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How popular is the name Anna?
Births per year, rank history and how many Annas are alive today.
Anna (female) sits just outside the top 100 girls' names in England and Wales, ranked 142nd in 2025 with 347 babies given the name. The name peaked in 2000, when 1,612 babies were given the name, the 31st most popular that year. It has declined since 2000; the 2025 figure is roughly 22% of its peak. Numbers have been falling in recent years. At least 60,000 babies have been named Anna in England and Wales since 1954. Figures before 1996 are estimates.
The Anna you are most likely to meet is around 26 years old. Half of all Annas born in England and Wales are between 21 and 49, and there are at least 61,000 of them alive today. If you walk into a room of 100 females, there's roughly an 18% chance that at least one of them will be called Anna.
How many babies are named Anna each year?
Where does Anna rank among girls' names?
Where this data comes from
Figures from 1996 onwards are the Office for National Statistics' annual baby-name registrations for England and Wales, which record every name given to three or more babies in a year. Figures before 1996 are estimates: the ONS published only top-100 rankings at ten-year intervals back to 1904, so counts for those years are modelled from the rankings, calibrated against Douglas Galbi's long-run research into English name frequencies, and shown with an uncertainty band. Estimates of living bearers combine these birth figures with national life tables and ONS mid-year population estimates.
One limit worth naming: these figures count names as registered at birth. Anyone who changes their name later in life - including trans people, and anyone who adopts a different name by deed poll or simply by use - is not reflected here. Birth registrations record where a name began, not the name a person lives with.
Common questions
When was the name Anna most popular?
Anna peaked in 2000, when 1,612 babies in England and Wales were given the name.
How many people are called Anna?
At least 61,000 people named Anna born in England and Wales are alive today.
How old is the typical Anna?
Most living Annas are between 21 and 49; the most common age is about 26.
Is Anna becoming more or less popular?
Declining: recent figures are a fraction of the 2000 peak.