Anna

given name · Polish · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Anna is a given name, most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is the 15th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Polish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Anna, along with Simeon, represents the pious and watchful remnant of Israel joyfully recognizing and proclaiming the arrival of the Messiah.

rarermore common
  • GTGuatemala1 in 28◐
  • SESweden1 in 34
  • PLPoland1 in 36

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈6.9M ●

across 12 countries

#5 ●

of 16M given names

10 ●

recorded for this name

Sources
574 ●

59M records

Official registry-verified

1 in 34 ◐

Sweden

Spellings & scripts●

AnaLatin · Portuguese●35M records
АннаCyrillic · Russian●17M records
אנהHebrew · Hebrew●180K records
ᲐნაGeorgian · Georgian●122K records
อรัญญาThai · Thai●45K records
한나Hangul · Korean●37K records
ΑνναGreek · Greek●9.3K records
ԱննաArmenian · Armenian●1.6K records
ሀናEthiopic · Amharic●1.4K records
হাননাহBengali · Bangla●0 records

7 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Ana in BR Brazil, ES Spain, AR Argentina and 9 more, Ann in US United States, GB United Kingdom, PH Philippines and 2 more, Анна in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, TR Türkiye and Anne in FR France, DK Denmark.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Anna, along with Simeon, represents the pious and watchful remnant of Israel joyfully recognizing and proclaiming the arrival of the Messiah. Her presence signifies that the hope of redemption is fulfilled in Jesus, and this revelation is available to all the faithful, regardless of age or gender.

Sources 1

  • Biblical Names Compiled Database

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Anna is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
RU Russia#1516,296,0895.5M rec.—#5Анна268
UA Ukraine#88,550,1748.5M rec.—listedГанна150
BR Brazil#53,948,6502.1M rec.1 in 543.9MAna279
AR Argentina#353,482,1612M rec.—1.6KAna183
MX Mexico#152,248,4411.7M rec.—29Ana278
GB United Kingdom#82,139,3611.8M rec.—19Ann295
VE Venezuela#121,571,311588K rec.——Ana137
PH Philippines#41,535,7041.1M rec.——Ann195
GT Guatemala#61,299,76897K rec.—1.9KAna124
AU Australia#71,111,882892K rec.—341Ann292
PL Poland#11,063,756△183K rec.1 in 361.1MAnna263
PE Peru#211,033,534618K rec.—215KAna129

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Polish5.7M26%
  • English5.2M24%
  • Portuguese1.8M8%
  • Hungarian1.6M7%
  • Czech1.3M6%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Polish5,723,09826%
English5,175,71224%
Portuguese1,782,3318%
Hungarian1,562,2367%
Czech1,285,2046%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Anna is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Hungarian given name2.0M records spelled Anna5 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Hungary, Finland, United States, Sweden

    Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  • a separate given name326K records spelled Anna10 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Russia

    Also written An-Na, Ānnā, ́anna, Ánna, Annā

  • Hindi given name216K records spelled Anna30 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in India, United States, United Kingdom, Italy

    Languages: Hindi, Bangla, Urdu

    Also written Anno, আন্না, Ayana, অন্ন, Aanna

  • Indonesian given name76K records spelled Anna15 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Indonesia, United States, Philippines, Malaysia

    Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

    Also written 'Anna, Ännä, Ãnnâ, Ânną, Aññà

  • Japanese given name35K records spelled Anna2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Japan, United States, Italy, United Kingdom

    Also written An-Na

  • Thai given name21K records spelled Anna35 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Philippines, Italy

    Languages: Thai, Lao

    Also written Ann, Anne, แอนนา, Aenna, แอนน่า

  • a separate given name13K records spelled Anna27 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in United States, Norway, Sweden, United Kingdom

    Also written Ãnnâ, Ãñnå, Ännä, Annå, Ãnnå

153 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Anna is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • The name Anna, of Hebrew origin meaning 'grace', is associated with the devout and wise prophetess in the New Testament who recognized the infant Jesus as the Messiah. It suggests piety, wisdom, and faithfulness.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • The name Anna is the Greek form of the Hebrew name Hannah (חַנָּה), which means 'grace' or 'favor'.

