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Anna
Pronounced /ˈænə/
Rank in 2024
#94
Born in 2024
2,700
Peak year
1918 · #10
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for boys:0 in 2024
1880 to 2024
CoolingIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 2,700 girls were named Anna, about 1 in every 597.
- It peaked in 1918 with 15,666 babies, ranked #10.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 912,251 girls have been named Anna since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Anna per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 13.3Greatest1901–27
- 5.4Silent1928–45
- 2.2Boomers1946–64
- 2.4Gen X1965–80
- 3.7Millennials1981–96
- 4.6Gen Z1997–12
- 2.4Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 271,371 babies, 13.26 per 1,000. Silent: 112,033 babies, 5.42 per 1,000. Boomers: 80,184 babies, 2.24 per 1,000. Gen X: 61,464 babies, 2.41 per 1,000. Millennials: 105,036 babies, 3.72 per 1,000. Gen Z: 133,785 babies, 4.60 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 48,844 babies, 2.40 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Late Latin Anna both directly and via numerous other languages, chiefly in reference to St Anne the apocryphal mother of Mary mother of Jesus but appearing in the Vulgate in reference to Anne the Prophetess, from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna) in the New Testament, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As a city in Illinois, named for Anna Davie, wife of one of the initial settlers. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Ana, and Hannah. ==== Proper noun ==== Anna (plural Annas) A female given name from Latin. c.
- A female given name from Latin.
- Origin
- Latin
- Say it
- /ˈænə/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Anna, CC BY-SA 4.0.