# Ana (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/ana/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “anna”, “hannah”, “grace”, “gracious”, “graced with child” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 111,960 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 601 / 111,359 (99% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 3,079, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From various languages including Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian, Serbo-Croatian, Slovene, and Macedonian, all derived—sometimes via Late Latin Anna in the Vulgate—from Koine Greek Ἄννα (Ánna, “Anna”), chiefly in reference to Saint Anne, the apocryphal mother of Mary, mother of Jesus, but appearing in the New Testament in reference to Anna the Prophetess, from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ, “Hannah”), from חַנָּה (ḥannâ, “grace, gracious, graced with child”). As an Oregonian river, named for Ana Byars, daughter of the surveyor W. H. Byars. Doublet of Ann, Anne, Anna, and Hannah.

## What it means

Ana is grouped under grace.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 1,334 | 238 |
| 2012 | 1,462 | 217 |
| 2013 | 1,349 | 236 |
| 2014 | 1,538 | 219 |
| 2015 | 1,548 | 211 |
| 2016 | 1,436 | 222 |
| 2017 | 1,457 | 211 |
| 2018 | 1,449 | 215 |
| 2019 | 1,395 | 223 |
| 2020 | 1,238 | 244 |
| 2021 | 1,282 | 234 |
| 2022 | 1,403 | 208 |
| 2023 | 1,336 | 223 |
| 2024 | 1,504 | 204 |
| 2025 | 1,276 | 245 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 14 | 4,291 |
| 1996 | 12 | 4,897 |
| 1997 | 12 | 4,974 |
| 1998 | 8 | 6,875 |
| 1999 | 6 | 8,760 |
| 2000 | 8 | 7,465 |
| 2001 | 11 | 6,032 |
| 2002 | 8 | 7,679 |
| 2004 | 7 | 8,975 |
| 2005 | 11 | 6,662 |
| 2006 | 6 | 10,749 |
| 2008 | 6 | 11,119 |
| 2009 | 7 | 9,918 |
| 2019 | 6 | 10,887 |
| 2023 | 5 | 12,359 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 111 | 404 |
| 2012 | 122 | 386 |
| 2013 | 107 | 397 |
| 2014 | 137 | 333 |
| 2015 | 161 | 296 |
| 2016 | 167 | 298 |
| 2017 | 165 | 297 |
| 2018 | 166 | 288 |
| 2019 | 145 | 323 |
| 2020 | 101 | 419 |
| 2021 | 108 | 412 |
| 2022 | 105 | 400 |
| 2023 | 108 | 385 |
| 2024 | 110 | 392 |
| 2025 | 91 | 439 |

## People named Ana

- Ana de Armas, Cuban-Spanish actress and model (born 1988)
- Ana Konjuh, Croatian tennis player
- Ana Ortiz, actress
- Ana Rucner, Croatian cellist
- Ana Fidelia Quirot, Cuban middle distance runner and sprinter
- Ana Vidović, classical guitarist
- Ana Gasteyer, American actress and comedian (born 1967)
- Ana Mendieta, Cuban-American artist (1948–1985)
- Ana Girardot, French actress
- Ana Marcela Cunha, Brazilian swimmer
- Ana Šimić, Croatian high jumper
- Ana María Shua, Argentine writer (born 1951)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.