Anastasia

#163 for girls in 2025, 1,832 births · Last seen for boys in 2005 at #11,472
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2018 · 1,905 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
57,140
since 1880

Anastasia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anastasia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201882peak #147, 2018girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#1631,832—
2024#1661,842—
2023#1661,745—
2022#1621,770—
2021#1811,637—
2020#1581,766—
2019#1501,899—
2018#1471,905—
2017#1691,806—
2016#1921,720—
2015#2171,505—
2014#2401,346—
2013#2531,254—
2012#334937—
2011#367868—
2010#365878—
2009#3251,014—
2008#360918—
2007#3141,072—
2006#2891,147—
2005#2921,128#11,4725
2004#2861,157—
2003#2701,175—
2002#2651,193—
2001#3091,028—
2000#3091,027—
1999#3051,006—
1998#2661,176—
1997#304949—
1996#327858—
1995#346759—
1994#324833—
1993#337779—
1992#351741—
1991#364706—
1990#383688#8,1175
1989#336755#6,9416
1988#317782#5,7517
1987#269909—
1986#495431—
1985#521386—
1984#504391—
1983#508382—
1982#624288—
1981#634281—
1980#735226—
1979#668260—
1978#679235—
1977#639260—
1976#642241—
1975#620254—
1974#668225—
1973#646232—
1972#685214—
1971#667236—
1970#665240—
1969#692207—
1968#656219—
1967#713187—
1966#794154—
1965#811150—
1964#869142—
1963#947124—
1962#1,020111—
1961#1,044110—
1960#1,001115—
1959#965119—
1958#1,13687—
1957#975113—
1956#1,61743—
1955#1,69137—
1954#1,56042—
1953#1,54940—
1952#1,64135—
1951#1,74031—
1950#1,47439—
1949#1,69731—
1948#1,40943—
1947#1,41343—
1946#1,29045—
1945#1,48230—
1944#1,74223—
1943#1,16948—
1942#1,20643—
1941#1,03050—
1940#1,21836—
1939#1,40128—
1938#1,20037—
1937#1,00249—
1936#1,11540—
1935#1,10140—
1934#87560—
1933#1,02446—
1932#96953—
1931#99549—
1930#91663—
1929#87666—
1928#81678—
1927#75791—
1926#80481—
1925#719105—
1924#75697—
1923#703108—
1922#635133—
1921#612142—
1920#655122—
1919#585143—
1918#569157—
1917#596131—
1916#599126—
1915#611114—
1914#501125—
1913#61272—
1912#63261—
1911#54859—
1910#61047—
1909#69133—
1908#66434—
1907#61437—
1906#49948—
1905#62032—
1904#51141—
1903#59630—
1902#68824—
1901#48738—
1900#61133—
1899#64423—
1898#57132—
1897#52132—
1896#48736—
1895#62224—
1894#38653—
1893#53527—
1892#55425—
1891#43034—
1890#49128—
1889#55521—
1888#55820—
1887#47122—
1886#45123—
1885#55715—
1884#50117—
1883#51714—
1882#56011—
1881#50311—
1880#54710—
First appearance
1880

In the first year the SSA published name data, Anastasia was already there! It came in at #547, and was given to 10 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 15 girls a year got the name.

Where Anastasia is popular in 1882

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Anastasia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#166 → #163)
  • 5 spots since 2020 (#158 → #163)
  • 54 spots since 2015 (#217 → #163)
  • Biggest jump: 642 spots in 1957 (#1,617 → #975)
  • Biggest drop: 236 spots in 1895 (#386 → #622)
Rise & fade · girls
138 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2018 at #147 (1,905 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1963–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 877
  • Highest: 1 in 877 girls born in 2025 were named Anastasia (0.11%)
  • Its best rank, #147 in 2018, was only 1 in 893 (0.11%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Anastasia (14,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s164#451 (1886)#522
1890s314#386 (1894)#524
1900s350#487 (1901)#598
1910s1,035#501 (1914)#586
1920s1,023#612 (1921)#733
1930s465#875 (1934)#1,060
1940s392#1,030 (1941)#1,366
1950s586#965 (1959)#1,435
1960s1,519#656 (1968)#855
1970s2,397#620 (1975)#658
1980s4,831#269 (1987)#494
1990s8,495#266 (1998)#331
2000s10,859#265 (2002)#302
2010s14,118#147 (2018)#243
2020s10,592#158 (2020)#166

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Anastasia in 1882

girls
#560
11 births · 1 in 9,804 girls

Top girls' names in 1882

  1. #1Mary8,148
  2. #2Anna3,143
  3. #3Emma2,303
  4. #4Elizabeth2,186
  5. #5Minnie2,004
  6. #6Margaret1,821
  7. #7Ida1,673
  8. #8Alice1,542
  9. #9Bertha1,508
  10. #10Annie1,492
  11. #560Anastasia11
More about 1882

girls

107,847 girls got a published name in 1882; 1 in 9,804 of them was named Anastasia, which outranked 45.5% of the 1,028 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anastasia
  1. #530Robert12
  2. #530Suzanne12
  3. #530Thomas12
  4. #560Anastasia11
  5. #560Abby11
  6. #560Althea11
  7. #560Amalia11
  8. #596Annabel10
  9. #596Ara10
  10. #596Attie10

Tied with 35 names at #560; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1881
Risers
  1. ↑ 380Clementine#740 → #360
  2. ↑ 337Lissie#830 → #493
  3. ↑ 323Lonnie#830 → #507
  4. ↑ 300Erna#830 → #530
  5. ↑ 300Hedwig#830 → #530
Fallers
  1. ↓ 405Leatha#503 → #908
  2. ↓ 369Grayce#539 → #908
  3. ↓ 369Maye#539 → #908
  4. ↓ 369Rella#539 → #908
  5. ↓ 326Honora#582 → #908

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1882 →