Girl's name
Ana
Say it AH-nuh
Latin origin grace, gracious, graced with child
2 syllables
Where Ana is loved, common and rare
Common across Slovenia and two more places. Rare in Catalonia, three German cities, Austria and 14 more places.
1 in 1,509 girls born in Ireland in 2025
Slovenia 24thCatalonia 103rdMunich 124th
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Every place
In 22 of the 40 official lists, among them Slovenia (24th), Catalonia (103rd) and Munich (124th).
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| Place | Rank | Girls | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Slovenia | 24th 2025 | 74 | about 1 in 89 |
| Spain | 33rd 2024 | 880 | rank only |
| Catalonia region | 103rd 2025 | 41 | 1 in 470 |
| Munich city | 124th 2025 | 10 | about 1 in 419 |
| Austria | 140th 2025 | 45 | 1 in 794 |
| France | 148th 2025 | 360 | 1 in 797 |
| Switzerland | 154th 2025 | 46 | 1 in 739 |
| Cologne city | 183rd 2023 | 6 | about 1 in 1,024 |
| Berlin city | 277th 2023 | 11 | about 1 in 1,319 |
| Ireland | 294th 2025 | 14 | 1 in 1,509 |
| British Columbia province | 294th 2023 | 11 | about 1 in 1,087 |
| Northern Ireland | 334th 2025 | 4 | 1 in 1,822 |
| Ontario province | 339th 2024 | 37 | about 1 in 1,472 |
| Poland | 381st 2025 | 8 | 1 in 14,974 |
| Scotland | 387th 2025 | 8 | 1 in 2,236 |
| Norway | 391st 2025 | 7 | 1 in 3,114 |
| England and Wales | 439th 2025 | 91 | 1 in 2,783 |
| Quebec province | 440th 2025 | 11 | about 1 in 2,364 |
| The Netherlands | 597th 2025 | 20 | about 1 in 3,051 |
| Italy | 884th 2024 | 11 | 1 in 16,288 |
| Sweden | 885th 2025 | 5 | about 1 in 8,034 |
| Croatia | 13th 2025 | 203 | rank only |
Rare, below the listed names: New South Wales, Victoria, Queensland, South Australia, New Zealand, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock, Hungary and Israel.
Not in a short top list, so no figure: Nova Scotia (top 21), Denmark (top 50), Finland (top 50), Iceland (top 10), Estonia (top 25), Moscow (top 61), Turkey (top 30) and Argentina (top 20).
Germany publishes no national statistics on first names. German figures here are city lists (Berlin, Munich, Cologne, Bonn, Leipzig, Rostock), never the country.
Sources: Statistični urad Republike Slovenije (SURS), SiStat (Slovenia); INE (Instituto Nacional de Estadística) (Spain); Idescat (Institut d'Estadística de Catalunya) (Catalonia); Landeshauptstadt München, Statistisches Amt (opendata.muenchen.de) (Munich); Statistik Austria (OGDEXT_VORNAMEN_1) (Austria); INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (France); Bundesamt für Statistik (BFS) / Office fédéral de la statistique (OFS) (Switzerland); Stadt Köln, Standesamt (offenedaten-koeln.de) (Cologne); BerlinOnline GmbH; Landesamt für Bürger- und Ordnungsangelegenheiten (LABO) / Standesämter (Berlin); Central Statistics Office (CSO) (Ireland); BC Vital Statistics Agency (BC Data Catalogue) (British Columbia); NISRA (Northern Ireland); Ontario Office of the Registrar General (Ontario Data Catalogue) (Ontario); Ministerstwo Cyfryzacji, rejestr PESEL (dane.gov.pl) (Poland); National Records of Scotland (Scotland); Statistics Norway (SSB) (Norway); Office for National Statistics (England and Wales); Retraite Québec (Banque de prénoms, Données Québec) (Quebec); Sociale Verzekeringsbank (SVB) (the Netherlands); ISTAT, Contanomi (Italy); Skatteverket (Swedish Tax Agency) (Sweden); Ministarstvo pravosuđa, uprave i digitalne transformacije (Matica rođenih) (Croatia). How we count, and every source
About the name
Spanish, Portuguese, Romanian, Bulgarian and Serbo-Croatian all use Ana as their form of Anna. It goes back through Greek to the Hebrew Ḥannâ, 'grace, gracious, graced with child', and was spread chiefly through St Anne, by tradition the mother of Mary.
