Popularity of the name Anna, 1880–2025
Anna was at its most popular in 1885, when 3,994 girls were given the name: about 1 in 33 girls born in the U.S. that year, ranking #2. In 2025, 2,521 girls were named Anna, ranking #107. In all, Social Security counts 914,859 girls named Anna since 1880. Social Security’s records also list 2,756 boys named Anna. Its peak falls in the earliest years of the records, and counts from before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a Social Security card.
- Peak year
- 1885
- Rank in 1885
- #2
- Babies in 1885
- 3,994
- Rank in 2025
- #107
- Total since 1880
- 914,859
Where it stands now
Over the last ten years it has slipped from #44 in 2015 to #107 in 2025, with 5,150 girls named Anna in 2015 and 2,521 in 2025.
Decade by decade
Anna ranked highest in the 1880s, at #2, with 38,159 girls given the name that decade. In the 2020s so far it ranks #79.
Every 20 years in the records: 2,604 in 1880 (#2), 6,114 in 1900 (#3), 14,581 in 1920 (#10), 4,717 in 1940 (#51), 4,659 in 1960 (#104), 5,038 in 1980 (#55), 10,613 in 2000 (#22) and 3,511 in 2020 (#68).
Highs and lows
The most girls given the name in a single year was 15,666, in 1918. That is not its peak year: Social Security’s records hold more girls for 1918 than for 1885, so the name’s share of births was smaller. Its best rank in any year was #2, first reached in 1880.
Every year
The table lists every year from 1880 to 2025 in which Social Security recorded at least 5 girls named Anna, with the name’s rank 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 | 9,751 | #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 | 5,449 | #39 |
| 1938 | 5,145 | #40 |
| 1939 | 4,929 | #43 |
| 1940 | 4,717 | #51 |
| 1941 | 4,432 | #56 |
| 1942 | 4,488 | #59 |
| 1943 | 4,232 | #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 | 4,394 | #103 |
| 1957 | 4,442 | #105 |
| 1958 | 4,661 | #103 |
| 1959 | 4,878 | #99 |
| 1960 | 4,659 | #104 |
| 1961 | 4,678 | #100 |
| 1962 | 4,430 | #100 |
| 1963 | 4,257 | #102 |
| 1964 | 4,292 | #97 |
| 1965 | 3,920 | #96 |
| 1966 | 3,682 | #95 |
| 1967 | 3,728 | #91 |
| 1968 | 3,569 | #99 |
| 1969 | 3,720 | #99 |
| 1970 | 3,801 | #102 |
| 1971 | 3,578 | #106 |
| 1972 | 3,449 | #86 |
| 1973 | 3,507 | #86 |
| 1974 | 3,622 | #82 |
| 1975 | 3,578 | #79 |
| 1976 | 3,584 | #78 |
| 1977 | 3,851 | #74 |
| 1978 | 4,173 | #65 |
| 1979 | 4,670 | #59 |
| 1980 | 5,038 | #55 |
| 1981 | 5,192 | #54 |
| 1982 | 5,271 | #56 |
| 1983 | 5,217 | #55 |
| 1984 | 5,306 | #57 |
| 1985 | 5,883 | #54 |
| 1986 | 5,908 | #51 |
| 1987 | 6,170 | #52 |
| 1988 | 6,444 | #54 |
| 1989 | 6,898 | #51 |
| 1990 | 7,293 | #45 |
| 1991 | 7,119 | #46 |
| 1992 | 6,853 | #49 |
| 1993 | 6,813 | #47 |
| 1994 | 7,529 | #41 |
| 1995 | 8,570 | #31 |
| 1996 | 8,575 | #33 |
| 1997 | 8,342 | #33 |
| 1998 | 8,386 | #31 |
| 1999 | 9,115 | #29 |
| 2000 | 10,613 | #22 |
| 2001 | 10,596 | #19 |
| 2002 | 10,398 | #20 |
| 2003 | 9,464 | #21 |
| 2004 | 9,531 | #20 |
| 2005 | 9,113 | #22 |
| 2006 | 8,613 | #22 |
| 2007 | 7,901 | #25 |
| 2008 | 7,278 | #26 |
| 2009 | 6,818 | #28 |
| 2010 | 6,336 | #27 |
| 2011 | 5,675 | #38 |
| 2012 | 5,630 | #34 |
| 2013 | 5,398 | #35 |
| 2014 | 5,706 | #34 |
| 2015 | 5,150 | #44 |
| 2016 | 4,810 | #49 |
| 2017 | 4,574 | #53 |
| 2018 | 4,198 | #54 |
| 2019 | 3,849 | #63 |
| 2020 | 3,511 | #68 |
| 2021 | 3,082 | #85 |
| 2022 | 2,962 | #83 |
| 2023 | 2,934 | #79 |
| 2024 | 2,716 | #94 |
| 2025 | 2,521 | #107 |
How these numbers are counted
Social Security publishes, for every year since 1880, how many babies of each sex were given each name, counting any name given to at least 5. A name’s rank is its place that year among names for the same sex, by number of babies. Names with the same count share a rank here, while Social Security’s own lists break ties alphabetically, so a rank can differ from theirs by a place or two. A name’s share is the number of babies given it divided by all babies of that sex in the data that year, and its peak is the year that share was highest. Shares rather than counts set the peak, because far more babies were born in some years than others: counting babies alone would pull nearly every name’s peak toward the 1946–1964 baby boom.
Source: the U.S. Social Security Administration’s national baby name data, from Social Security card applications for babies born in the U.S. A name is left out of a year when fewer than 5 babies of one sex got it, and counts before about 1937 are incomplete, because many people born then never applied for a card. See how Baby Boom builds its data. Figures may contain errors.