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
- Peak · girls
- 1895 · 5,950 births
- Debut · girls
- 2,604 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 135 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 914,859since 1880
Anna over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
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 | #107 | 2,521 | — | |
| 2024 | #94 | 2,716 | — | |
| 2023 | #79 | 2,934 | — | |
| 2022 | #83 | 2,962 | — | |
| 2021 | #85 | 3,082 | #10,799 | 6 |
| 2020 | #68 | 3,511 | #12,022 | 5 |
| 2019 | #63 | 3,849 | — | |
| 2018 | #54 | 4,198 | #12,156 | 5 |
| 2017 | #53 | 4,574 | #8,840 | 8 |
| 2016 | #49 | 4,810 | #10,744 | 6 |
| 2015 | #44 | 5,150 | #9,568 | 7 |
| 2014 | #34 | 5,706 | — | |
| 2013 | #35 | 5,398 | #9,655 | 7 |
| 2012 | #34 | 5,630 | #12,274 | 5 |
| 2011 | #38 | 5,675 | #9,600 | 7 |
| 2010 | #27 | 6,336 | #7,591 | 10 |
| 2009 | #28 | 6,818 | #7,692 | 10 |
| 2008 | #26 | 7,278 | #7,187 | 11 |
| 2007 | #25 | 7,901 | #7,094 | 11 |
| 2006 | #22 | 8,613 | #12,055 | 5 |
| 2005 | #22 | 9,113 | #4,464 | 19 |
| 2004 | #20 | 9,531 | #2,419 | 46 |
| 2003 | #21 | 9,464 | #5,558 | 13 |
| 2002 | #20 | 10,398 | #5,725 | 12 |
| 2001 | #19 | 10,596 | #6,935 | 9 |
| 2000 | #22 | 10,613 | #6,839 | 9 |
| 1999 | #29 | 9,115 | #5,656 | 11 |
| 1998 | #31 | 8,386 | #4,873 | 13 |
| 1997 | #33 | 8,342 | — | |
| 1996 | #33 | 8,575 | #5,982 | 9 |
| 1995 | #31 | 8,570 | #4,280 | 14 |
| 1994 | #41 | 7,529 | #3,596 | 18 |
| 1993 | #47 | 6,813 | #6,228 | 8 |
| 1992 | #49 | 6,853 | #7,422 | 6 |
| 1991 | #46 | 7,119 | #4,005 | 14 |
| 1990 | #45 | 7,293 | #2,170 | 33 |
| 1989 | #51 | 6,898 | #1,433 | 58 |
| 1988 | #54 | 6,444 | #2,197 | 28 |
| 1987 | #52 | 6,170 | #2,333 | 24 |
| 1986 | #51 | 5,908 | #2,057 | 28 |
| 1985 | #54 | 5,883 | #2,710 | 18 |
| 1984 | #57 | 5,306 | #2,292 | 22 |
| 1983 | #55 | 5,217 | #2,912 | 15 |
| 1982 | #56 | 5,271 | #2,207 | 23 |
| 1981 | #54 | 5,192 | #2,138 | 24 |
| 1980 | #55 | 5,038 | #2,213 | 23 |
| 1979 | #59 | 4,670 | #1,867 | 29 |
| 1978 | #65 | 4,173 | #2,929 | 14 |
| 1977 | #74 | 3,851 | #2,361 | 19 |
| 1976 | #78 | 3,584 | #2,709 | 15 |
| 1975 | #79 | 3,578 | #2,751 | 14 |
| 1974 | #82 | 3,622 | #2,946 | 12 |
| 1973 | #86 | 3,507 | #2,857 | 12 |
| 1972 | #86 | 3,449 | #2,659 | 13 |
| 1971 | #106 | 3,578 | #2,558 | 14 |
| 1970 | #102 | 3,801 | #1,939 | 21 |
| 1969 | #99 | 3,720 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #99 | 3,569 | #2,735 | 10 |
