first name
ANA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 321,854 people named Ana, 88.7% reported their origin as Hispanic or Latino, 8.4% as White and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Ana peaked in 1991, when 2,672 babies got the name.
At least 111,960 babies have been given the name since 1880. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.
Ana by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #286. The largest share of babies named Ana, 30.7%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Ana is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Ana has been most common in Arizona (2.9×), Texas (2.8×), and California (2.7×), and least common in Kentucky (0.18×).
107,860 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
Either side of Ana
Spelled almost the same
8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Ana, most common first.
Also a last name
As a last name, Ana ranks #58,307 of 156,621, with 376 people. See Ana as a last name
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