Ana is a familiar variant of Anna that peaked in 1991 and has grown less common since.
Ana is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #245 for girl births in the United States (and #523 across all names), given to 1,276 babies — 1,302 including U.S. territories. Ana was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1991 (2,652 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,276 | 1,302 | #245 | — |
| 2024 | 1,504 | 1,522 | #204 | — |
| 2023 | 1,341 | 1,369 | #223 | #12,359 |
| 2022 | 1,403 | 1,432 | #208 | — |
| 2021 | 1,282 | 1,316 | #234 | — |
| 2020 | 1,238 | 1,261 | #244 | — |
| 2019 | 1,401 | 1,428 | #223 | #10,887 |
| 2018 | 1,449 | 1,482 | #215 | — |
| 2017 | 1,457 | 1,511 | #211 | — |
| 2016 | 1,436 | 1,489 | #222 | — |
| 2015 | 1,548 | 1,603 | #211 | — |
| 2014 | 1,538 | 1,586 | #219 | — |
| 2013 | 1,349 | 1,395 | #236 | — |
| 2012 | 1,462 | 1,533 | #217 | — |
| 2011 | 1,334 | 1,410 | #238 | — |
| 2010 | 1,575 | 1,644 | #197 | — |
| 2009 | 1,833 | 1,923 | #180 | #9,918 |
| 2008 | 1,961 | 2,061 | #170 | #11,119 |
| 2007 | 2,228 | 2,343 | #161 | — |
| 2006 | 2,420 | 2,518 | #144 | #10,749 |
| 2005 | 2,365 | 2,465 | #147 | #6,662 |
| 2004 | 2,355 | 2,455 | #139 | #8,975 |
| 2003 | 2,595 | 2,686 | #129 | — |
| 2002 | 2,545 | 2,663 | #134 | #7,679 |
| 2001 | 2,529 | 2,614 | #134 | #6,032 |
| 2000 | 2,436 | 2,564 | #136 | #7,465 |
| 1999 | 2,119 | 2,236 | #154 | #8,760 |
| 1998 | 2,273 | 2,425 | #140 | #6,875 |
| 1997 | 2,330 | — | #139 | #4,974 |
| 1996 | 2,319 | — | #141 | #4,897 |
| 1995 | 2,381 | — | #134 | #4,291 |
| 1994 | 2,226 | — | #143 | #4,103 |
| 1993 | 2,392 | — | #136 | #2,698 |
| 1992 | 2,350 | — | #137 | #3,005 |
| 1991 | 2,672 | — | #119 | #3,108 |
| 1990 | 2,653 | — | #124 | #1,946 |
| 1989 | 2,305 | — | #131 | #2,293 |
| 1988 | 1,687 | — | #170 | #2,604 |
| 1987 | 1,660 | — | #169 | #3,534 |
| 1986 | 1,662 | — | #166 | #2,514 |
| 1985 | 1,492 | — | #183 | #2,359 |
| 1984 | 1,406 | — | #193 | #2,960 |
| 1983 | 1,332 | — | #201 | #2,209 |
| 1982 | 1,381 | — | #200 | #2,834 |
| 1981 | 1,455 | — | #189 | #3,037 |
| 1980 | 1,340 | — | #198 | #2,969 |
| 1979 | 1,149 | — | #229 | #4,083 |
| 1978 | 1,155 | — | #220 | #2,671 |
| 1977 | 1,149 | — | #218 | #3,208 |
| 1976 | 1,175 | — | #211 | #3,480 |
| 1975 | 1,172 | — | #213 | #2,641 |
| 1974 | 1,187 | — | #218 | #3,852 |
| 1973 | 1,110 | — | #232 | #2,719 |
| 1972 | 1,095 | — | #249 | #3,355 |
| 1971 | 1,075 | — | #269 | #4,392 |
| 1970 | 1,059 | — | #280 | #2,896 |
| 1969 | 970 | — | #292 | #3,072 |
| 1968 | 931 | — | #286 | #3,116 |
