Girl name#18 of girl names
Anna
Pronounced AA1 N AH0 (ARPABET)
- 2 syllables
- Peaked 1918
- 145 years in use
- Biblical
- Palindrome
- 1 spelling
How popular is Anna?
Anna is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 1,028,077 children — the 18th most common girls' name on record.
It has been slipping, down 40% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1918, when 15,723 children were given it.
Ana is counted with it here, since the two are pronounced identically.
Spelling variants
These spellings sound identical to Anna and are counted together with it, which is why the totals here are higher than a single-spelling count.
- Ana
Characteristics
- Biblical (Person)
- Palindrome
- 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
- Pronunciations:
- AA1 N AH0 · AE1 N AH0
- Stress pattern:
- 10 · 10
- Syllables:
- 2
Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.
Names like Anna
Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.
Sibling names for Anna
Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.
Frequently asked questions
- How popular is the name Anna?
- Anna ranks 18th among girls' names in US records, with 1,028,077 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 52,270.
- Is Anna a unisex name?
- No. Anna is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
- When was Anna most popular?
- 1918, when 15,723 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.
- How else is Anna spelled?
- Ana. All of these sound the same and are counted together in the totals on this page.