Girls' name · since 1967
Anesa
Anesa has 467 recorded births since 1967 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #12,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 467
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anesa currently ranks #15263 among girls' names in America, with 467 babies recorded since 1967.
Anesa has 467 recorded births among girls since 1967, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15263 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1967 to 2025.
- #12,353 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,263 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 467 born since 1967
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anesa ranks #12,353 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,263 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 467 born since 1967, peaking in the 2000s.
- #12,353 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,263 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 467
- born since 1967
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anesa's 467 recorded births place it above 82.9% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Anesa compares
467 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Anesa's all-time total is 24% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anesa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 467 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anesa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anesa's SSA record in two at 2001 and the more recent half accounts for 66% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 34%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1967, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2005 peak of 32, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anesa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1967–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 59 years of records
Anesa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (217 births, 46% of the file).
2000s was Anesa's strongest decade.
217 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 46% of all-time use.
Anesa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 11
1960s
11 births
- 1970s 23
1970s
23 births
- 1980s 33
1980s
33 births
- 1990s 80
1990s
80 births
- 2000s
2000s
217 births
- 2010s
2010s
93 births
- 2020s 10
2020s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 217 births (46% of all-time use).
Anesa by state
Where Anesa concentrates geographically, total births since 1967
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- Anesa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (217 total births); usage has since declined to 10 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Anesas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New York names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anesa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~58 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1967–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anesa draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.