| 1967 | #91 | 3,728 | #2,242 | 13 |
| 1966 | #95 | 3,682 | #1,963 | 16 |
| 1965 | #96 | 3,920 | #2,270 | 13 |
| 1964 | #97 | 4,292 | #1,729 | 21 |
| 1963 | #102 | 4,257 | #1,957 | 17 |
| 1962 | #100 | 4,430 | #2,186 | 14 |
| 1961 | #100 | 4,678 | #1,876 | 19 |
| 1960 | #104 | 4,659 | #2,210 | 14 |
| 1959 | #99 | 4,878 | #1,806 | 20 |
| 1958 | #103 | 4,661 | #3,275 | 7 |
| 1957 | #105 | 4,442 | #2,494 | 11 |
| 1956 | #103 | 4,394 | #1,821 | 19 |
| 1955 | #105 | 4,090 | #2,048 | 15 |
| 1954 | #105 | 4,000 | #2,316 | 12 |
| 1953 | #98 | 3,837 | #2,391 | 11 |
| 1952 | #101 | 3,714 | #2,010 | 15 |
| 1951 | #94 | 3,870 | #2,055 | 14 |
| 1950 | #93 | 3,815 | #2,580 | 9 |
| 1949 | #91 | 3,897 | #1,941 | 15 |
| 1948 | #89 | 4,037 | #1,943 | 15 |
| 1947 | #92 | 4,238 | #1,988 | 15 |
| 1946 | #87 | 3,999 | #1,949 | 14 |
| 1945 | #73 | 3,607 | #2,009 | 12 |
| 1944 | #74 | 3,635 | #1,810 | 15 |
| 1943 | #64 | 4,232 | #2,074 | 13 |
| 1942 | #59 | 4,488 | #1,421 | 24 |
| 1941 | #56 | 4,432 | #1,903 | 14 |
| 1940 | #51 | 4,717 | #1,334 | 25 |
| 1939 | #43 | 4,929 | #1,578 | 18 |
| 1938 | #40 | 5,145 | #1,439 | 22 |
| 1937 | #39 | 5,449 | #1,627 | 18 |
| 1936 | #36 | 5,727 | #1,051 | 37 |
| 1935 | #34 | 6,162 | #1,226 | 30 |
| 1934 | #31 | 6,680 | #1,357 | 25 |
| 1933 | #29 | 7,072 | #1,330 | 25 |
| 1932 | #24 | 7,924 | #1,090 | 38 |
| 1931 | #25 | 8,429 | #1,194 | 33 |
| 1930 | #23 | 9,081 | #928 | 52 |
| 1929 | #20 | 9,751 | #1,055 | 42 |
| 1928 | #16 | 10,575 | #950 | 51 |
| 1927 | #16 | 11,215 | #1,001 | 49 |
| 1926 | #15 | 11,698 | #992 | 48 |
| 1925 | #13 | 12,250 | #1,225 | 34 |
| 1924 | #13 | 13,076 | #1,287 | 32 |
| 1923 | #13 | 12,865 | #1,157 | 38 |
| 1922 | #12 | 13,408 | #1,107 | 41 |
| 1921 | #11 | 14,476 | #1,412 | 28 |
| 1920 | #10 | 14,581 | #1,252 | 33 |
| 1919 | #10 | 14,498 | #1,047 | 42 |
| 1918 | #10 | 15,666 | #1,256 | 31 |
| 1917 | #7 | 15,160 | #1,175 | 33 |
| 1916 | #7 | 15,228 | #1,096 | 35 |
| 1915 | #7 | 15,119 | #1,159 | 31 |
| 1914 | #6 | 11,865 | #855 | 40 |
| 1913 | #7 | 9,687 | #871 | 31 |
| 1912 | #7 | 8,586 | #816 | 29 |
| 1911 | #6 | 6,753 | #707 | 20 |
| 1910 | #6 | 6,436 | #634 | 21 |
| 1909 | #6 | 5,804 | #530 | 24 |
| 1908 | #5 | 5,860 | #877 | 10 |
| 1907 | #4 | 5,575 | #540 | 20 |
| 1906 | #4 | 5,502 | #674 | 13 |
| 1905 | #4 | 5,424 | #491 | 21 |
| 1904 | #3 | 5,330 | #566 | 16 |
| 1903 | #3 | 5,098 | #505 | 18 |
| 1902 | #3 | 5,288 | #536 | 16 |
| 1901 | #3 | 4,923 | #453 | 18 |
