Girls' name · since 2003
Anisten
Since 2003, U.S. Social Security records show 156 babies named Anisten, peaking in 2013. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #22,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
156 girls have been named Anisten since 2003, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Anisten has 156 recorded births among girls since 2003, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2003 to 2024.
- #22,341 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 156 born since 2003
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Anisten ranks #22,341 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 156 born since 2003, peaking in the 2010s.
- #22,341 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 156
- born since 2003
- 2010s
- peak decade
Anisten's 156 recorded births place it above 69.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Anisten's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Anisten splits its recorded history at 2013: 51% of all births land in the more recent half, 49% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2016 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2013 peak of 15 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Anisten popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–2024
- Peak year (2013)
- 15
- Annual births at peak, across 22 years of records
Anisten by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (83 births, 53% of the file).
2010s was Anisten's strongest decade.
83 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Anisten births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
46 births
- 2010s
2010s
83 births
- 2020s 27
2020s
27 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 83 births (53% of all-time use).
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- Anisten's decade-level peak was the 2010s (83 total births); usage has since declined to 27 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Anisten: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2013)
Similar record span (~21 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, 2003–2024 (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 Anisten 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.