Holding steady, #13,208 for girls today.
Popularity of Anona since 1903
Babies named Anona per year in U.S. Social Security records. Raw births topped out in 1925, but relative to how few babies were recorded back then, Anona's real moment was 1904.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1900s | 91 |
| 1910s | 75 |
| 1920s | 123 |
| 1930s | 76 |
| 1940s | 67 |
| 1950s | 29 |
| 1960s | 20 |
| 1970s | 10 |
| 1980s | 6 |
| 1990s | 0 |
| 2000s | 0 |
| 2010s | 5 |
| 2020s | 6 |
Meaning & origin
Anona is an uncommon girl's name with a fuzzy origin, first recorded in 1903 and reaching its peak rank of 13,208 in 1904, when it was most popular. Since then, its usage has been stable but very rare: in 2025, approximately 1 in 267,878 girls were named Anona. The name has no strong regional ties, appearing uniformly across the United States without a concentration in any particular state. Its similarity to names like Anna and Nona suggests it may be a creative variation, consistent with naming trends of the early 20th century that favored feminine 'a' endings and short, melodic forms.
Anona appears to be a modern coinage, possibly derived from the Latin word 'annona' meaning 'yearly produce' or 'grain supply', or as a variant of the name Nona (meaning 'ninth') combined with the popular 'a-' prefix. Alternatively, it may be a blend of Anna and Nona, or simply an invented name. It saw modest use in the early 1900s, peaking in 1904, but has since become rare.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Annie, Nona
Sibling names for Anona
Names that share Anona's style, for a brother or sister.
