Anna

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A few things about Anna you might not know, from US birth records and Wikipedia. Handy for convincing a partner, or a grandparent.

⭐ Famous Anna

Anna Netrebko

Russian and Austrian operatic soprano

Choose Anna and your child shares a first name with Anna Netrebko, a Russian and Austrian operatic soprano. A ready-made answer when someone asks “Anna, like who?” Anna Netrebko's Wikipedia article is available in 168 languages, a good sign of just how widely known they are.

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Photo: Manfred Werner (Tsui), CC BY-SA 3.0 (opens in a new tab), via Wikimedia Commons

• 👶How commonAbout 1 in every 638 baby girls born in the US in 2025 was named Anna, 2,521 babies in all. In a typical school of 500 kids, your Anna would very likely be the only one.
• 📜HistoryAnna has been in use since at least 1880, the first year US birth records were kept. That's 145 years of Annas, and counting.
• 🏆Best yearIt was far more popular in 1899, when it ranked #2. Today it's #107, so it could be due a comeback.
• 📉Then vs nowAnna was 3.7× more common in 2000 than it is today. In 2000 it was given to about 1 in 171 baby girls; in 2025, about 1 in 638.
• 🍂TrendAnna has slipped 39 places over the last five years and now sits at #107. Good news if you want a familiar name that fewer kids will share.
• 📍Where it's lovedAnna is most popular in Pennsylvania, where it ranks #61, followed by Arkansas (#68) and Louisiana (#68). It makes the top 1,000 in almost every state.
• 💬MeaningAnna is a Hebrew form of Hannah, which means “grace”.
• 🔁Word funAnna is a palindrome: it reads the same forwards and backwards.

About the name Anna

Anna is a girl name of Hebrew origin meaning “grace”. It has 4 letters and 2 syllables, starting with A and ending in “-nna”. US birth records list Anna for girls from 1880 to 2025, in 146 of those 146 years. Its best year was 1899, when it ranked #2 among girl names. In 2025 it ranked #107, with 2,521 babies.

Origin:Hebrew names