Girls' name · since 1976
Anisah
Anisah has 794 recorded births since 1976 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1999 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,190 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 794
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anisah currently ranks #11190 among girls' names in America, with 794 babies recorded since 1976.
Anisah has 794 recorded births among girls since 1976, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11190 as of the latest data, more common than 35% 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 1976 to 2025.
- #8,780 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,190 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 794 born since 1976
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anisah ranks #8,780 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,190 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 794 born since 1976, peaking in the 2000s.
- #8,780 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,190 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 794
- born since 1976
- 2000s
- peak decade
Anisah's 794 recorded births place it above 87.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 5 jurisdictions, led by New York.
How Anisah compares
794 Top 36% higher than 64% 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
Anisah's all-time total is 111% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Anisah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 794 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 45 | 21 | 19,840 |
Anisah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Anisah's SSA record in two at 2002 and the more recent half accounts for 54% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 46%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1981, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1999 peak of 45, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Anisah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1976–2025
- Peak year (1999)
- 45
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Anisah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (314 births, 40% of the file).
2000s was Anisah's strongest decade.
314 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 40% of all-time use.
Anisah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 16
1970s
16 births
- 1980s 65
1980s
65 births
- 1990s
1990s
221 births
- 2000s
2000s
314 births
- 2010s
2010s
141 births
- 2020s 37
2020s
37 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 314 births (40% of all-time use).
How Anisah 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 Anisah's total volume
Anisah by state
Where Anisah concentrates geographically, total births since 1976
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 69 | 8.7% |
| #2 | California | | 55 | 6.9% |
| #3 | Texas | | 16 | 2.0% |
| #4 | Pennsylvania | | 6 | 0.8% |
| #5 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.6% |
69 of 794 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 5 reporting states.
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What to do with Anisah's data
- Anisah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (314 total births); usage has since declined to 37 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New York records the most Anisahs (69 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 Anisah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1999)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1976–2025 (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 Anisah 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.