Ana is a girl's name of Spanish origin meaning “favour.” In 2024 it was given to 1,497 girls in the United States.
Ana belongs to the Spanish and English & American tradition. Its meaning — “favour” — is the sense carried by its Spanish roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Ana first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #119 in 1991, and in 2024 1,497 babies received the name — 110,060 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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Ana means “favour” in its Spanish roots. We check every meaning against published sources before it appears here.
Ana is a girl name. In 2024, 1,497 babies received the name in the US.
Ana comes from the Spanish, English & American and Portuguese tradition.
Ana first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #119 in 1991, and 1,497 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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