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Anna
Pronounced /ˈænə/
Rank in 2024
unranked
Born in 2024
0
Peak year
1989 · #1451
Origin
Latin
Also recorded for girls:2,700 in 2024 (#94)
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- No boys were recorded as Anna in 2024; the SSA lists names only when 5 or more babies get them.
- It peaked in 1989 with 58 babies, ranked #1451.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 2,756 boys 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.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 772 babies, 0.05 per 1,000. Silent: 494 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Boomers: 277 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen X: 250 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 342 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Z: 191 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 44 babies, 0.00 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.