Anastasia
Anastasia was given to 1,832 girls in 2025, #163 among girls’ names; 57,163 Americans have been recorded with it since 1880 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 52,700 Americans named Anastasia and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (92% of everyone recorded); the median is 18 years old and half are between 8 and 31.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Anastasia by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Anastasia mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Anastasia is “a female given name from Ancient Greek.” Its etymology gives the sense “resurrection” (ἀνάστασις).
From the name of a 4th-century martyr, Ancient Greek Ἀναστασία (Anastasía), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”). The name, and its male counterpart Anastasius, were originally given to children who were born around Eastertime during the early years of Christianity.
/æn.əˈsteɪ.ʒə/
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Anastasia?
#163 among girls’ names, 2025
Anastasia rose from #217 in 2015 to #163 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 0.84 to 1.1 per 1,000.
1,905 babies in 2018, the peak
Anastasia peaked in 2018, when 1,905 girls were given it, #147 among girls’ names. The 1,832 births of 2025 are 96% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 1,832 | #163 | 1.1 |
| 2024 | 1,842 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 2023 | 1,745 | #166 | 1.1 |
| 2022 | 1,770 | #162 | 1.1 |
| 2021 | 1,637 | #181 | 1.0 |
| 2020 | 1,766 | #158 | 1.1 |
| 2019 | 1,899 | #150 | 1.1 |
| 2018 | 1,905 | #147 | 1.1 |
| 2017 | 1,806 | #169 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | 1,720 | #192 | 1.0 |
Every recorded year (146)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1,505 | #217 | 0.84 |
| 2014 | 1,346 | #240 | 0.75 |
| 2013 | 1,254 | #253 | 0.71 |
| 2012 | 937 | #334 | 0.53 |
| 2011 | 868 | #367 | 0.49 |
| 2010 | 878 | #365 | 0.49 |
| 2009 | 1,014 | #325 | 0.55 |
| 2008 | 918 | #360 | 0.49 |
| 2007 | 1,072 | #314 | 0.56 |
| 2006 | 1,147 | #289 | 0.60 |
| 2005 | 1,128 | #292 | 0.61 |
| 2004 | 1,157 | #286 | 0.63 |
| 2003 | 1,175 | #270 | 0.64 |
| 2002 | 1,193 | #265 | 0.66 |
| 2001 | 1,028 | #309 | 0.57 |
| 2000 | 1,027 | #309 | 0.57 |
| 1999 | 1,006 | #305 | 0.57 |
| 1998 | 1,176 | #266 | 0.67 |
| 1997 | 949 | #304 | 0.55 |
| 1996 | 858 | #327 | 0.49 |
| 1995 | 759 | #346 | 0.43 |
| 1994 | 833 | #324 | 0.47 |
| 1993 | 779 | #337 | 0.43 |
| 1992 | 741 | #351 | 0.40 |
| 1991 | 706 | #364 | 0.38 |
| 1990 | 688 | #383 | 0.36 |
| 1989 | 755 | #336 | 0.41 |
| 1988 | 782 | #317 | 0.44 |
| 1987 | 909 | #269 | 0.52 |
| 1986 | 431 | #495 | 0.25 |
| 1985 | 386 | #521 | 0.22 |
| 1984 | 391 | #504 | 0.23 |
| 1983 | 382 | #508 | 0.23 |
| 1982 | 288 | #624 | 0.17 |
| 1981 | 281 | #634 | 0.17 |
| 1980 | 226 | #735 | 0.14 |
| 1979 | 260 | #668 | 0.16 |
| 1978 | 235 | #679 | 0.15 |
| 1977 | 260 | #639 | 0.17 |
| 1976 | 241 | #642 | 0.16 |
| 1975 | 254 | #620 | 0.17 |
| 1974 | 225 | #668 | 0.15 |
| 1973 | 232 | #646 | 0.16 |
| 1972 | 214 | #685 | 0.14 |
| 1971 | 236 | #667 | 0.14 |
| 1970 | 240 | #665 | 0.14 |
| 1969 | 207 | #692 | 0.12 |
| 1968 | 219 | #656 | 0.13 |
| 1967 | 187 | #713 | 0.11 |
| 1966 | 154 | #794 | 0.09 |
| 1965 | 150 | #811 | 0.08 |
| 1964 | 142 | #869 | 0.07 |
| 1963 | 124 | #947 | 0.06 |
| 1962 | 111 | #1,020 | 0.06 |
| 1961 | 110 | #1,044 | 0.05 |
| 1960 | 115 | #1,000 | 0.06 |
| 1959 | 119 | #964 | 0.06 |
| 1958 | 87 | #1,135 | 0.04 |
| 1957 | 113 | #974 | 0.06 |
| 1956 | 43 | #1,616 | 0.02 |
| 1955 | 37 | #1,692 | 0.02 |
| 1954 | 42 | #1,559 | 0.02 |
| 1953 | 40 | #1,548 | 0.02 |
| 1952 | 35 | #1,641 | 0.02 |
| 1951 | 31 | #1,739 | 0.02 |
| 1950 | 39 | #1,473 | 0.02 |
| 1949 | 31 | #1,698 | 0.02 |
| 1948 | 43 | #1,408 | 0.03 |
| 1947 | 43 | #1,412 | 0.02 |
| 1946 | 45 | #1,290 | 0.03 |
| 1945 | 30 | #1,481 | 0.02 |
| 1944 | 23 | #1,741 | 0.02 |
| 1943 | 48 | #1,168 | 0.03 |
| 1942 | 43 | #1,206 | 0.03 |
| 1941 | 50 | #1,030 | 0.04 |
| 1940 | 36 | #1,220 | 0.03 |
| 1939 | 28 | #1,403 | 0.03 |
| 1938 | 37 | #1,200 | 0.03 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,004 | 0.05 |
| 1936 | 40 | #1,116 | 0.04 |
| 1935 | 40 | #1,101 | 0.04 |
| 1934 | 60 | #876 | 0.06 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,025 | 0.05 |
| 1932 | 53 | #969 | 0.05 |
| 1931 | 49 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1930 | 63 | #916 | 0.06 |
| 1929 | 66 | #877 | 0.06 |
| 1928 | 78 | #816 | 0.07 |
| 1927 | 91 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1926 | 81 | #804 | 0.07 |
| 1925 | 105 | #719 | 0.09 |
