Girls' name · since 1958
Anisa
Anisa has 5,558 recorded births since 1958 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #2,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,757 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,558
- born since 1958
- 2000s
- peak decade
5,558 babies have been named Anisa since 1958, making it today's #2757 girls' name.
Anisa has 5,558 recorded births among girls since 1958, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #2757 as of the latest data, more common than 84% 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 1958 to 2025.
- #2,396 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #2,757 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 5,558 born since 1958
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anisa ranks #2,396 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,757 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 5,558 born since 1958, peaking in the 2000s.
- #2,396 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #2,757 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 5,558
- born since 1958
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anisa's 5,558 recorded births place it above 96.68% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
25 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Anisa compares
5,558 Top 13% higher than 87% 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
Anisa's all-time total is 15x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anisa | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 5,558 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 221 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anisa splits its recorded history at 1995: 76% of all births land in the more recent half, 24% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1966 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2005 peak of 221 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1958–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 221
- Annual births at peak, across 68 years of records
Anisa by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (1,876 births, 34% of the file).
2000s was Anisa's strongest decade.
1,876 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Anisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 7
1950s
7 births
- 1960s 189
1960s
189 births
- 1970s 357
1970s
357 births
- 1980s 357
1980s
357 births
- 1990s
1990s
1,121 births
- 2000s
2000s
1,876 births
- 2010s
2010s
1,178 births
- 2020s 473
2020s
473 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 1,876 births (34% of all-time use).
How Anisa compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Anisa's total volume
Anisa by state
Where Anisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 849 | 15.3% |
| #2 | New York | | 758 | 13.6% |
| #3 | Texas | | 399 | 7.2% |
| #4 | Minnesota | | 183 | 3.3% |
| #5 | Arizona | | 166 | 3.0% |
| #6 | Florida | | 154 | 2.8% |
| #7 | Illinois | | 150 | 2.7% |
| #8 | Pennsylvania | | 123 | 2.2% |
849 of 5,558 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 25 reporting states.
Anisa appears in 25 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Anisa's data
- Anisa's decade-level peak was the 2000s (1,876 total births); usage has since declined to 473 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Anisas (849 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Anisa: 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 (~67 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, 1958–2025 (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 Anisa 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.