Anna

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Hebrew

Meaning

Anna is a feminine given name, the Latin form of the Hebrew name Hannah, meaning "favour" or "grace". It is the name of Samuel's mother in the Hebrew Bible, rendered Ἄννα in Greek, Hannah in English, and Anna in Latin.

From Wikipedia

Anna first appears in the data in 1880 and has been recorded in 145 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1918 with 15,666 babies (rank #10 that year). In 2024 it was given to 2,700 girls (rank #94). The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Anna

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Anna yields these three numbers — a playful read on the name's character.

915,007
Total babies (all years)
145
Years in the data
15,666
Peak in a single year

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
18802,604#2
18812,698#2
18823,143#2
18833,306#2
18843,860#2
18853,994#2
18864,283#2
18874,227#2
18884,982#2
18895,062#2
18905,233#2
18915,099#2
18925,542#2
18935,695#2
18945,565#2
18955,950#2
18965,860#2
18975,429#2
18985,773#2
18995,115#2
19006,114#3
19014,923#3
19025,288#3
19035,098#3
19045,330#3
19055,424#4
19065,502#4
19075,575#4
19085,860#5
19095,804#6
19106,436#6
19116,753#6
19128,586#7
19139,687#7
191411,865#6
191515,119#7
191615,228#7
191715,160#7
191815,666#10
191914,498#10
192014,581#10
192114,476#11
192213,408#12
192312,865#13
192413,076#13
192512,250#13
192611,698#15
192711,215#16
192810,575#16
19299,750#20
19309,081#23
19318,429#25
19327,924#24
19337,072#29
19346,680#31
19356,162#34
19365,727#36
19375,450#38
19385,144#40
19394,929#43
19404,717#51
19414,432#56
19424,488#59
19434,231#64
19443,635#74
19453,607#73
19463,999#87
19474,238#92
19484,037#89
19493,897#91
19503,815#93
19513,870#94
19523,714#101
19533,837#98
19544,000#105
19554,090#105
19564,393#103
19574,442#105
19584,661#103
19594,878#99
19604,659#104
19614,677#100
19624,430#100
19634,255#102
19644,292#97
19653,920#96
19663,679#95
19673,727#91
19683,569#99
19693,721#99
19703,799#102
19713,578#106
19723,449#86
19733,507#86
19743,621#82
19753,578#79
19763,585#78
19773,852#73
19784,173#65
19794,669#59
19805,037#55
19815,192#54
19825,270#56
19835,218#55
19845,306#57
19855,885#54
19865,906#51
19876,169#52
19886,443#54
19896,899#51
19907,293#45
19917,118#46
19926,853#49
19936,812#47
19947,529#41
19958,569#31
19968,574#33
19978,342#33
19988,386#31
19999,115#29
200010,613#22
200110,592#19
200210,394#20
20039,463#21
20049,529#20
20059,110#22
20068,611#22
20077,900#25
20087,277#26
20096,818#28
20106,335#27
20115,672#38
20125,628#35
20135,396#35
20145,704#34
20155,149#44
20164,805#49
20174,574#53
20184,197#54
20193,845#63
20203,507#68
20213,078#85
20222,958#83
20232,931#79
20242,700#94