How Many People Are Named Anna?
people named Anna are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 779 people in the US has this name
Based on 917,615 babies named Anna in Social Security records from 1880 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
⭐ Uncommon
Peak Year
15,697 births
Trend
Declining (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Form of Channah (see HANNAH) used in the Greek and Latin Old Testament. Many later Old Testament translations, including the English, use the Hannah spelling instead of Anna. The name appears briefly in the New Testament belonging to a prophetess who recognized Jesus as the Messiah. It was a popular name in the Byzantine Empire from an early date, and in the Middle Ages it became common among Western Christians due to veneration of Saint Anna (usually known as Saint Anne in English), the name traditionally assigned to the mother of the Virgin Mary. In the English-speaking world, this form came into general use in the 18th century, joining Ann and Anne.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Anna in English. Counting Anna and these spellings together, about 1,047,123 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
Almost all of the babies given the name Anna (99.8%) were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anna alive today is about 39 years old, and 44% are under 30. Half of them were between 21 and 56 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anna first appears in the records in 1880 and was given most often in 1918, to 15,697 babies. In 2025, 2,521 babies got the name. Over the last ten years, the number each year has been falling.
Babies given the name each year, 1880 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anna reached #2 among girls' names in 1880 to 1899, and was in the top 10 for 41 years, 1880 to 1920. In 2025 it ranked #107.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #107 |
| Best rank | #2 (1880 to 1899) |
| Years in the top 10 | 41 |
| Years in the top 100 | 135 (1880 to 2024) |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #13 in the 1920s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anna alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anna were born in California than in any other state: about 37,595 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Anna was given 2 times as often in Alaska, 1.8 times in Pennsylvania and 1.7 times in Kentucky.
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