as a First Name
Latinate variant of Anne, in common use as a given name in most European languages. Among people with a classical education, it has from time to time been associated with Virgil's Aeneid, where it is borne by the sister of Dido, Queen of Carthage. This Phoenician name may ultimately be of Semitic origin, and thus related to the biblical Anne. However, the connection, if it exists, is indirect rather than direct.
| 105th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 521,654
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 696,497
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- New Jersey
- has the most people named Anna per capita
- 1910
- marked the height of its popularity
99.96%
0.04%
29%
55+
55+
22%
30-54
30-54
17%
13-29
13-29
32%
0-12
0-12
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