Anna
Favor or grace · Hebrew origin
What does Anna mean?
Anna is a female name of Hebrew origin, meaning “Favor or grace”.
How popular is Anna?
In England & Wales, Anna ranked #125 among girls' names in 2024, with 388 babies given the name — down from #70 in 2014. Its strongest year in the England & Wales series is 2000, when it reached #31.
In the United States, Anna was the #68 girls' name in the 2020 data, after peaking at #2 in 1880.
| Year | E&W rank | Births |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | #47 | 1,274 |
| 2000 | #31 | 1,612 |
| 2005 | #52 | 1,096 |
| 2010 | #63 | 956 |
| 2015 | #70 | 825 |
| 2020 | #89 | 574 |
| 2024 | #125 | 388 |
Who are famous people named Anna?
- Anna Netrebko · Russian and Austrian operatic soprano
- Eleanor Roosevelt · American diplomat and activist, First Lady of the United States from 1933 to 1945 (1884–1962)
- Wisława Szymborska · Polish poet, Nobel Prize winner (1923–2012)
What names go well with Anna?
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