Ana
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AH-na
- Origin
- Hebrew
- UK rank, 2025
- #434 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #245 for girls
Ana is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 434th for girls in the UK (103 babies) and 245th for girls in the US (1,276 babies).
What does Ana mean?
Hebrew: Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of Anna
“favour, grace”
The Spanish, Portuguese and Romanian form of Anna, from Hebrew Hannah.
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Is Ana a girl's or a boy's name?
Ana is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 103 girls in the UK and 1,276 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ana in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #434among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 103about 1 in 2,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 103 girls in the UK were named Ana, making it the 434th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 429th. Its busiest year was 2018, with 193 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ana than any year since 2005.
Half of all the girls named Ana in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 439th in England and Wales, 387th in Scotland and 334th in Northern Ireland.
Ana in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 103 | #434 |
| 2024 | 122 | #391 |
| 2023 | 116 | #401 |
| 2022 | 117 | #409 |
| 2021 | 118 | #419 |
| 2020 | 110 | #429 |
| 2019 | 151 | #336 |
| 2018 | 193 | #278 |
| 2017 | 182 | #292 |
| 2016 | 185 | #299 |
| 2015 | 184 | #289 |
| 2014 | 155 | #325 |
| 2013 | 123 | #398 |
| 2012 | 142 | #376 |
| 2011 | 126 | #400 |
| 2010 | 147 | #348 |
| 2009 | 115 | #414 |
| 2008 | 122 | #400 |
| 2007 | 127 | #373 |
| 2006 | 109 | #411 |
| 2005 | 87 | #467 |
| 2004 | 99 | #410 |
| 2003 | 72 | #501 |
| 2002 | 83 | #431 |
| 2001 | 75 | #454 |
| 2000 | 68 | #485 |
| 1999 | 65 | #503 |
| 1998 | 56 | #552 |
| 1997 | 48 | #606 |
| 1996 | 38 | #689 |
How popular is Ana in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #245among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 1,276about 1 in 1,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 1% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 1.1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 1,276 girls in the US were named Ana, making it the 245th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 244th. Its busiest year was 1991, with 2,652 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Ana than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Ana in the US since 1880 were born between 1981 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ana in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,276 | #245 |
| 2024 | 1,504 | #204 |
| 2023 | 1,336 | #223 |
| 2022 | 1,403 | #208 |
| 2021 | 1,282 | #234 |
| 2020 | 1,238 | #244 |
| 2019 | 1,395 | #223 |
| 2018 | 1,449 | #215 |
| 2017 | 1,457 | #211 |
| 2016 | 1,436 | #222 |
| 2015 | 1,548 | #211 |
| 2014 | 1,538 | #219 |
| 2013 | 1,349 | #236 |
| 2012 | 1,462 | #217 |
| 2011 | 1,334 | #238 |
| 2010 | 1,575 | #197 |
| 2009 | 1,826 | #180 |
| 2008 | 1,955 | #170 |
| 2007 | 2,228 | #161 |
| 2006 | 2,414 | #144 |