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Two syllables, AH-nuh. Anna, Ann, Anne and Hannah are forms of the same name, and Lana and Aneta are related.
Ana ranks high in Croatia, Slovenia and Spain, while in Ireland, British Columbia and Northern Ireland it appears far down the lists. The French records place its peak in 2021, and it is now falling in more places than it is rising.
Meaning, origin, pronunciation
- Pronounced
- AH-nuh, 2 syllables
- Meaning
grace, gracious, graced with child
- Origin
- Latin
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”), from Hebrew חַנָּה (Ḥannâ).
From the Wiktionary entry, CC BY-SA 4.0, shortened.
Over time
Over five years: rising in 3 of 18 regions, falling in 6.
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Rank in each place since 1996; higher on the chart is more popular.
Ten years of ranks
Her rank each year, English-speaking regions first. A blank means no published rank for her that year.
| Region | 2016 | 2017 | 2018 | 2019 | 2020 | 2021 | 2022 | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| England and Wales | 298 | 297 | 288 | 323 | 419 | 412 | 400 | 385 | 392 | 439 |
| Scotland | 311 | 409 | 255 | 493 | 544 | 485 | 380 | 395 | 351 | 387 |
| Northern Ireland | 276 | 206 | 171 | 333 | 350 | 354 | 407 | 334 | ||
| Ireland | 228 | 301 | 244 | 260 | 229 | 517 | 266 | 212 | 259 | 294 |
| Ontario | 289 | 288 | 428 | 546 | 423 | 345 | 500 | 384 | 339 | |
| British Columbia | 455 | 415 | 283 | 666 | 390 | 352 | 486 | 294 | ||
| South Australia | 272 | |||||||||
| Quebec | 287 | 445 | 359 | 435 | 300 | 458 | 387 | 403 | 376 | 440 |
| France | 125 | 134 | 133 | 142 | 154 | 130 | 156 | 145 | 137 | 148 |
| The Netherlands | 609 | 763 | 562 | 611 | 586 | 659 | 874 | 467 | 597 | |
| Austria | 126 | 140 | 132 | 107 | 135 | 158 | 125 | 160 | 143 | 140 |
| Switzerland | 106 | 104 | 124 | 112 | 138 | 134 | 117 | 125 | 147 | 154 |
| Berlin | 310 | 185 | 210 | 222 | 264 | 325 | 246 | 277 | ||
| Munich | 130 | 130 | 158 | 101 | 102 | 100 | 124 | 172 | 110 | 124 |
| Cologne | 276 | 345 | 439 | 449 | 251 | 649 | 130 | 183 | ||
| Bonn | 174 | 365 | 134 | 371 | 168 | 124 | 239 | 176 | 223 | |
| Leipzig | 411 | 243 | 161 | 389 | 357 | |||||
| Rostock | 133 | 174 | ||||||||
| Norway | 502 | 297 | 346 | 294 | 248 | 284 | 329 | 400 | 364 | 391 |
| Sweden | 568 | 582 | 618 | 501 | 717 | 792 | 885 | |||
| Spain | 17 | 18 | 19 | 25 | 27 | 30 | 26 | 33 | 33 | |
| Catalonia | 69 | 81 | 82 | 81 | 64 | 91 | 104 | 120 | 106 | 103 |
| Italy | 643 | 610 | 638 | 884 | ||||||
| Poland | 271 | 306 | 332 | 352 | 361 | 307 | 419 | 304 | 328 | 381 |
| Slovenia | 8 | 8 | 15 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 20 | 19 | 20 | 24 |
| Croatia | 13 | 14 | 13 |
England and Wales, 1996 to 2025
| Year | Rank | Girls | per 100,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 439 | 91 | 35.9 |
| 2024 | 392 | 110 | 42.6 |
| 2023 | 385 | 108 | 42.1 |
| 2022 | 400 | 105 | 39.8 |
| 2021 | 412 | 108 | 39.4 |
| 2020 | 419 | 101 | 37.6 |
| 2019 | 323 | 145 | 51.8 |
| 2018 | 288 | 166 | 57.6 |
| 2017 | 297 | 165 | 55.2 |
| 2016 | 298 | 167 | 54.4 |
| 2015 | 296 | 161 | 52.3 |
| 2014 | 333 | 137 | 44.7 |
| 2013 | 397 | 107 | 34.7 |
| 2012 | 386 | 122 | 37.9 |
| 2011 | 404 | 111 | 34.5 |
| 2010 | 358 | 127 | 39.6 |
| 2009 | 414 | 102 | 32.5 |
| 2008 | 402 | 108 | 34.2 |
| 2007 | 373 | 112 | 36.6 |
| 2006 | 419 | 100 | 33.4 |
| 2005 | 465 | 79 | 27.4 |
| 2004 | 403 | 92 | 32.2 |
| 2003 | 472 | 70 | 25.1 |
| 2002 | 431 | 74 | 27.7 |
| 2001 | 480 | 63 | 23.5 |
| 2000 | 478 | 62 | 22.7 |
| 1999 | 521 | 55 | 19.5 |
| 1998 | 542 | 50 | 17.3 |
| 1997 | 571 | 45 | 15.3 |
| 1996 | 661 | 36 | 12.2 |
Sources: Office for National Statistics (1996-2025), OGL v3.
