The name Anna is of Hebrew origin, and means grace.
The table below indicates the number of times the name Anna has been given to baby girls in recent years.
The last 125 years refers to 1880 through 2004; last year refers to 2004.
The rank and count values are based on U.S. Social Security Administration counts for the one thousand most popular names given to baby girls in each of these years.
Cumulative Usage Chart for the Name Anna
Use of the Name Anna for Girls During the Last ...
125 Years
50 Years
25 Years
10 Years
5 Years
2 Years
1 Year
804,378
286,377
185,440
92,909
50,117
18,719
9,343
The table below indicates the number of times the name Anna has been given to baby girls and baby boys each year, from 1880 through 2004.
A blank entry indicates that the name did not rank among the top one thousand names given to girls or boys, respectively, during the specified year.
Yearly Usage Chart for the Name Anna
Used as a Girl Name
Used as a Boy Name
Year
Rank
Count
Rank
Count
1880
2
2,604
529
12
1881
2
2,698
431
16
1882
2
3,142
1883
2
3,306
448
16
1884
2
3,860
400
20
1885
2
3,994
399
20
1886
2
4,283
472
15
1887
2
4,226
517
12
1888
2
4,983
360
26
1889
2
5,062
371
23
1890
2
5,233
405
20
1891
2
5,099
456
15
1892
2
5,542
423
20
1893
2
5,696
449
17
1894
2
5,565
421
20
1895
2
5,949
478
18
1896
2
5,860
502
17
1897
2
5,429
441
19
1898
2
5,773
346
31
1899
2
5,115
384
23
1900
3
6,118
455
25
1901
3
4,922
454
18
1902
3
5,288
536
16
1903
3
5,096
506
18
1904
3
5,329
566
16
1905
4
5,422
492
21
1906
4
5,497
674
13
1907
4
5,571
539
20
1908
5
5,855
880
10
1909
6
5,788
531
24
1910
6
6,419
634
21
1911
6
6,728
708
20
1912
7
8,566
817
29
1913
7
9,662
873
31
1914
6
11,846
855
40
1915
7
15,109
1916
7
15,225
1917
7
15,141
1918
10
15,671
1919
10
14,504
1920
10
14,568
1921
11
14,470
1922
12
13,404
1923
13
12,843
1924
13
13,072
1925
13
12,253
1926
15
11,704
996
48
1927
16
11,207
991
50
1928
16
10,548
936
52
1929
20
9,738
1930
23
9,073
942
51
1931
25
8,411
1932
24
7,930
1933
29
7,062
1934
31
6,674
1935
34
6,158
1936
36
5,727
1937
38
5,453
1938
40
5,139
1939
43
4,923
1940
52
4,708
1941
56
4,428
1942
59
4,492
1943
64
4,240
1944
74
3,629
1945
75
3,597
1946
87
4,002
1947
92
4,234
1948
89
4,034
1949
91
3,901
1950
93
3,811
1951
94
3,851
1952
101
3,716
1953
98
3,836
1954
105
3,989
1955
105
4,097
1956
104
4,378
1957
105
4,438
1958
103
4,652
1959
99
4,873
1960
104
4,645
1961
100
4,655
1962
100
4,439
1963
102
4,246
1964
97
4,281
1965
96
3,915
1966
95
3,664
1967
91
3,714
1968
99
3,560
1969
99
3,713
1970
102
3,786
1971
106
3,565
1972
87
3,433
1973
88
3,494
1974
82
3,603
1975
79
3,564
1976
78
3,571
1977
74
3,841
1978
65
4,161
1979
59
4,649
1980
55
5,013
1981
54
5,176
1982
56
5,255
1983
55
5,207
1984
57
5,292
1985
54
5,869
1986
51
5,868
1987
52
6,144
1988
54
6,383
1989
51
6,863
1990
45
7,270
1991
46
7,083
1992
49
6,821
1993
47
6,785
1994
41
7,502
1995
31
8,531
1996
33
8,536
1997
33
8,314
1998
31
8,347
1999
29
9,064
2000
22
10,547
2001
19
10,518
2002
20
10,333
2003
21
9,376
2004
20
9,343
Totals:
804,378
883
During the last 125 years, parents have used Anna as a girl's name about 99% of the time and less frequently (about 0% of the time) as a boy's name.