Ana
Ana is ranked 204th among girls in 2024 (1,497 births). Its best rank was 119th, in 1991.
- Rank in 2024
- #204up 20 from 2023
- Births in 2024
- 1,4970.09% of girls
- Peak year
- 19912,652 births
- Best rank
- #119in 1991
- Since 1880
- 110,060people given the name
The story in the numbers
110,060 girls have been named Ana in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1991, with 2,652 births — 0.14% of all girls recorded that year.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years (rank 219 → 204).
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1995, and the 1990s alone account for 21%. It has spent 129 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Ana | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 78 | |
| 1890s | 110 | |
| 1900s | 157 | |
| 1910s | 367 | |
| 1920s | 710 | |
| 1930s | 752 | |
| 1940s | 1,338 | |
| 1950s | 3,932 | |
| 1960s | 7,844 | |
| 1970s | 11,216 | |
| 1980s | 15,526 | |
| 1990s | 23,538 | |
| 2000s | 23,201 | |
| 2010s | 14,541 | |
| 2020s | 6,750 |
In 1991, its biggest year
Ana was the 119th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1991 were Ashley, Jessica, Brittany, Amanda and Samantha. See all of 1991.
Names that rose and fell with Ana
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rebecapeak 2003
- Anamariapeak 2001
- Marcelapeak 1999
- Deniapeak 2000
- Simonepeak 1988
- Annalisapeak 2005
- Ilanapeak 1992
- Lanaepeak 2007
Other spellings in the data
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.