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
- Peak · girls
- 1971 · 724 births
- Debut · girls
- 23 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 12,498since 1966
Anissa over time
Rank among girls' names. Anissa has never cracked the top 300 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
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| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #3,067 | 53 | — | |
| 2024 | #2,661 | 65 | — | |
| 2023 | #2,517 | 70 | — | |
| 2022 | #2,554 | 69 | — | |
| 2021 | #2,309 | 79 | — | |
| 2020 | #2,023 | 92 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,971 | 98 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,813 | 112 | — | |
| 2017 | #2,160 | 88 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,884 | 108 | — | |
| 2015 | #2,209 | 85 | — | |
| 2014 | #2,139 | 89 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,792 | 114 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,831 | 110 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,577 | 138 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,500 | 149 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,528 | 148 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,495 | 156 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,332 | 182 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,275 | 188 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,046 | 228 | — | |
| 2004 | #903 | 268 | — | |
| 2003 | #738 | 345 | — | |
| 2002 | #780 | 301 | — | |
| 2001 | #789 | 299 | — | |
| 2000 | #753 | 304 | — | |
| 1999 | #708 | 320 | — | |
| 1998 | #669 | 345 | — | |
| 1997 | #655 | 337 | — | |
| 1996 | #713 | 296 | — | |
| 1995 | #598 | 376 | — | |
| 1994 | #451 | 564 | — | |
| 1993 | #413 | 602 | — | |
| 1992 | #854 | 233 | — | |
| 1991 | #1,044 | 175 | — | |
| 1990 | #1,052 | 170 | — | |
| 1989 | #1,574 | 89 | — | |
| 1988 | #1,521 | 88 | — | |
| 1987 | #1,838 | 63 | — | |
| 1986 | #1,669 | 70 | — | |
| 1985 | #1,760 | 64 | — | |
| 1984 | #1,812 | 59 | — | |
| 1983 | #1,411 | 83 | — | |
| 1982 | #1,720 | 65 | — | |
| 1981 | #1,674 | 68 | — | |
| 1980 | #1,299 | 98 | — | |
| 1979 | #1,006 | 142 | — | |
| 1978 | #885 | 165 | — | |
| 1977 | #819 | 183 | — | |
| 1976 | #649 | 239 | — | |
| 1975 | #815 | 168 | — | |
| 1974 | #908 | 139 | — | |
| 1973 | #675 | 221 | — | |
| 1972 | #421 | 459 | — | |
| 1971 | #348 | 724 | #4,907 | 5 |
| 1970 | #389 | 603 | — | |
| 1969 | #378 | 607 | — | |
| 1968 | #418 | 503 | — | |
| 1967 | #646 | 219 | — | |
| 1966 | #2,519 | 23 | — | |
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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 1984
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#589 · 1 in 4,221
- Illinois#1,211 · 1 in 14,523
- Texas#1,219 · 1 in 14,492
- California#1,518 · 1 in 19,260
Best ever in a state: #156 in Arizona, 1993.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
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| Arizona | #589 | 5 | 1 in 4,221 |
| Illinois | #1,211 | 5 | 1 in 14,523 |
| Texas | #1,219 | 9 | 1 in 14,492 |
| California | #1,518 | 10 | 1 in 19,260 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Anissa
- 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)
- Debuted 1966
- Peaked 1971 at #348 (724 births)
- Births halved by 1973, 2 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1992–2004
- 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%)
- 27.3% of all girls named Anissa (3,418) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,352 | #378 (1969) | #990 |
| 1970s | 3,043 | #348 (1971) | #692 |
| 1980s | 747 | #1,299 (1980) | #1,628 |
| 1990s | 3,418 | #413 (1993) | #716 |
| 2000s | 2,419 | #738 (2003) | #1,064 |
| 2010s | 1,091 | #1,500 (2010) | #1,888 |
| 2020s | 428 | #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 1984
Top girls' names in 1984
More about 1984
girls
1,683,817 girls got a published name in 1984; 1 in 28,539 of them was named Anissa, which outranked 85.1% of the 12,181 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,788Talitha60
- #1,788Taren60
- #1,788Unique60
- #1,812Anissa59
- #1,812Annabel59
- #1,812Carlyn59
- #1,812Carmelita59
- #1,837Cecily58
- #1,837Chris58
- #1,837Danette58
Tied with 24 names at #1,812; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.