Ansa
Ansa is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
- Finnish
Meaning & Origin of Ansa
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ansa is a name with a single cultural origin: Finnish.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Finnish
The Story of Ansa
The earliest SSA record of Ansa as a baby girl name dates back to 1988, when 5 babies received it. 2018 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ansa — #12,462 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Ansa on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Ansa last appeared in the published SSA data in 2022, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1980s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Ansa
Ansa is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1988 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Ansa's peak popularity came in 2018 when it ranked #12,462. Use the chart and map above to compare Ansa's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.