Ana

“Variant of Anna — Grace; favor” — Hebrew via Latin origin

Girl's name · #245 in the US (2025) · 90s

Ana has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #119 (1991) · 111,359 babies named Ana all-time · 1 in 1,300 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: #10 in Bosnia (Rep. Srpska) (2025) · #13 in Croatia (2025) · #14 in Portugal (2023) · #24 in Slovenia (2025) · #29 in Bosnia (FBiH) (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 39 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Anas

Ana Mena — Spanish singer-songwriter, actress and model
Ana Brnabić — President of the National Assembly of the Republic of Serbia
Ana Ivanovic — Serbian tennis player
Ana de Armas — Cuban actress (born 1988)
Ana Blandiana — Romanian poet, essayist, and political figure

In stories & tradition

Ana Lucia Cortez — Lost
Ana — Heroes of the Storm
Ana Kravinoff — Earth-616

What Anas become

Among 5,073 notable people named Ana:

Scientists & scholars appear 1.33× more often than among typical names — e.g. Ana Aslan, Romanian biologist and physician (1897–1988).

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