girl's name

Anta

  • Origin Latvian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 459

Anta is a girl's name. In 2025 it was given to 12 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Anta is a name of Latvian origin.
  • Peaked in France in 2022, when 20 babies were given the name.
  • It has been rising over the past decade in France.
  • Today about 1 in 39,300 babies in France is given this name.
  • First appears in birth records in 1974.

Anta over time

Births per decade in France, 1970s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Anta by decade in France
Decade Births
1970s 5
1980s 20
1990s 55
2000s 95
2010s 95
2020s (to 2025) 95

How popular is Anta?

In 2025, Anta was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

Where Anta is used

France #2,079 15 in 2025
Canada #3,340 5 in 2015
United States #8,498 12 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

French counts are rounded to the nearest five and nothing below five is published, so these figures show the shape of the name's use rather than an exact tally. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Anta

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Anta also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Anta over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Anta

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Anta — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Anta

How popular is the name Anta?

In 2025, Anta was given to 15 babies in France. It is a rare choice.

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

Anta is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Anta most popular?

Anta peaked in 2022, when 20 babies were given the name. It has been rising over the past decade.

Is Anta a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Anta currently ranks #2,079 in France. It has been rising over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.