Has Anna had its moment?

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For months I've been set on Emma, now the time is nearly here I'm not sure if I'm really sure.
I thought of Anna but haven't heard it used on a child lately.

I love both Emma and Anna. Timeless classics, elegant and simple. I would be very happy to be called either. Anna has the advantage of being less commonly used, if that’s important to you? I don’t think either name is dated, but both are less commonly used than they used to be.

I know a preschooler called Anna. It isn't an odd choice!

Anna's been a classic name for centuries. It's not overused now but I do know a few young girls called Anna. I certainly don't think it's had it's moment. It will always be a classic. It's a lovely name.

Anna will never have had its moment, it's a beautiful timeless name.

Both are beautiful, classic names.

Well, it's been used since pre-Christian times but if you say it's over, I defer to your wisdom. They were a good few millennia while they lasted though, Annas of the world.

My dd is Anna, 4 years old. We hear 'what a beautiful name' often and she suits her name. I love it.

Anna is so dated. I mean, since the Virgin Mary's grandmother Ismeria used it for the Virgin Mary's mother, Anna has gone right out of fashion

Maybe you should use Ismeria instead OP

Lovely name. Doesn’t really date, though there were times when Anne/Ann were more used - so I suppose Anna might have seemed old-fashioned when that was the case.

But Mary did date. Timeless classics can still date if they go through a period of overuse. But they always come back round. I wouldn’t put Anna in this category of overuse though, I think it’s still very useable (and lovely) OP.

I love it. There’s an Anna in my DC’s year at school.

We named our DD (4 months) Anna, we have had lots of compliments on it. I think it's a timeless name that suits all stages of life, as does Emma, and neither are particularly common or overused these days.

My mother is Anna. Beautiful name. DD1 has it as her middle name. Was popular in the early 2000’s I think. There was a few in DD’s primary, say around 2005 ish.
I also love Emma. Timeless name. Never used it cos it didn’t go with our surname. Too many M’s!

My name is Anna, I love my name. Yes I'm not a child any more, but I don't think it's ever really gone 'out if fashion' as other names tend to do.

No, it’s as lovely as ever.

Anna won’t ever date, it’s timeless.

Does it matter? If you like it, use it. It doesn't matter what other people are doing.

I know a range of Annas from 70 to 6 months. It's classic.

Emma had a big moment in the 70s/80s but is still quite popular.

Annie is a bit more on trend but also will date. (I much prefer Anna)

Well it's not just English is it also Russian (and probably in a few other Slavic languages too).

Beautiful name

classic name

I know a few children called Annie amongst my children’s peer groups, but none called Anna.

Anna is a beautiful name. A classic name, but definitely not dated.

Emma is a bit meh in my opinion

I know an absolutely lovely 12 year old Anna. She is just too old for her mum to have been inspired by Frozen (although it was a great bonus during her toddler years!) probably there are are few more since then....