Fun Facts About the Name Anta
- 89 babies named Anta: U.S. records list 89 babies given the name Anta from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anta Mean?
Anta is a feminine given name used chiefly in Latvia, where it serves as a short form of Antonija and of Antonina (the latter also appears as Antanina in Lithuanian). Both parent names continue the Latin Antonia, the feminine of the Roman family name Antonius. The origin of Antonius is not settled; it is often described as Etruscan rather than Latin, and no certain literal sense can be recovered from it. The explanation "priceless" or "of inestimable worth" that is often printed beside Anthony and Antonia is a traditional gloss built on a proposed Greek derivation; it is a customary interpretation rather than a documented meaning.
Anta Name History & Origins
Anta belongs to the group of clipped, two-syllable forms that stand beside the longer Antonija and Antonina in Latvian and Lithuanian use. Names of this family spread through Christian naming practice: devotion to Anthony the Great and, later, to Anthony of Padua made Antonius one of the most widely given names in medieval and early modern Europe, and feminine forms followed it into vernacular use around the Baltic, in Poland, and in neighboring regions. Anta is the everyday, shortened shape of that tradition rather than a name tied to a particular saint or ruling family.
The same sequence of letters spells unrelated words in other languages, and these are not the source of the given name. In Quechua, anta means "copper", a sense kept in Andean place names such as the province and town of Anta in the Cusco region of Peru. In Sanskrit, anta means "end" or "limit", and it appears in compounds such as Ananta ("endless") and Vedanta. In Spanish and Portuguese, anta is an animal name - "elk" in Spain and "tapir" in Brazil - and in colloquial Japanese anta is a casual word for "you".
How Popular is the Name Anta?
Anta has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 2025. Its best rank was #8,412 in 2025.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #8,412 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2024 | #13,589 | 6 | 0.0004% |
| 2022 | #15,517 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2021 | #12,327 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2020 | #15,315 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2018 | #15,917 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2016 | #13,028 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2015 | #10,224 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 2011 | #15,004 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2008 | #15,597 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 2002 | #15,653 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2001 | #10,178 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 2000 | #13,307 | 6 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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