| 1900 | #3 | 6,114 | #455 | 25 |
| 1899 | #2 | 5,115 | #384 | 23 |
| 1898 | #2 | 5,773 | #345 | 31 |
| 1897 | #2 | 5,429 | #438 | 19 |
| 1896 | #2 | 5,860 | #500 | 17 |
| 1895 | #2 | 5,950 | #476 | 18 |
| 1894 | #2 | 5,565 | #419 | 20 |
| 1893 | #2 | 5,695 | #448 | 17 |
| 1892 | #2 | 5,542 | #422 | 20 |
| 1891 | #2 | 5,099 | #456 | 15 |
| 1890 | #2 | 5,233 | #405 | 20 |
| 1889 | #2 | 5,062 | #369 | 23 |
| 1888 | #2 | 4,982 | #359 | 26 |
| 1887 | #2 | 4,227 | #488 | 13 |
| 1886 | #2 | 4,283 | #470 | 15 |
| 1885 | #2 | 3,994 | #399 | 20 |
| 1884 | #2 | 3,860 | #399 | 20 |
| 1883 | #2 | 3,306 | #448 | 16 |
| 1882 | #2 | 3,143 | — | |
| 1881 | #2 | 2,698 | #431 | 16 |
| 1880 | #2 | 2,604 | #526 | 12 |
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.
See more about Anna
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1895 at #2 (5,950 births)
- Births halved by 2022, 127 yrs later
- Top 10: 41 yrs · run 1880–1920
- Top 100: 135 yrs · run 1880–1951
- Top 1,000: 146 yrs · run 1880–2025
- 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
- 13.5% of all girls named Anna (123,895) were born in this decade
- Comeback: #2 (1895) → #106 (1971) → #19 (2001)
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 38,159 | #2 (1889) | #2 |
| 1890s | 55,261 | #2 (1895) | #2 |
| 1900s | 54,918 | #3 (1900) | #4 |
| 1910s | 118,998 | #6 (1914) | #7 |
| 1920s | 123,895 | #10 (1920) | #14 |
| 1930s | 66,598 | #23 (1930) | #32 |
| 1940s | 41,282 | #51 (1940) | #74 |
| 1950s | 41,701 | #93 (1950) | #101 |
| 1960s | 40,935 | #91 (1967) | #98 |
| 1970s | 37,813 | #59 (1979) | #82 |
| 1980s | 57,327 | #51 (1989) | #54 |
| 1990s | 78,595 | #29 (1999) | #39 |
| 2000s | 90,325 | #19 (2001) | #23 |
| 2010s | 51,326 | #27 (2010) | #43 |
| 2020s | 17,726 | #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 1940
Top girls' names in 1940
Top boys' names in 1940
More about 1940
girls
1,143,528 girls got a published name in 1940; 1 in 242 of them was named Anna, which outranked 99.0% of the 5,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,159,172 boys got a published name in 1940; 1 in 46,367 of them was named Anna, which outranked 66.1% of the 3,937 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #1,311Sid26
- #1,311Sol26
- #1,311Wallis26
- #1,334Anna25
- #1,334Augustin25
- #1,334Baldemar25
- #1,334Burnett25
- #1,368Abram24
- #1,368Adelbert24
- #1,368Arnie24
Tied with 33 names at #1,334; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.