Anna
Girl · AN-a · Hebrew
ClassicBig in Northern Ireland
Anna is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “favour, grace”. In 2025 it ranked 108th for girls in the UK (498 babies) and 107th for girls in the US (2,521 babies).
What does Anna mean?
Hebrew: Greek and Latin form of Hannah
“favour, grace”
The Greek and Latin form of Hannah; Tolstoy's Anna Karenina is its best-known literary bearer.
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- AN-a
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Is Anna a girl's or a boy's name?
Anna is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 498 girls in the UK and 2,521 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anna in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #108among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 498about 1 in 560 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.5%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 498 girls in the UK were named Anna, making it the 108th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 77th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 2,005 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 6 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Anna since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Anna in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2014. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 142nd in England and Wales, 54th in Scotland and 11th in Northern Ireland.
In the England and Wales top 100 for girls, which the ONS has published every ten years since 1904: 1954 (#88), 1964 (#81), 1974 (#40), 1984 (#39), 1994 (#48), 2004 (#50) and 2014 (#70).
Anna in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 498 | #108 |
| 2024 | 529 | #100 |
| 2023 | 572 | #94 |
| 2022 | 649 | #85 |
| 2021 | 753 | #77 |
| 2020 | 766 | #77 |
| 2019 | 922 | #67 |
| 2018 | 912 | #65 |
| 2017 | 1,026 | #63 |
| 2016 | 1,125 | #61 |
| 2015 | 1,200 | #57 |
| 2014 | 1,172 | #59 |
| 2013 | 1,157 | #57 |
| 2012 | 1,205 | #57 |
| 2011 | 1,158 | #59 |
| 2010 | 1,305 | #54 |
| 2009 | 1,347 | #48 |
| 2008 | 1,390 | #47 |
| 2007 | 1,414 | #46 |
| 2006 | 1,471 | #43 |
| 2005 | 1,458 | #45 |
| 2004 | 1,510 | #41 |
| 2003 | 1,559 | #38 |
| 2002 | 1,646 | #36 |
| 2001 | 1,796 | #34 |
| 2000 | 2,005 | #31 |
| 1999 | 1,672 | #37 |
| 1998 | 1,666 | #38 |
| 1997 | 1,754 | #38 |
| 1996 | 1,425 | #49 |
How popular is Anna in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #107among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 2,521about 1 in 640 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 29% in five years
- Same name in a class
- 2.2%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 2,521 girls in the US were named Anna, making it the 107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 68th. Its busiest year was 1918, with 15,666 girls.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 11 years. 2025 had the fewest girls named Anna since the records began in 1880.
Half of all the girls named Anna in the US since 1880 were born between 1917 and 1991, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anna in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,521 | #107 |
| 2024 | 2,716 | #94 |
| 2023 | 2,934 | #79 |
| 2022 | 2,962 | #83 |
| 2021 | 3,082 | #85 |
| 2020 | 3,511 | #68 |