France since 1925
Half of the babies named Ana in France since 1925 were born in or after 2009. First recorded in 1925. Her peak year there: 2021, at 136.5 per 100,000 girls.
Babies named Ana per 100,000 girls born in France, by five-year period. Her 2021 peak is averaged into its five-year period, so the line sits below it.
Sources: INSEE, Fichier des prénoms (édition 2025) (1900-2025), Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.
Sister names for Ana
1 in 571 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 491 in Ireland
1 in 251 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 228 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 1,921 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana. Same first letter as Ana.
1 in 577 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 515 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 2,113 in Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
Rose and fell with Ana.
1 in 486 in Northern Ireland
Rose and fell with Ana.
Middle names for Ana
1 in 57 in Northern Ireland
Ana Grace
2-1 beats · initials AG
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 71 in Scotland
Ana Olivia
2-4 beats · initials AO · Ana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 4 syllables. Ana slides into Olivia: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 99 in Scotland
Ana Sophia
2-3 beats · initials AS
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 311 in Ireland
Ana Maria
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 214 in Northern Ireland
Ana Rose
2-1 beats · initials AR
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 1 syllable.
1 in 78 in Northern Ireland
Ana Emily
2-3 beats · initials AE · Ana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables. Ana slides into Emily: vowel meets vowel.
1 in 491 in Ireland
Ana Julia
2-3 beats · initials AJ
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
1 in 1,286 in England and Wales
Ana Miriam
2-3 beats · initials AM
Changes the beat after Ana: 2 syllables, then 3 syllables.
Same style as Ana
Names whose popularity rose and fell with hers across regions and decades.
1 in 471 in Scotland
95% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 3,018 in Ireland
94% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 571 in Ireland
93% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 426 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,193 in Scotland
93% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 1,041 in Northern Ireland
92% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 754 in Ireland
92% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
1 in 2,556 in Scotland
92% alike: moves with Ana across countries and decades.
Famous people named Ana
Ana Mena, Ana Brnabić, Ana Ivanovic, Ana de Armas, Ana Blandiana, Ana Aslan, Ana Pauker and Ana Konjuh.
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Spanish singer-songwriter, actress and model born 1997
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Serbian politician, acting president of Serbia and president of the National Assembly born 1975
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Serbian tennis player born 1987
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Cuban-Spanish actress and model (born 1988)
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Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure born 1942
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Romanian biologist and physician (1897–1988)
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Romanian politician (1893-1960)
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Croatian tennis player born 1997
People: Wikidata (CC0), linked to Wikipedia in this page's language when an article exists.
Questions about Ana
5 questions, on how popular she is, what it means, how to say it, whether she is rising and sister names.
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How popular is Ana?
Her best rank is No. 13 in Croatia in 2025. She is in the published lists of 22 of our 40 regions.
What does Ana mean?
Wiktionary glosses Ana as "grace, gracious, graced with child".
How do you pronounce Ana?
AH-nuh, with 2 syllables.
Is Ana getting more popular?
Over five years: rising in 3 of 18 regions, falling in 6.
Which sister names go with Ana?
The deck's top five sisters for Ana: Sara, Julia, Lucia, Eva and Alicia. Each is scored on style, era, popularity and origin, with sound clashes flagged.