Anise — #15305 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anise

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,233 babies named Anise between 1893 and 2024, spanning 132 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anise currently holds the #15305 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1992, when 23 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anise performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 191 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Anise shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Michigan and Louisiana. In total, SSA state-level files list Anise in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anise in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,233 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.