Anisa Girl
How popular is Anisa?
#2,751 girl name in 2025
62 baby girls were named Anisa in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
Anisa popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,751 for girls (▼ 601 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 62 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-47% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,793 in 2015, #2,241 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2005 (221 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,020 in 1967 |
| First recorded | 1958 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anisa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anisa family of names ranked #1,232 for girls in 2025 (#1,156 the year before), with 145 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anisa | 62 | 43% |
| Anissa | 53 | 37% |
| Anyssa | 8 | 6% |
| Anisah | 8 | 6% |
| Annisa | 8 | 6% |
| Aniza | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anisa is most popular
Babies named Anisa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- New York: 0.2 per 1,000 (85 girls)
- Minnesota: 0.2 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Washington: 0.1 per 1,000 (11 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (15 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (45 girls)
Anisa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1950s | 7 | #4,889 |
| 1960s | 189 | #1,020 |
| 1970s | 357 | #1,966 |
| 1980s | 357 | #2,096 |
| 1990s | 1,121 | #1,132 |
| 2000s | 1,876 | #1,026 |
| 2010s | 1,178 | #1,307 |
| 2020s | 473 | #2,142 |
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Questions
- Is Anisa a boy or girl name?
- Anisa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anisa were girls.
- How popular is the name Anisa?
- 62 baby girls were named Anisa in the US in 2025, making it the 2751st most popular girl name.
- When was Anisa most popular?
- Anisa peaked in 2005, when 221 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,020 in 1967.
- How many people are named Anisa?
- 5,558 babies have been named Anisa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 5,469 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 22.
- Where is Anisa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anisa was most common in New York, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.