Zanna
"Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. It was released as single by Wax Trax! Records, with two songs on the B-side, Fear In My Heart and Traveling. It was also included on Van Acker's album The Ship (1985).
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- Latvian
Meaning & Origin of Zanna
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
"Zanna" is a song originally written and performed by Belgian musician Luc van Acker and American singer Anna Domino in 1984. It was released as single by Wax Trax! Records, with two songs on the B-side, Fear In My Heart and Traveling. It was also included on Van Acker's album The Ship (1985).
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- English
- Latvian
The Story of Zanna
Zanna first appeared in U.S. Social Security Administration records as a baby girl name in 1920, with 5 babies given the name that year. The name hit its high-water mark in 2014: 28 births, good for #4,890 nationwide. The 2010s were its strongest decade, accounting for roughly 29% of all recorded Zannas. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #7,618 among baby girl names with 14 births, gradually falling (-10%). In total, more than 656 Zannas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1920s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zanna
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About the name Zanna
Zanna is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1920 and has accumulated 656 births in the dataset. Zanna's peak popularity came in 2014 when it ranked #4,023. Use the chart and map above to compare Zanna'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 .
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