Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Anna

#17 most common girls' name of all time · #50 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#17
Rank overall
#50 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
917,615
Since 2016
35,187
Peak year
1918 #10
Best rank
#2 1880
Girls Boys peak 15,697/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Anna is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 2,521 2,521 #107
2024 2,716 2,716 #94
2023 2,934 2,934 #79
2022 2,962 2,962 #83
2021 3,082 6 3,088 #85
2020 3,511 5 3,516 #68
2019 3,849 3,849 #63
2018 4,198 5 4,203 #54
2017 4,574 8 4,582 #53
2016 4,810 6 4,816 #49
2015 5,150 7 5,157 #44
2014 5,706 5,706 #34
2013 5,398 7 5,405 #35
2012 5,630 5 5,635 #34
2011 5,675 7 5,682 #38
2010 6,336 10 6,346 #27
2009 6,818 10 6,828 #28
2008 7,278 11 7,289 #26
2007 7,901 11 7,912 #25
2006 8,613 5 8,618 #22
2005 9,113 19 9,132 #22
2004 9,531 46 9,577 #20
2003 9,464 13 9,477 #21
2002 10,398 12 10,410 #20
2001 10,596 9 10,605 #19
2000 10,613 9 10,622 #22
1999 9,115 11 9,126 #29
1998 8,386 13 8,399 #31
1997 8,342 8,342 #33
1996 8,575 9 8,584 #33
1995 8,570 14 8,584 #31
1994 7,529 18 7,547 #41
1993 6,813 8 6,821 #47
1992 6,853 6 6,859 #49
1991 7,119 14 7,133 #46
1990 7,293 33 7,326 #45
1989 6,898 58 6,956 #51
1988 6,444 28 6,472 #54
1987 6,170 24 6,194 #52
1986 5,908 28 5,936 #51
1985 5,883 18 5,901 #54
1984 5,306 22 5,328 #57
1983 5,217 15 5,232 #55
1982 5,271 23 5,294 #56
1981 5,192 24 5,216 #54
1980 5,038 23 5,061 #55
1979 4,670 29 4,699 #59
1978 4,173 14 4,187 #65
1977 3,851 19 3,870 #74
1976 3,584 15 3,599 #78
1975 3,578 14 3,592 #79
1974 3,622 12 3,634 #82
1973 3,507 12 3,519 #86
1972 3,449 13 3,462 #86
1971 3,578 14 3,592 #106
1970 3,801 21 3,822 #102
1969 3,720 12 3,732 #99
1968 3,569 10 3,579 #99
1967 3,728 13 3,741 #91
1966 3,682 16 3,698 #95
1965 3,920 13 3,933 #96
1964 4,292 21 4,313 #97
1963 4,257 17 4,274 #102
1962 4,430 14 4,444 #100
1961 4,678 19 4,697 #100
1960 4,659 14 4,673 #104
1959 4,878 20 4,898 #99
1958 4,661 7 4,668 #103
1957 4,442 11 4,453 #105
1956 4,394 19 4,413 #103
1955 4,090 15 4,105 #105
1954 4,000 12 4,012 #105
1953 3,837 11 3,848 #98
1952 3,714 15 3,729 #101
1951 3,870 14 3,884 #94
1950 3,815 9 3,824 #93
1949 3,897 15 3,912 #91
1948 4,037 15 4,052 #89
1947 4,238 15 4,253 #92
1946 3,999 14 4,013 #87
1945 3,607 12 3,619 #73
1944 3,635 15 3,650 #74
1943 4,232 13 4,245 #64
1942 4,488 24 4,512 #59
1941 4,432 14 4,446 #56
1940 4,717 25 4,742 #51
1939 4,929 18 4,947 #43
1938 5,145 22 5,167 #40
1937 5,449 18 5,467 #39
1936 5,727 37 5,764 #36
1935 6,162 30 6,192 #34
1934 6,680 25 6,705 #31
1933 7,072 25 7,097 #29
1932 7,924 38 7,962 #24
1931 8,429 33 8,462 #25
1930 9,081 52 9,133 #23
1929 9,751 42 9,793 #20
1928 10,575 51 10,626 #16
1927 11,215 49 11,264 #16
1926 11,698 48 11,746 #15
1925 12,250 34 12,284 #13
1924 13,076 32 13,108 #13
1923 12,865 38 12,903 #13
1922 13,408 41 13,449 #12
1921 14,476 28 14,504 #11
1920 14,581 33 14,614 #10
1919 14,498 42 14,540 #10
1918 15,666 31 15,697 #10
1917 15,160 33 15,193 #7
1916 15,228 35 15,263 #7
1915 15,119 31 15,150 #7
1914 11,865 40 11,905 #6
1913 9,687 31 9,718 #7
1912 8,586 29 8,615 #7
1911 6,753 20 6,773 #6
1910 6,436 21 6,457 #6
1909 5,804 24 5,828 #6
1908 5,860 10 5,870 #5
1907 5,575 20 5,595 #4
1906 5,502 13 5,515 #4
1905 5,424 21 5,445 #4
1904 5,330 16 5,346 #3
1903 5,098 18 5,116 #3
1902 5,288 16 5,304 #3
1901 4,923 18 4,941 #3
1900 6,114 25 6,139 #3
1899 5,115 23 5,138 #2
1898 5,773 31 5,804 #2
1897 5,429 19 5,448 #2
1896 5,860 17 5,877 #2
1895 5,950 18 5,968 #2
1894 5,565 20 5,585 #2
1893 5,695 17 5,712 #2
1892 5,542 20 5,562 #2
1891 5,099 15 5,114 #2
1890 5,233 20 5,253 #2
1889 5,062 23 5,085 #2
1888 4,982 26 5,008 #2
1887 4,227 13 4,240 #2
1886 4,283 15 4,298 #2
1885 3,994 20 4,014 #2
1884 3,860 20 3,880 #2
1883 3,306 16 3,322 #2
1882 3,143 3,143 #2
1881 2,698 16 2,714 #2
1880 2,604 12 2,616 #2