Ganna
Ganna is a name with a single cultural origin: Ukrainian.
- Ukrainian
Meaning & Origin of Ganna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Ganna is a name with a single cultural origin: Ukrainian.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ukrainian
The Story of Ganna
The earliest SSA record of Ganna as a baby girl name dates back to 1997, when 7 babies received it. 1997 was its biggest year on record, with 7 newborns named Ganna — #10,836 in the national rankings. About 50% of every Ganna on record arrived during the 2020s, its defining decade. Ganna last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Ganna
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Ganna. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Ganna
Ganna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1997 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Ganna's peak popularity came in 1997 when it ranked #10,836. Use the chart and map above to compare Ganna'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.