 1995 | #134 | 2,367 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #143 | 2,211 | #4,094 | 15 |
| 1993 | #136 | 2,366 | #2,697 | 26 |
| 1992 | #137 | 2,328 | #2,999 | 22 |
| 1991 | #119 | 2,652 | #3,105 | 20 |
| 1990 | #124 | 2,614 | #1,946 | 39 |
| 1989 | #131 | 2,276 | #2,292 | 29 |
| 1988 | #170 | 1,665 | #2,599 | 22 |
| 1987 | #169 | 1,647 | #3,521 | 13 |
| 1986 | #166 | 1,641 | #2,510 | 21 |
| 1985 | #183 | 1,470 | #2,357 | 22 |
| 1984 | #193 | 1,391 | #2,956 | 15 |
| 1983 | #201 | 1,309 | #2,208 | 23 |
| 1982 | #200 | 1,365 | #2,831 | 16 |
| 1981 | #189 | 1,441 | #3,030 | 14 |
| 1980 | #198 | 1,325 | #2,965 | 15 |
| 1979 | #229 | 1,140 | #4,068 | 9 |
| 1978 | #220 | 1,139 | #2,669 | 16 |
| 1977 | #218 | 1,137 | #3,203 | 12 |
| 1976 | #211 | 1,165 | #3,471 | 10 |
| 1975 | #213 | 1,157 | #2,637 | 15 |
| 1974 | #218 | 1,179 | #3,837 | 8 |
| 1973 | #232 | 1,097 | #2,716 | 13 |
| 1972 | #249 | 1,086 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #269 | 1,069 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #280 | 1,048 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #292 | 961 | #3,062 | 9 |
| 1968 | #286 | 923 | #3,107 | 8 |
| 1967 | #297 | 847 | — | |
| 1966 | #310 | 820 | — | |
| 1965 | #317 | 812 | — | |
| 1964 | #345 | 758 | #3,601 | 6 |
| 1963 | #341 | 769 | #3,646 | 6 |
| 1962 | #361 | 686 | — | |
| 1961 | #379 | 649 | — | |
| 1960 | #382 | 619 | — | |
| 1959 | #393 | 579 | #3,619 | 6 |
| 1958 | #396 | 539 | — | |
| 1957 | #430 | 479 | #3,552 | 6 |
| 1956 | #419 | 469 | — | |
| 1955 | #458 | 387 | — | |
| 1954 | #448 | 387 | — | |
| 1953 | #480 | 321 | — | |
| 1952 | #494 | 288 | — | |
| 1951 | #516 | 258 | — | |
| 1950 | #556 | 223 | — | |
| 1949 | #545 | 235 | — | |
| 1948 | #552 | 226 | #3,010 | 7 |
| 1947 | #645 | 166 | — | |
| 1946 | #686 | 135 | — | |
| 1945 | #673 | 121 | — | |
| 1944 | #701 | 114 | — | |
| 1943 | #745 | 108 | — | |
| 1942 | #814 | 88 | — | |
| 1941 | #815 | 78 | — | |
| 1940 | #868 | 67 | — | |
| 1939 | #824 | 70 | — | |
| 1938 | #792 | 79 | — | |
| 1937 | #870 | 63 | — | |
| 1936 | #748 | 80 | — | |
| 1935 | #766 | 78 | — | |
| 1934 | #728 | 84 | — | |
| 1933 | #878 | 59 | — | |
| 1932 | #846 | 67 | — | |
| 1931 | #793 | 73 | — | |
| 1930 | #690 | 99 | #4,001 | 5 |
| 1929 | #764 | 83 | — | |
| 1928 | #791 | 82 | — | |
| 1927 | #766 | 89 | — | |
| 1926 | #879 | 71 | — | |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 | — | |
| 1924 | #976 | 61 | — | |
| 1923 | #912 | 64 | — | |
| 1922 | #891 | 67 | — | |
| 1921 | #905 | 67 | — | |
| 1920 | #894 | 66 | — | |
| 1919 | #925 | 58 | — | |
| 1918 | #948 | 57 | — | |
| 1917 | #978 | 51 | — | |
| 1916 | #1,227 | 34 | — | |
| 1915 | #1,012 | 43 | — | |
| 1914 | #1,059 | 32 | — | |
| 1913 | #1,151 | 23 | — | |
| 1912 | #1,055 | 24 | — | |
| 1911 | #741 | 34 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,421 | 11 | — | |
| 1909 | #1,152 | 13 | — | |
| 1908 | #1,044 | 15 | — | |
| 1907 | #819 | 21 | — | |
| 1906 | #872 | 18 | — | |
| 1905 | #699 | 26 | — | |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 | — | |
| 1903 | #896 | 15 | — | |
| 1902 | #872 | 16 | — | |
| 1901 | #1,466 | 6 | — | |
| 1900 | #885 | 18 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #840 | 16 | — | |
| 1897 | #1,167 | 8 | — | |
| 1896 | #950 | 12 | — | |
| 1895 | #1,053 | 10 | — | |
| 1894 | #998 | 10 | — | |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,171 | 7 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,006 | 8 | — | |
| 1890 | #667 | 16 | — | |
| 1889 | #902 | 9 | — | |
| 1888 | #753 | 12 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | #731 | 10 | — | |
| 1885 | #921 | 6 | — | |
| 1884 | #583 | 13 | — | |
| 1883 | #754 | 7 | — | |
| 1882 | #740 | 7 | — | |
| 1881 | #582 | 9 | — | |
| 1880 | #836 | 5 | — | |
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
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1991 at #119 (2,652 births)
- Births halved by 2020, 29 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 131 yrs · run 1917–2025
- 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
- 21.1% of all girls named Ana (23,541) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 78 | #582 (1881) | #756 |
| 1890s | 110 | #667 (1890) | #971 |
| 1900s | 157 | #699 (1905) | #996 |
| 1910s | 367 | #741 (1911) | #1,052 |
| 1920s | 710 | #764 (1929) | #874 |
| 1930s | 752 | #690 (1930) | #794 |
| 1940s | 1,338 | #545 (1949) | #704 |
| 1950s | 3,930 | #393 (1959) | #459 |
| 1960s | 7,844 | #286 (1968) | #331 |
| 1970s | 11,217 | #211 (1976) | #234 |
| 1980s | 15,530 | #131 (1989) | #180 |
| 1990s | 23,541 | #119 (1991) | #137 |
| 2000s | 23,203 | #129 (2003) | #147 |
| 2010s | 14,543 | #197 (2010) | #219 |
| 2020s | 8,039 | #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 1990
Top girls' names in 1990
Top boys' names in 1990
More about 1990
girls
1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 726 of them was named Ana, which outranked 99.2% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 52,668 of them was named Ana, which outranked 79.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,909Vinh40
- #1,909Xzavier40
- #1,909Zakery40
- #1,946Ana39
- #1,946Andrae39
- #1,946Avrohom39
- #1,946Christophe39
- #1,968Akash38
- #1,968Alston38
- #1,968Antwane38
Tied with 21 names at #1,946; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.