Anissa

#3,067 for girls in 2025, 53 births · Last seen for boys in 1971 at #4,907
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
1971 · 724 births
Debut · girls
23 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
12,498
since 1966

Anissa over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anissa has never cracked the top 300 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201973peak #348, 1971girls
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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#3,06753—
2024#2,66165—
2023#2,51770—
2022#2,55469—
2021#2,30979—
2020#2,02392—
2019#1,97198—
2018#1,813112—
2017#2,16088—
2016#1,884108—
2015#2,20985—
2014#2,13989—
2013#1,792114—
2012#1,831110—
2011#1,577138—
2010#1,500149—
2009#1,528148—
2008#1,495156—
2007#1,332182—
2006#1,275188—
2005#1,046228—
2004#903268—
2003#738345—
2002#780301—
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2000#753304—
1999#708320—
1998#669345—
1997#655337—
1996#713296—
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1993#413602—
1992#854233—
1991#1,044175—
1990#1,052170—
1989#1,57489—
1988#1,52188—
1987#1,83863—
1986#1,66970—
1985#1,76064—
1984#1,81259—
1983#1,41183—
1982#1,72065—
1981#1,67468—
1980#1,29998—
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1978#885165—
1977#819183—
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1972#421459—
1971#348724#4,9075
1970#389603—
1969#378607—
1968#418503—
1967#646219—
1966#2,51923—
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First appearance
1966

The first year at least five girls were named Anissa! It came in at #2,519, and was given to 23 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1966, when fewer than 24 girls a year got the name.

Where Anissa is popular in 1973

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMNIllinois: #784 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,802 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #690 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 7,360 girlsMINew York: #638 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 5,439 girlsNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedINOhio: #573 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 5,854 girlsOHPennsylvania: #584 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 6,141 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #677 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 5,450 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: #529 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,859 girlsMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: #279 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,626 girlsWVVirginia: #521 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,679 girlsVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedARTennessee: #469 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,920 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #664 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,975 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #460 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,854 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: #415 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 2,871 girlsALGeorgia: #488 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 3,785 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedHITexas: #649 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,967 girlsTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. West Virginia#279 · 1 in 1,626
  2. Alabama#415 · 1 in 2,871
  3. Louisiana#460 · 1 in 2,854
  4. Tennessee#469 · 1 in 3,920
  5. Georgia#488 · 1 in 3,785

Best ever in a state: #156 in Arizona, 1993.

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StateRankBirthsShare
West Virginia#27971 in 1,626
Alabama#41581 in 2,871
Louisiana#46091 in 2,854
Tennessee#46971 in 3,920
Georgia#48891 in 3,785
Virginia#52161 in 4,679
Missouri#52961 in 4,859
Ohio#573121 in 5,854
Pennsylvania#584111 in 6,141
New York#638191 in 5,439
Texas#649191 in 4,967
North Carolina#66451 in 6,975
California#677241 in 5,450
Michigan#69081 in 7,360
Illinois#78491 in 7,802
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See more about Anissa
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 406 spots since 2024 (#2,661 → #3,067)
  • 1,044 spots since 2020 (#2,023 → #3,067)
  • 858 spots since 2015 (#2,209 → #3,067)
  • Biggest jump: 1,873 spots in 1967 (#2,519 → #646)
  • Biggest drop: 254 spots in 1973 (#421 → #675)
Rise & fade · girls
5 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1966
  • Peaked 1971 at #348 (724 births)
  • Births halved by 1973, 2 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 25 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1992–2004
Share of babies · girls
1 in 2,298
  • Highest: 1 in 2,298 girls born in 1971 were named Anissa (0.04%)
  • Latest: 1 in 30,326 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1990s
  • 27.3% of all girls named Anissa (3,418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1960s1,352#378 (1969)#990
1970s3,043#348 (1971)#692
1980s747#1,299 (1980)#1,628
1990s3,418#413 (1993)#716
2000s2,419#738 (2003)#1,064
2010s1,091#1,500 (2010)#1,888
2020s428#2,023 (2020)#2,522

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.

Anissa in 1973

girls
#675
221 births · 1 in 6,598 girls

Top girls' names in 1973

  1. #1Jennifer62,448
  2. #2Amy26,962
  3. #3Michelle26,935
  4. #4Kimberly23,531
  5. #5Lisa22,677
  6. #6Melissa22,479
  7. #7Angela20,898
  8. #8Heather19,347
  9. #9Stephanie17,263
  10. #10Rebecca14,868
  11. #675Anissa221
More about 1973

girls

1,458,209 girls got a published name in 1973; 1 in 6,598 of them was named Anissa, which outranked 93.1% of the 9,810 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anissa
  1. #670Christian222
  2. #670Danelle222
  3. #670Georgina222
  4. #675Anissa221
  5. #675Deann221
  6. #675Penelope221
  7. #675Shane221
  8. #679Leona220
  9. #679Polly220
  10. #679Selina220

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1972
Risers
  1. ↑ 4,091Cicely#4,793 → #702
  2. ↑ 2,295Aubrey#3,177 → #882
  3. ↑ 1,847Nyree#2,680 → #833
  4. ↑ 1,533Danyell#2,523 → #990
  5. ↑ 1,496Vonetta#2,311 → #815
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,814Camisha#815 → #2,629
  2. ↓ 470Andra#904 → #1,374
  3. ↓ 416Cherilyn#823 → #1,239
  4. ↓ 284Keena#848 → #1,132
  5. ↓ 281Nicolle#734 → #1,015

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

See the top 100 for 1973 →