| 2005 | 2,354 | #147 |
| 2004 | 2,348 | #139 |
| 2003 | 2,595 | #129 |
| 2002 | 2,537 | #134 |
| 2001 | 2,518 | #134 |
| 2000 | 2,428 | #136 |
| 1999 | 2,113 | #154 |
| 1998 | 2,265 | #140 |
| 1997 | 2,318 | #139 |
| 1996 | 2,307 | #141 |
| 1995 | 2,367 | #134 |
| 1994 | 2,211 | #143 |
| 1993 | 2,366 | #136 |
| 1992 | 2,328 | #137 |
| 1991 | 2,652 | #119 |
| 1990 | 2,614 | #124 |
| 1989 | 2,276 | #131 |
| 1988 | 1,665 | #170 |
| 1987 | 1,647 | #169 |
| 1986 | 1,641 | #166 |
| 1985 | 1,470 | #183 |
| 1984 | 1,391 | #193 |
| 1983 | 1,309 | #201 |
| 1982 | 1,365 | #200 |
| 1981 | 1,441 | #189 |
| 1980 | 1,325 | #198 |
| 1979 | 1,140 | #229 |
| 1978 | 1,139 | #220 |
| 1977 | 1,137 | #218 |
| 1976 | 1,165 | #211 |
| 1975 | 1,157 | #213 |
| 1974 | 1,179 | #218 |
| 1973 | 1,097 | #232 |
| 1972 | 1,086 | #249 |
| 1971 | 1,069 | #269 |
| 1970 | 1,048 | #280 |
| 1969 | 961 | #292 |
| 1968 | 923 | #286 |
| 1967 | 847 | #297 |
| 1966 | 820 | #310 |
| 1965 | 812 | #317 |
| 1964 | 758 | #345 |
| 1963 | 769 | #341 |
| 1962 | 686 | #361 |
| 1961 | 649 | #379 |
| 1960 | 619 | #382 |
| 1959 | 579 | #393 |
| 1958 | 539 | #396 |
| 1957 | 479 | #430 |
| 1956 | 469 | #418 |
| 1955 | 387 | #457 |
| 1954 | 387 | #447 |
| 1953 | 321 | #479 |
| 1952 | 288 | #493 |
| 1951 | 258 | #515 |
| 1950 | 223 | #555 |
| 1949 | 235 | #544 |
| 1948 | 226 | #551 |
| 1947 | 166 | #645 |
| 1946 | 135 | #686 |
| 1945 | 121 | #673 |
| 1944 | 114 | #701 |
| 1943 | 108 | #745 |
| 1942 | 88 | #814 |
| 1941 | 78 | #815 |
| 1940 | 67 | #868 |
| 1939 | 70 | #824 |
| 1938 | 79 | #792 |
| 1937 | 63 | #870 |
| 1936 | 80 | #748 |
| 1935 | 78 | #766 |
| 1934 | 84 | #728 |
| 1933 | 59 | #878 |
| 1932 | 67 | #846 |
| 1931 | 73 | #793 |
| 1930 | 99 | #690 |
| 1929 | 83 | #764 |
| 1928 | 82 | #791 |
| 1927 | 89 | #766 |
| 1926 | 71 | #879 |
| 1925 | 60 | #960 |
| 1924 | 61 | #976 |
| 1923 | 64 | #912 |
| 1922 | 67 | #891 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 |
| 1920 | 66 | #894 |
| 1919 | 58 | #925 |
| 1918 | 57 | #948 |
| 1917 | 51 | #978 |
| 1916 | 34 | #1,227 |
| 1915 | 43 | #1,012 |
| 1914 | 32 | #1,059 |
| 1913 | 23 | #1,151 |
| 1912 | 24 | #1,055 |
| 1911 | 34 | #741 |
| 1910 | 11 | #1,421 |
| 1909 | 13 | #1,152 |
| 1908 | 15 | #1,044 |
| 1907 | 21 | #819 |
| 1906 | 18 | #872 |
| 1905 | 26 | #699 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 15 | #896 |
| 1902 | 16 | #872 |
| 1901 | 6 | #1,466 |
| 1900 | 18 | #885 |
| 1899 | 13 | #906 |
| 1898 | 16 | #840 |
| 1897 | 8 | #1,167 |
| 1896 | 12 | #950 |
| 1895 | 10 | #1,053 |
| 1894 | 10 | #998 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 7 | #1,171 |
| 1891 | 8 | #1,006 |
| 1890 | 16 | #667 |
| 1889 | 9 | #902 |
| 1888 | 12 | #753 |
| 1887 | 0 | – |
| 1886 | 10 | #731 |
| 1885 | 6 | #921 |
| 1884 | 13 | #583 |
| 1883 | 7 | #754 |
| 1882 | 7 | #740 |
| 1881 | 9 | #582 |
| 1880 | 5 | #836 |
Names like Ana
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ava Mia Lara Sara Mara Athena Alba Maria Fatima Autumn Elisa Aurora
Other spellings of Ana
Names related to Ana
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias Mateo Elsie
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ana: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ana, updated 20 October 2026.