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Girl's nameOrigin: HebrewIn Israel: steady

'anaIn Hebrew: אנה · meaning, pronunciation and popularity in Israel

With vowel points: אַנָּהRomanization: 'ána

'ana (Hebrew: אנה) is a girl's name of Hebrew origin. 15,820 people born in Israel between 1949 and 2024 have it today, according to Israel's Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS). In 2024 it was given to 37 girls and ranked #341. Its peak year was 1985, with 439 babies.

People in Israel
15,820
born 1949–2024
Babies in 2024
37
rank #341
Peak year
1985
439 babies
USA, 2025
1,276
rank #245

Writing and saying 'ana

In Hebrew letters the name is אנה, read right to left. 'ana is the Latin spelling recorded in Wiktionary; families choose their own spelling in passports, so you may also meet other forms. Wiktionary romanizes it as "'ána" (the accent marks the stressed syllable).

Meaning and origin

  • a female given name, equivalent to English Anna

Quoted from English Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0), unchanged.

'ana by year: Israel and abroad

How many girls out of every 10,000 born each year have the name. For Israel it counts the people born that year who carry the name today (the CBS counts residents by year of birth, not birth registrations).

'ana: rate per 10,000, 1950–2025

per 10,000 babies of the same sex

Ana in English-speaking countries

Ana in each official list: latest year, count, rank and peak
Country / regionYearBabiesRankPeak
United States20251,276#2451991 (2,652)
United Kingdom2025103#4342018 (193)
England and Wales202591#4392016 (167)
Scotland20258#3872015 (16)
Northern Ireland20254#3342018 (12)
Ireland202514#2982009 (23)
British Columbia202311#2941995 (13)
Alberta20256#6982016 (16)
Quebec202511#4402016 (23)

Counts for girls. The Hebrew page for Ana has every year and the other spellings.

Related Israeli names

Spelling variants and names that look or sound close in Hebrew.

Questions about 'ana

How do you write 'ana in Hebrew?

'ana is written אנה in Hebrew (with vowel points: אַנָּה). Hebrew is read right to left. A dictionary romanization is "'ána".

How many people in Israel are named 'ana?

15,820 people born between 1949 and 2024 carry the name אנה: 15,815 women and 5 men. The count comes from the CBS table of current first names by year of birth; years with fewer than 5 people are not published.

Is 'ana a boy's or a girl's name?

In Israel it is almost always a girl's name: 100.0% of the people named אנה are women.

What does the name 'ana mean?

English Wiktionary describes it as: "a female given name, equivalent to English Anna"

Is 'ana used outside Israel?

The name Ana appears in the official baby name lists of English-speaking countries. In the United States 1,276 girls were given it in 2025 (#245), per the Social Security Administration. In the UK 103 in 2025 (ONS, NRS and NISRA combined).

Sources

Israel: Central Bureau of Statistics (CBS), current first names of people born 1949–2024 by sex, population group and year of birth, processed 2026-09-27. CBS publications.

Abroad

Counts are copied as published. We only merged accented spellings (Zoë = Zoe) and computed ranks and rates. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – British Columbia and the Open Government Licence – Alberta.