NameTides

Anna

Anna was the #107 girls' name in the US in 2025 (2,521 babies), and #142 in England & Wales and #61 in Canada.

Anna as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Anna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.55018801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandIrelandScotlandCanadaUSEngland & Wales
Anna as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.012.52537.5501880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#107 (2,521)#142 (347)#54 (74)#11 (77)#26 (143)#61 (392)——
2024#94 (2,716)#125 (388)#53 (76)#19 (65)#29 (140)#49 (424)——
2023#79 (2,934)#126 (393)#39 (96)#14 (83)#23 (166)#54 (397)——
2022#83 (2,962)#114 (450)#30 (119)#16 (80)#25 (186)#55 (418)——
2021#85 (3,082)#97 (545)#43 (102)#9 (106)#21 (209)#48 (502)#85 (87)#93 (64)
2020#68 (3,511)#89 (574)#41 (97)#14 (95)#14 (237)#40 (541)#74 (100)#69 (83)
2019#63 (3,849)#82 (642)#25 (146)#6 (134)#19 (217)#38 (575)#70 (99)#79 (77)
2018#54 (4,198)#85 (628)#22 (156)#8 (128)#12 (285)#33 (614)#86 (81)#72 (74)
2017#53 (4,574)#75 (730)#26 (154)#5 (142)#12 (293)#36 (605)#48 (118)#62 (79)
2016#49 (4,810)#73 (779)#22 (182)#4 (164)#17 (288)#33 (651)#56 (117)#67 (78)
2015#44 (5,150)#70 (825)#17 (223)#6 (152)#14 (297)#31 (672)#65 (105)#60 (76)
2014#34 (5,706)#70 (804)#20 (218)#7 (150)#16 (314)#27 (700)#59 (119)#56 (84)
2013#35 (5,398)#69 (812)#25 (187)#9 (158)#12 (352)#33 (606)#62 (108)#79 (67)
2012#34 (5,630)#68 (902)#33 (169)#17 (134)#22 (296)#33 (570)#71 (100)#66 (75)
2011#38 (5,675)#67 (827)#31 (182)#14 (149)#18 (348)#34 (619)#60 (110)#48 (85)

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1885 at #2.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 640 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 2. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 640common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 730common
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 240common
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 95very common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 150very common
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 380common

Next year

On its recent trend, Anna is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 650 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 610 to 1 in 690.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anna by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #96MEWisconsin: #145WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #82NHWashington: #101WAIdaho: #142IDMontana: #105MTNorth Dakota: #195NDMinnesota: #114MNIllinois: #122ILMichigan: #95MINew York: #102NYMassachusetts: #76MAOregon: #115ORNevada: #214NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: #188SDIowa: #199IAIndiana: #99INOhio: #127OHPennsylvania: #61PANew Jersey: #114NJConnecticut: #144CTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #162CAUtah: #223UTColorado: #107CONebraska: #157NEMissouri: #77MOKentucky: #69KYWest Virginia: #230WVVirginia: #108VAMaryland: #144MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #124AZNew Mexico: #182NMKansas: #73KSArkansas: #68ARTennessee: #76TNNorth Carolina: #85NCSouth Carolina: #79SCDistrict of Columbia: #73DCOklahoma: #216OKLouisiana: #68LAMississippi: #124MSAlabama: #91ALGeorgia: #96GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #132TXFlorida: #113FL
Anna (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#44110
Ontario2024#47172

Anna (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnnaCanadaGirls#61392
AnnaCanadaBoys—too few
AnnaEngland & WalesGirls#142347
Anna-England & WalesGirls—too few
AnnaIrelandGirls#26143
AnnaNorthern IrelandGirls#1177
AnnaNSWGirls—too few
AnnaScotlandGirls#5474
AnnaUSGirls#1072,521
AnnaUSBoys—too few
AnnaVICGirls—too few