Anna Name Popularity

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How popular is Anna?

In 2018 the popular name Anna, ranked the 54th Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

Presently one of the top 100 most popular, Anna has been a top 250 placer since the Social Security Administration began keeping records in 1880.

Position 2, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached for the first time in 1880 and as recently as 1899.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1918 with 15,666 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Anna was 2,604 in 1880.

Anna, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1881-1884, 1885-1888, 1911-1915, and 1997-2000, whereas 1918-1939, 1940-1944, and 1963-1966 were years of successive downward movement.

The popularity trend for Anna has steadily decreased for a while. , continuing the trend, the number of children named Anna lately has dropped.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Anna?

Anna's popularity is at a low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Anna is favored by many parents but will probably continue to drift downward in popularity.

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		Anna (Girl)		Anna (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		4,145	54	5	12,216
2017		4,544	53	8	8,864
2016		4,784	49	6	10,818
2015		5,130	44	7	9,619
2014		5,689	34	< 5	--
2013		5,380	35	7	9,703
2012		5,618	35	5	12,367
2011		5,663	38	7	9,658
2010		6,329	26	10	7,611
2009		6,804	28	10	7,717
2008		7,266	26	11	7,218
2007		7,893	25	11	7,122
2006		8,602	22	5	12,148
2005		9,102	22	19	4,472
2004		9,515	20	46	2,420
2003		9,447	21	13	5,574
2002		10,388	20	12	5,745
2001		10,580	19	9	6,962
2000		10,589	22	9	6,873
1999		9,104	29	11	5,674
1998		8,380	31	13	4,889
1997		8,340	33	< 5	--
1996		8,569	33	9	6,004
1995		8,566	31	14	4,291
1994		7,525	41	18	3,596
1993		6,808	47	8	6,252
1992		6,847	49	6	7,462
1991		7,118	46	14	4,014
1990		7,288	45	33	2,172
1989		6,896	51	58	1,433
1988		6,439	54	28	2,198
1987		6,166	52	24	2,335
1986		5,908	51	28	2,058
1985		5,882	54	19	2,602
1984		5,306	57	22	2,295
1983		5,218	55	15	2,917
1982		5,270	56	23	2,208
1981		5,190	54	24	2,141
1980		5,034	55	23	2,215
1979		4,666	59	29	1,866
1978		4,169	65	14	2,935
1977		3,852	74	19	2,367
1976		3,587	77	15	2,709
1975		3,570	79	14	2,760
1974		3,614	82	12	2,955
1973		3,499	87	12	2,861
1972		3,448	86	13	2,662
1971		3,576	106	14	2,563
1970		3,796	102	21	1,945
1969		3,716	99	12	2,555
1968		3,563	99	10	2,737
1967		3,722	91	13	2,241
1966		3,674	95	16	1,965
1965		3,920	96	13	2,274
1964		4,288	97	21	1,733
1963		4,249	102	17	1,958
1962		4,436	100	14	2,190
1961		4,670	100	19	1,876
1960		4,655	104	14	2,211
1959		4,878	99	20	1,811
1958		4,660	103	7	3,283
1957		4,445	105	11	2,500
1956		4,387	103	19	1,828
1955		4,093	105	15	2,046
1954		3,997	105	12	2,318
1953		3,837	98	11	2,396
1952		3,715	101	15	2,013
1951		3,868	94	14	2,055
1950		3,816	93	9	2,589
1949		3,896	91	15	1,944
1948		4,038	89	15	1,946
1947		4,240	92	15	1,993
1946		3,998	87	14	1,950
1945		3,607	73	12	2,010
1944		3,634	74	15	1,814
1943		4,232	64	13	2,076
1942		4,487	59	24	1,424
1941		4,430	56	14	1,908
1940		4,717	51	25	1,334
1939		4,931	43	18	1,578
1938		5,140	40	22	1,440
1937		5,449	38	18	1,630
1936		5,725	36	37	1,052
1935		6,163	34	30	1,227
1934		6,679	31	25	1,358
1933		7,074	29	25	1,333
1932		7,919	24	38	1,090
1931		8,430	25	33	1,192
1930		9,079	23	52	929
1929		9,751	20	42	1,055
1928		10,574	16	51	952
1927		11,215	16	49	1,001
1926		11,698	15	48	993
1925		12,250	13	34	1,227
1924		13,078	13	32	1,289
1923		12,864	13	38	1,157
1922		13,405	12	41	1,110
1921		14,477	11	28	1,414
1920		14,581	10	33	1,252
1919		14,498	10	42	1,047
1918		15,666	10	31	1,257
1917		15,160	7	33	1,176
1916		15,228	7	35	1,097
1915		15,119	7	31	1,159
1914		11,865	6	40	855
1913		9,687	7	31	873
1912		8,586	7	29	816
1911		6,753	6	20	708
1910		6,436	6	21	636
1909		5,804	6	24	531
1908		5,860	5	10	882
1907		5,575	4	20	541
1906		5,502	4	13	675
1905		5,424	4	21	491
1904		5,330	3	16	566
1903		5,098	3	18	506
1902		5,288	3	16	536
1901		4,923	3	18	454
1900		6,114	3	25	455
1899		5,115	2	23	384
1898		5,773	2	31	346
1897		5,429	2	19	441
1896		5,860	2	17	502
1895		5,950	2	18	478
1894		5,565	2	20	421
1893		5,695	2	17	449
1892		5,542	2	20	423
1891		5,099	2	15	456
1890		5,233	2	20	405
1889		5,062	2	23	371
1888		4,982	2	26	360
1887		4,227	2	13	489
1886		4,283	2	15	472
1885		3,994	2	20	399
1884		3,860	2	20	400
1883		3,306	2	16	448
1882		3,143	2	< 5	--
1881		2,698	2	16	431
1880		2,604	2	12	529

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.