| 2019 | 3,849 | #63 |
| 2018 | 4,198 | #54 |
| 2017 | 4,574 | #53 |
| 2016 | 4,810 | #49 |
| 2015 | 5,150 | #44 |
| 2014 | 5,706 | #34 |
| 2013 | 5,398 | #35 |
| 2012 | 5,630 | #34 |
| 2011 | 5,675 | #38 |
| 2010 | 6,336 | #27 |
| 2009 | 6,818 | #28 |
| 2008 | 7,278 | #26 |
| 2007 | 7,901 | #25 |
| 2006 | 8,613 | #22 |
| 2005 | 9,113 | #22 |
| 2004 | 9,531 | #20 |
| 2003 | 9,464 | #21 |
| 2002 | 10,398 | #20 |
| 2001 | 10,596 | #19 |
| 2000 | 10,613 | #22 |
| 1999 | 9,115 | #29 |
| 1998 | 8,386 | #31 |
| 1997 | 8,342 | #33 |
| 1996 | 8,575 | #33 |
| 1995 | 8,570 | #31 |
| 1994 | 7,529 | #41 |
| 1993 | 6,813 | #47 |
| 1992 | 6,853 | #49 |
| 1991 | 7,119 | #46 |
| 1990 | 7,293 | #45 |
| 1989 | 6,898 | #51 |
| 1988 | 6,444 | #54 |
| 1987 | 6,170 | #52 |
| 1986 | 5,908 | #51 |
| 1985 | 5,883 | #54 |
| 1984 | 5,306 | #57 |
| 1983 | 5,217 | #55 |
| 1982 | 5,271 | #56 |
| 1981 | 5,192 | #54 |
| 1980 | 5,038 | #55 |
| 1979 | 4,670 | #59 |
| 1978 | 4,173 | #65 |
| 1977 | 3,851 | #74 |
| 1976 | 3,584 | #78 |
| 1975 | 3,578 | #79 |
| 1974 | 3,622 | #82 |
| 1973 | 3,507 | #86 |
| 1972 | 3,449 | #86 |
| 1971 | 3,578 | #106 |
| 1970 | 3,801 | #102 |
| 1969 | 3,720 | #99 |
| 1968 | 3,569 | #99 |
| 1967 | 3,728 | #91 |
| 1966 | 3,682 | #95 |
| 1965 | 3,920 | #96 |
| 1964 | 4,292 | #97 |
| 1963 | 4,257 | #102 |
| 1962 | 4,430 | #100 |
| 1961 | 4,678 | #100 |
| 1960 | 4,659 | #104 |
| 1959 | 4,878 | #99 |
| 1958 | 4,661 | #103 |
| 1957 | 4,442 | #105 |
| 1956 | 4,394 | #103 |
| 1955 | 4,090 | #105 |
| 1954 | 4,000 | #105 |
| 1953 | 3,837 | #98 |
| 1952 | 3,714 | #101 |
| 1951 | 3,870 | #94 |
| 1950 | 3,815 | #93 |
| 1949 | 3,897 | #91 |
| 1948 | 4,037 | #89 |
| 1947 | 4,238 | #92 |
| 1946 | 3,999 | #87 |
| 1945 | 3,607 | #73 |
| 1944 | 3,635 | #74 |
| 1943 | 4,232 | #64 |
| 1942 | 4,488 | #59 |
| 1941 | 4,432 | #56 |
| 1940 | 4,717 | #51 |
| 1939 | 4,929 | #43 |
| 1938 | 5,145 | #40 |
| 1937 | 5,449 | #39 |
| 1936 | 5,727 | #36 |
| 1935 | 6,162 | #34 |
| 1934 | 6,680 | #31 |
| 1933 | 7,072 | #29 |
| 1932 | 7,924 | #24 |
| 1931 | 8,429 | #25 |
| 1930 | 9,081 | #23 |
| 1929 | 9,751 | #20 |
| 1928 | 10,575 | #16 |
| 1927 | 11,215 | #16 |
| 1926 | 11,698 | #15 |
| 1925 | 12,250 | #13 |
| 1924 | 13,076 | #13 |
| 1923 | 12,865 | #13 |
| 1922 | 13,408 | #12 |
| 1921 | 14,476 | #11 |
| 1920 | 14,581 | #10 |
| 1919 | 14,498 | #10 |
| 1918 | 15,666 | #10 |
| 1917 | 15,160 | #7 |
| 1916 | 15,228 | #7 |
| 1915 | 15,119 | #7 |
| 1914 | 11,865 | #6 |
| 1913 | 9,687 | #7 |
| 1912 | 8,586 | #7 |
| 1911 | 6,753 | #6 |
| 1910 | 6,436 | #6 |
| 1909 | 5,804 | #6 |
| 1908 | 5,860 | #5 |
| 1907 | 5,575 | #4 |
| 1906 | 5,502 | #4 |
| 1905 | 5,424 | #4 |
| 1904 | 5,330 | #3 |
| 1903 | 5,098 | #3 |
| 1902 | 5,288 | #3 |
| 1901 | 4,923 | #3 |
| 1900 | 6,114 | #3 |
| 1899 | 5,115 | #2 |
| 1898 | 5,773 | #2 |
| 1897 | 5,429 | #2 |
| 1896 | 5,860 | #2 |
| 1895 | 5,950 | #2 |
| 1894 | 5,565 | #2 |
| 1893 | 5,695 | #2 |
| 1892 | 5,542 | #2 |
| 1891 | 5,099 | #2 |
| 1890 | 5,233 | #2 |
| 1889 | 5,062 | #2 |
| 1888 | 4,982 | #2 |
| 1887 | 4,227 | #2 |
| 1886 | 4,283 | #2 |
| 1885 | 3,994 | #2 |
| 1884 | 3,860 | #2 |
| 1883 | 3,306 | #2 |
| 1882 | 3,143 | #2 |
| 1881 | 2,698 | #2 |
| 1880 | 2,604 | #2 |
Nicknames for Anna
- Annie 562 girls in the UK in 2025
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