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See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Anna” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anna” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Anna” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Anna” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Anna” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Anna” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Anna” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anna” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 2616 0.012983661 2604 12 99%
1881 2714 0.014084945 2698 16 99%
1882 3143 0.014187503 3143 100%
1883 3322 0.015312566 3306 16 99%
1884 3880 0.015936844 3860 20 99%
1885 4014 0.016665697 3994 20 99%
1886 4298 0.016834041 4283 15 99%
1887 4240 0.017138792 4227 13 99%
1888 5008 0.016722653 4982 26 99%
1889 5085 0.017598445 5062 23 99%
1890 5253 0.017428609 5233 20 99%
1891 5114 0.017839141 5099 15 99%
1892 5562 0.016634068 5542 20 99%
1893 5712 0.017563334 5695 17 99%
1894 5585 0.016490005 5565 20 99%
1895 5968 0.01700188 5950 18 99%
1896 5877 0.016439896 5860 17 99%
1897 5448 0.015702235 5429 19 99%
1898 5804 0.015215425 5773 31 99%
1899 5138 0.015145888 5115 23 99%
1900 6139 0.013634405 6114 25 99%
1901 4941 0.014288111 4923 18 99%
1902 5304 0.013714888 5288 16 99%
1903 5116 0.013420776 5098 18 99%
1904 5346 0.013249563 5330 16 99%
1905 5445 0.012844344 5424 21 99%
1906 5515 0.01287195 5502 13 100%
1907 5595 0.012022175 5575 20 99%
1908 5870 0.012012713 5860 10 100%
1909 5828 0.011400091 5804 24 99%
1910 6457 0.010930895 6436 21 99%
1911 6773 0.010512543 6753 20 99%
1912 8615 0.008719089 8586 29 99%
1913 9718 0.008546227 9687 31 99%
1914 11905 0.008405444 11865 40 99%
1915 15150 0.008267728 15119 31 100%
1916 15263 0.007890233 15228 35 100%
1917 15193 0.007570948 15160 33 100%
1918 15697 0.007229939 15666 31 100%
1919 14540 0.006890195 14498 42 99%
1920 14614 0.006458818 14581 33 100%
1921 14504 0.00621288 14476 28 100%
1922 13449 0.005875091 13408 41 99%
1923 12903 0.005603955 12865 38 99%
1924 13108 0.00550384 13076 32 100%
1925 12284 0.005264642 12250 34 99%
1926 11746 0.005116065 11698 48 99%
1927 11264 0.004856516 11215 49 99%
1928 10626 0.004699819 10575 51 99%
1929 9792 0.004466825 9750 42 99%
1930 9133 0.00410788 9081 52 99%
1931 8462 0.004021122 8429 33 99%
1932 7962 0.003771152 7924 38 99%
1933 7097 0.003549482 7072 25 99%
1934 6705 0.0032285 6680 25 99%
1935 6192 0.002962821 6162 30 99%
1936 5764 0.002774384 5727 37 99%
1937 5468 0.002566329 5450 18 99%
1938 5166 0.002334837 5144 22 99%
1939 4947 0.002245124 4929 18 99%
1940 4742 0.002059335 4717 25 99%
1941 4446 0.001824805 4432 14 99%
1942 4512 0.001651647 4488 24 99%
1943 4244 0.0015036 4231 13 99%
1944 3650 0.001356837 3635 15 99%
1945 3619 0.001364162 3607 12 99%
1946 4013 0.001255904 3999 14 99%
1947 4253 0.001180627 4238 15 99%
1948 4052 0.001173636 4037 15 99%
1949 3912 0.001122597 3897 15 99%
1950 3824 0.001091524 3815 9 100%
1951 3884 0.001054364 3870 14 99%
1952 3729 0.000981831 3714 15 99%
1953 3848 0.000998535 3837 11 99%
1954 4012 0.001007861 4000 12 99%
1955 4105 0.001022396 4090 15 99%
1956 4412 0.001070085 4393 19 99%
1957 4453 0.001059697 4442 11 100%
1958 4668 0.001129199 4661 7 100%
1959 4898 0.001177972 4878 20 99%
1960 4673 0.00112499 4659 14 99%
1961 4696 0.001133669 4677 19 99%
1962 4444 0.001101262 4430 14 99%
1963 4272 0.001079278 4255 17 99%
1964 4313 0.001109423 4292 21 99%
1965 3933 0.001084831 3920 13 99%
1966 3695 0.001063109 3679 16 99%
1967 3740 0.001101653 3727 13 99%
1968 3579 0.001059373 3569 10 99%
1969 3733 0.001074145 3721 12 99%
1970 3820 0.001059195 3799 21 99%
1971 3592 0.001046512 3578 14 99%
1972 3462 0.001101497 3449 13 99%
1973 3519 0.001166434 3507 12 99%
1974 3633 0.001195066 3621 12 99%
1975 3592 0.001189643 3578 14 99%
1976 3600 0.001186435 3585 15 99%
1977 3871 0.001218639 3852 19 99%
1978 4187 0.00131921 4173 14 99%
1979 4698 0.001412083 4669 29 99%
1980 5060 0.001469006 5037 23 99%
1981 5216 0.001507787 5192 24 99%
1982 5293 0.001508853 5270 23 99%
1983 5233 0.00151097 5218 15 99%
1984 5328 0.001527192 5306 22 99%
1985 5903 0.001653914 5885 18 99%
1986 5934 0.001668223 5906 28 99%
1987 6193 0.001717599 6169 24 99%
1988 6471 0.001751265 6443 28 99%
1989 6957 0.001809623 6899 58 98%
1990 7326 0.001853521 7293 33 99%
1991 7132 0.001830941 7118 14 100%
1992 6859 0.001785606 6853 6 100%
1993 6820 0.001808885 6812 8 100%
1994 7547 0.002030044 7529 18 100%
1995 8583 0.002343702 8569 14 100%
1996 8583 0.002353315 8574 9 100%
1997 8342 0.002300766 8342 100%
1998 8399 0.00228345 8386 13 100%
1999 9126 0.002470582 9115 11 100%
2000 10622 0.002810124 10613 9 100%
2001 10601 0.002831925 10592 9 100%
2002 10406 0.002783625 10394 12 100%
2003 9476 0.002492163 9463 13 100%
2004 9575 0.002505939 9529 46 99%
2005 9129 0.002374348 9110 19 100%
2006 8616 0.002177853 8611 5 100%
2007 7911 0.001978896 7900 11 100%
2008 7288 0.001854139 7277 11 100%
2009 6828 0.001787353 6818 10 100%
2010 6345 0.001716842 6335 10 100%
2011 5679 0.001552576 5672 7 100%
2012 5633 0.001540179 5628 5 100%
2013 5403 0.001482033 5396 7 100%
2014 5704 0.00153897 5704 100%
2015 5156 0.00139317 5149 7 100%
2016 4811 0.001311364 4805 6 100%
2017 4582 0.00128125 4574 8 100%
2018 4202 0.001195143 4197 5 100%
2019 3845 0.001107771 3845 100%
2020 3512 0.001051315 3507 5 100%
2021 3084 0.000910285 3078 6 100%
2022 2958 0.000874337 2958 100%
2023 2931 0.000885179 2931 100%
2024 2700 0.000811176 2700 100%

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