Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls
Origin: HebrewAnna 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.
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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.
Anna ranked 2 in 1880, the very first year of SSA records, and peaked at 15,666 births in 1918. It now sits at 2,700 births and rank 94, having lost 53% in a decade. The 915,007 births behind it make this one of the most-used girls' names in American history. Its bearers are a strange collection, because Anna is so often a first name hidden behind something else: Eleanor Roosevelt, born 1884, was Anna Eleanor; Tina Turner was born Anna Mae Bullock. The poet Wisława Szymborska and Monica Bellucci also carry it. Very few names can claim continuous top-tier presence from 1880 to the present, and the cost of that longevity is that Anna now reads as belonging to everyone and no one in particular.
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Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.
| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880 | 2,604 | #2 |
| 1881 | 2,698 | #2 |
| 1882 | 3,143 | #2 |
| 1883 | 3,306 | #2 |
| 1884 | 3,860 | #2 |
| 1885 | 3,994 | #2 |
| 1886 | 4,283 | #2 |
| 1887 | 4,227 | #2 |
| 1888 | 4,982 | #2 |
| 1889 | 5,062 | #2 |
| 1890 | 5,233 | #2 |
| 1891 | 5,099 | #2 |
| 1892 | 5,542 | #2 |
| 1893 | 5,695 | #2 |
| 1894 | 5,565 | #2 |
| 1895 | 5,950 | #2 |
| 1896 | 5,860 | #2 |
| 1897 | 5,429 | #2 |
| 1898 | 5,773 | #2 |
| 1899 | 5,115 | #2 |
| 1900 | 6,114 | #3 |
| 1901 | 4,923 | #3 |
| 1902 | 5,288 | #3 |
| 1903 | 5,098 | #3 |
| 1904 | 5,330 | #3 |
| 1905 | 5,424 | #4 |
| 1906 | 5,502 | #4 |
| 1907 | 5,575 | #4 |
| 1908 | 5,860 | #5 |
| 1909 | 5,804 | #6 |
| 1910 | 6,436 | #6 |
| 1911 | 6,753 | #6 |
| 1912 | 8,586 | #7 |
| 1913 | 9,687 | #7 |
| 1914 | 11,865 | #6 |
| 1915 | 15,119 | #7 |
| 1916 | 15,228 | #7 |
| 1917 | 15,160 | #7 |
| 1918 | 15,666 | #10 |
| 1919 | 14,498 | #10 |
| 1920 | 14,581 | #10 |
| 1921 | 14,476 | #11 |
| 1922 | 13,408 | #12 |
| 1923 | 12,865 | #13 |
| 1924 | 13,076 | #13 |
| 1925 | 12,250 | #13 |
| 1926 | 11,698 | #15 |
| 1927 | 11,215 | #16 |
| 1928 | 10,575 | #16 |
| 1929 | 9,750 | #20 |
| 1930 | 9,081 | #23 |
| 1931 | 8,429 | #25 |
| 1932 | 7,924 | #24 |
| 1933 | 7,072 | #29 |
| 1934 | 6,680 | #31 |
| 1935 | 6,162 | #34 |
| 1936 | 5,727 | #36 |
| 1937 | 5,450 | #38 |
| 1938 | 5,144 | #40 |
| 1939 | 4,929 | #43 |
| 1940 | 4,717 | #51 |
| 1941 | 4,432 | #56 |
| 1942 | 4,488 | #59 |
| 1943 | 4,231 | #64 |
| 1944 | 3,635 | #74 |
| 1945 | 3,607 | #73 |
| 1946 | 3,999 | #87 |
| 1947 | 4,238 | #92 |
| 1948 | 4,037 | #89 |
| 1949 | 3,897 | #91 |
| 1950 | 3,815 | #93 |
| 1951 | 3,870 | #94 |
| 1952 | 3,714 | #101 |
| 1953 | 3,837 | #98 |
| 1954 | 4,000 | #105 |
| 1955 | 4,090 | #105 |
| 1956 | 4,393 | #103 |
| 1957 | 4,442 | #105 |
| 1958 | 4,661 | #103 |
| 1959 | 4,878 | #99 |
| 1960 | 4,659 | #104 |
| 1961 | 4,677 | #100 |
| 1962 | 4,430 | #100 |
| 1963 | 4,255 | #102 |
| 1964 | 4,292 | #97 |
| 1965 | 3,920 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,679 | #95 |
| 1967 | 3,727 | #91 |
| 1968 | 3,569 | #99 |
| 1969 | 3,721 | #99 |
| 1970 | 3,799 | #102 |
| 1971 | 3,578 | #106 |
| 1972 | 3,449 | #86 |
| 1973 | 3,507 | #86 |
| 1974 | 3,621 | #82 |
| 1975 | 3,578 | #79 |
| 1976 | 3,585 | #78 |
| 1977 | 3,852 | #73 |
| 1978 | 4,173 | #65 |
| 1979 | 4,669 | #59 |
| 1980 | 5,037 | #55 |
| 1981 | 5,192 | #54 |
| 1982 | 5,270 | #56 |
| 1983 | 5,218 | #55 |
| 1984 | 5,306 | #57 |
| 1985 | 5,885 | #54 |
| 1986 | 5,906 | #51 |
| 1987 | 6,169 | #52 |
| 1988 | 6,443 | #54 |
| 1989 | 6,899 | #51 |
| 1990 | 7,293 | #45 |
| 1991 | 7,118 | #46 |
| 1992 | 6,853 | #49 |
| 1993 | 6,812 | #47 |
| 1994 | 7,529 | #41 |
| 1995 | 8,569 | #31 |
| 1996 | 8,574 | #33 |
| 1997 | 8,342 | #33 |
| 1998 | 8,386 | #31 |
| 1999 | 9,115 | #29 |
| 2000 | 10,613 | #22 |
| 2001 | 10,592 | #19 |
| 2002 | 10,394 | #20 |
| 2003 | 9,463 | #21 |
| 2004 | 9,529 | #20 |
| 2005 | 9,110 | #22 |
| 2006 | 8,611 | #22 |
| 2007 | 7,900 | #25 |
| 2008 | 7,277 | #26 |
| 2009 | 6,818 | #28 |
| 2010 | 6,335 | #27 |
| 2011 | 5,672 | #38 |
| 2012 | 5,628 | #35 |
| 2013 | 5,396 | #35 |
| 2014 | 5,704 | #34 |
| 2015 | 5,149 | #44 |
| 2016 | 4,805 | #49 |
| 2017 | 4,574 | #53 |
| 2018 | 4,197 | #54 |
| 2019 | 3,845 | #63 |
| 2020 | 3,507 | #68 |
| 2021 | 3,078 | #85 |
| 2022 | 2,958 | #83 |
| 2023 | 2,931 | #79 |
| 2024 | 2,700 | #94 |
