Anissa — #2666 US girls' name
12,444 babies named Anissa in U.S. Social Security records since 1966, with the highest year being 1971. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 85% of names given to girls today.
27% of everyone ever named Anissa was born in this single decade.
724 babies were named Anissa in 1971 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anissa
The Social Security Administration has registered 12,444 babies named Anissa between 1966 and 2024, spanning 59 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anissa currently holds the #2666 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1971, when 724 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anissa performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 3,416 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Anissa shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 2,259 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Anissa in 40 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anissa 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 12,444 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.
Anissa at a glance
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Current rank
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Anissa popularity over time — girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1966
- Peak year (1971)
- 724
- Annual births at peak — across 59 years of records
Currently ranks #2666 among girls.
12,444 total births across 59 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1971 with 724 births in a single year.
Anissa popularity over time — boys
5 total births recorded since 1971 (Anissa as boys' name)
Unisex use remains the minority pattern
The boys' variant of Anissa accounts for 0% of total recorded use across both genders.
Anissa by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 3,416 births that decade — 27% of Anissa's all-time total
Anissa decade highlights
- Peak decade 3,416 births
- Runner-up 3,044 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Anissa's strongest decade
3,416 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 27% of all-time use.
Anissa by state
Where Anissa concentrates geographically — total births since 1966
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 2,259 | 18.2% |
| #2 | Texas | | 1,694 | 13.6% |
| #3 | New York | | 661 | 5.3% |
| #4 | Arizona | | 654 | 5.3% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 456 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Florida | | 441 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Ohio | | 348 | 2.8% |
| #8 | North Carolina | | 277 | 2.2% |
2,259 of 12,444 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 40 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 18.2% of nationwide
- Texas 13.6% of nationwide
- New York 5.3% of nationwide
- Arizona 5.3% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 40 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 18.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anissa appears in 40 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1966–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.