    as a nameBiblical Names Compiled Database

  • In German, from Hebr. Channa 'grace'; also feminine form of German Anno

    as a nameDeutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung

  • In Hausa, Hausa (Nigeria): used for people who maintain traditional beliefs and practices; non-Muslim country folk.

    as a nameAfrican Names

  • In English, Form of Anne used in Ireland; also used to anglicise the native name Aine.

    as a nameIrish first names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

05K10K15K20K19001950200016K · 1918

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Anna in SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present), United States, 1880–2025
Yearrecords
18802,604
18812,698
18823,143
18833,306
18843,860
18853,994
18864,283
18874,227
18884,982
18895,062
18905,233
18915,099
18925,542
18935,695
18945,565
18955,950
18965,860
18975,429
18985,773
18995,115
19006,114
19014,923
19025,288
19035,098
19045,330
19055,424
19065,502
19075,575
19085,860
19095,804
19106,436
19116,753
19128,586
19139,687
191411,865
191515,119
191615,228
191715,160
191815,666
191914,498
192014,581
192114,476
192213,408
192312,865
192413,076
192512,250
192611,698
192711,215
192810,575
19299,751
19309,081
19318,429
19327,924
19337,072
19346,680
19356,162
19365,727
19375,449
19385,145
19394,929
19404,717
19414,432
19424,488
19434,232
19443,635
19453,607
19463,999
19474,238
19484,037
19493,897
19503,815
19513,870
19523,714
19533,837
19544,000
19554,090
19564,394
19574,442
19584,661
19594,878
19604,659
19614,678
19624,430
19634,257
19644,292
19653,920
19663,682
19673,728
19683,569
19693,720
19703,801
19713,578
19723,449
19733,507
19743,622
19753,578
19763,584
19773,851
19784,173
19794,670
19805,038
19815,192
19825,271
19835,217
19845,306
19855,883
19865,908
19876,170
19886,444
19896,898
19907,293
19917,119
19926,853
19936,813
19947,529
19958,570
19968,575
19978,342
19988,386
19999,115
200010,613
200110,596
200210,398
20039,464
20049,531
20059,113
20068,613
20077,901
20087,278
20096,818
20106,336
20115,675
20125,630
20135,398
20145,706
20155,150
20164,810
20174,574
20184,198
20193,849
20203,511
20213,082
20222,962
20232,934
20242,716
20252,521

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

100012001400160018002000Anna Comnena, b. 1083Anna of Austria, Queen of Spain, b. 1549Anna Ivanovna, b. 1693Anna Pawlowa, b. 1882Patty Duke, b. 1946Anna Wintour, b. 1949Anna Lindh, b. 1957Anna Kournikova, b. 1981Megan Rapinoe, b. 1985Alexandra Daddario, b. 1986

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 172 sources across 91 countries.

Official registers attesting Anna
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names)—1.1M#1
PL Polanddane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20)20261.1M#1
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020512K#82
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—303K#2
CZ CzechiaMVČR — living population register 2017—270K#14
BR BrazilIBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror)2022164K—
BR BrazilIBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname)—163K#202
CZ Czechianaše jména — 2016 MVČR snapshot—135K#14
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—130K#9
FR FranceINSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024)2024126K#10
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—125K#11
HU HungaryNyilvántartó — Top-100 given names in population (2020–2025)2025117K#7

Reference works 6

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikipedia surname tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
  • Cognomix.it (Nomix s.r.l.) — Italian surname origin dictionary

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 2,502 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Anna?
We estimate roughly 6.9 million people bear Anna (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.
In which country does Anna have the most bearers?
Anna is most frequently recorded in Russia, where it is most often spelled анна.
How common is Anna compared with other names?
In Russia, Anna is the 15th most common given name of 418,751 given names recorded there.
Is Anna a male or female name?
Anna is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Anna mean?
Recorded meaning: Anna, along with Simeon, represents the pious and watchful remnant of Israel joyfully recognizing and proclaiming the arrival of the Messiah.
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Anna” — the 15th most common given name in Russia. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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