| 1924 | 97 | #757 | 0.08 |
| 1923 | 108 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1922 | 133 | #635 | 0.11 |
| 1921 | 142 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1920 | 122 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1919 | 143 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1918 | 157 | #569 | 0.14 |
| 1917 | 131 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1916 | 126 | #599 | 0.12 |
| 1915 | 114 | #611 | 0.12 |
| 1914 | 125 | #501 | 0.16 |
| 1913 | 72 | #612 | 0.12 |
| 1912 | 61 | #632 | 0.11 |
| 1911 | 59 | #549 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 47 | #610 | 0.12 |
| 1909 | 33 | #691 | 0.10 |
| 1908 | 34 | #664 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 37 | #614 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 48 | #499 | 0.16 |
| 1905 | 32 | #620 | 0.11 |
| 1904 | 41 | #512 | 0.15 |
| 1903 | 30 | #596 | 0.11 |
| 1902 | 24 | #690 | 0.09 |
| 1901 | 38 | #487 | 0.16 |
| 1900 | 33 | #612 | 0.11 |
| 1899 | 23 | #644 | 0.10 |
| 1898 | 32 | #571 | 0.12 |
| 1897 | 32 | #521 | 0.14 |
| 1896 | 36 | #488 | 0.15 |
| 1895 | 24 | #622 | 0.10 |
| 1894 | 53 | #386 | 0.24 |
| 1893 | 27 | #535 | 0.13 |
| 1892 | 25 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1891 | 34 | #430 | 0.18 |
| 1890 | 28 | #491 | 0.15 |
| 1889 | 21 | #555 | 0.12 |
| 1888 | 20 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1887 | 22 | #474 | 0.15 |
| 1886 | 23 | #454 | 0.16 |
| 1885 | 15 | #558 | 0.11 |
| 1884 | 17 | #502 | 0.13 |
| 1883 | 14 | #520 | 0.12 |
| 1882 | 11 | #563 | 0.10 |
| 1881 | 11 | #509 | 0.12 |
| 1880 | 10 | #548 | 0.11 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Anastasia a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Anastasia has been given almost only to girls: 23 boys in 146 years of records.
Girls and boys named Anastasia: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Anastasia, and how old are they?
52,700 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 92% of the 57,163 Americans ever recorded as Anastasia. The median Anastasia alive today is 18 years old; half are between 8 and 31.
The 2020 Census counted 44,877 people named Anastasia (44,800 women and girls, 77 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 43,109 born in the U.S. The Census count is 4% above that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 216 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,090 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 3,290 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 9,730 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 16,500 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 21,900 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Anastasia born?
The states with the most babies named Anastasia are Texas, California and Florida, with 33% of its births recorded by state in 2025.
| State | Births 2025 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 221 | #143 | 0.8× |
| California | 200 | #151 | 0.8× |
| Florida | 183 | #88 | 1.3× |
| New York | 100 | #164 | 1.3× |
| Illinois | 73 | #129 | 1.2× |
| Ohio | 70 | #155 | 0.9× |
| Pennsylvania | 67 | #166 | 1.3× |
| Arizona | 52 | #119 | 1.1× |
| North Carolina | 52 | #209 | 0.6× |
| Virginia | 52 | #150 | 0.8× |
Where Anastasia is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Anastasia is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 1.3 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Anastasia with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 60,503 babies since 1880, Anastasia is the most given (94% of them). In 2025 it was given to 1,832 of their 1,909 babies (96%), again the most given.
| Name | Since 1880 | Births 2025 | Peak year |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anastasia | 57,163 | 1,832 | 2018 |
| Annastasia | 2,083 | 43 | 2016 |
| Anastasiya | 592 | 17 | 2019 |
| Anastassia | 372 | 17 | 1987 |
| Anastasya | 181 | under 5 | 2017 |
| Anastaisa | 112 | under 5 | 2000 |
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Anastasia
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Anastasia and names like it
- Compare Anastasia and AnnastasiaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 2010sAnastasia peaked in 2018.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Anastasia since 1910.
- Ancient Greek namesWiktionary’s origin for Anastasia: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 2018The year the most babies were named Anastasia.
- The names of Generation AlphaMost people named Anastasia alive today were born 2013-2025.
- Names starting with AMost given first.