| 1967 | 847 | — | #297 | — |
| 1966 | 820 | — | #310 | — |
| 1965 | 812 | — | #317 | — |
| 1964 | 764 | — | #345 | #3,613 |
| 1963 | 775 | — | #341 | #3,662 |
| 1962 | 686 | — | #361 | — |
| 1961 | 649 | — | #379 | — |
| 1960 | 619 | — | #382 | — |
| 1959 | 585 | — | #393 | #3,631 |
| 1958 | 539 | — | #396 | — |
| 1957 | 485 | — | #430 | #3,564 |
| 1956 | 469 | — | #419 | — |
| 1955 | 387 | — | #458 | — |
| 1954 | 387 | — | #448 | — |
| 1953 | 321 | — | #480 | — |
| 1952 | 288 | — | #494 | — |
| 1951 | 258 | — | #516 | — |
| 1950 | 223 | — | #556 | — |
| 1949 | 235 | — | #546 | — |
| 1948 | 233 | — | #552 | #3,015 |
| 1947 | 166 | — | #645 | — |
| 1946 | 135 | — | #686 | — |
| 1945 | 121 | — | #673 | — |
| 1944 | 114 | — | #701 | — |
| 1943 | 108 | — | #745 | — |
| 1942 | 88 | — | #814 | — |
| 1941 | 78 | — | #815 | — |
| 1940 | 67 | — | #868 | — |
| 1939 | 70 | — | #826 | — |
| 1938 | 79 | — | #792 | — |
| 1937 | 63 | — | #870 | — |
| 1936 | 80 | — | #748 | — |
| 1935 | 78 | — | #766 | — |
| 1934 | 84 | — | #728 | — |
| 1933 | 59 | — | #878 | — |
| 1932 | 67 | — | #847 | — |
| 1931 | 73 | — | #793 | — |
| 1930 | 104 | — | #690 | #4,020 |
| 1929 | 83 | — | #764 | — |
| 1928 | 82 | — | #791 | — |
| 1927 | 89 | — | #766 | — |
| 1926 | 71 | — | #880 | — |
| 1925 | 60 | — | #960 | — |
| 1924 | 61 | — | #976 | — |
| 1923 | 64 | — | #912 | — |
| 1922 | 67 | — | #891 | — |
| 1921 | 67 | — | #908 | — |
| 1920 | 66 | — | #894 | — |
| 1919 | 58 | — | #925 | — |
| 1918 | 57 | — | #948 | — |
| 1917 | 51 | — | #978 | — |
| 1916 | 34 | — | #1,229 | — |
| 1915 | 43 | — | #1,012 | — |
| 1914 | 32 | — | #1,059 | — |
| 1913 | 23 | — | #1,153 | — |
| 1912 | 24 | — | #1,057 | — |
| 1911 | 34 | — | #741 | — |
| 1910 | 11 | — | #1,422 | — |
| 1909 | 13 | — | #1,154 | — |
| 1908 | 15 | — | #1,047 | — |
| 1907 | 21 | — | #821 | — |
| 1906 | 18 | — | #872 | — |
| 1905 | 26 | — | #700 | — |
| 1904 | 9 | — | #1,256 | — |
| 1903 | 15 | — | #899 | — |
| 1902 | 16 | — | #873 | — |
| 1901 | 6 | — | #1,478 | — |
| 1900 | 18 | — | #888 | — |
| 1899 | 13 | — | #909 | — |
| 1898 | 16 | — | #841 | — |
| 1897 | 8 | — | #1,171 | — |
| 1896 | 12 | — | #955 | — |
| 1895 | 10 | — | #1,055 | — |
| 1894 | 10 | — | #1,001 | — |
| 1893 | 10 | — | #957 | — |
| 1892 | 7 | — | #1,174 | — |
| 1891 | 8 | — | #1,010 | — |
| 1890 | 16 | — | #668 | — |
| 1889 | 9 | — | #906 | — |
| 1888 | 12 | — | #754 | — |
| 1886 | 10 | — | #733 | — |
| 1885 | 6 | — | #925 | — |
| 1884 | 13 | — | #585 | — |
| 1883 | 7 | — | #754 | — |
| 1882 | 7 | — | #746 | — |
| 1881 | 9 | — | #583 | — |
| 1880 | 5 | — | #841 | — |