Anissah — girls' name
29 babies named Anissah in U.S. Social Security records since 2002, with the highest year being 2002. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
29 girls have been named Anissah since 2002, peaking in the 2000s, last recorded in 2011.
- 29
- total births
- 2002–2011
- years on record
- 2000s
- peak decade
- 76%
- born in that decade
76% of everyone ever named Anissah was born in this single decade.
8 babies were named Anissah in 2002 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anissah
The Social Security Administration has registered 29 babies named Anissah between 2002 and 2011, spanning 10 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anissah currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2011. The name reached its historical peak in 2002, when 8 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anissah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 22 births during that ten-year window. Across the 2 decades of recorded activity, Anissah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anissah 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 29 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.
Anissah at a glance
Last recorded 2011Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anissah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2011–2002
- Peak year (2002)
- 8
- Annual births at peak — across 10 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2011.
29 total births across 10 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2002 with 8 births in a single year.
Anissah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 22 births that decade — 76% of Anissah's all-time total
Anissah decade highlights
- Peak decade 22 births
- Runner-up 7 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Anissah's strongest decade
22 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 76% of all-time use.
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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, 2002–2011 (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.