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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202001peak #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—
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2000#753304—
1999#708320—
1998#669345—
1997#655337—
1996#713296—
1995#598376—
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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—
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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 2001

  • 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: #689 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,104 girlsWAIdaho: 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: #1,061 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,820 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #667 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 4,538 girlsMINew York: #883 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 6,123 girlsNYMassachusetts: #710 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,243 girlsMARhode 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: #695 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,721 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: #923 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,998 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #554 for girls · 67 births · 1 in 3,318 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedUTColorado: #650 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 3,494 girlsCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedDEArizona: #246 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 1,067 girlsAZNew Mexico: #298 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,147 girlsNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: #1,008 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 7,372 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: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedHITexas: #581 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 3,405 girlsTXFlorida: #928 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 6,445 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#246 · 1 in 1,067
  2. New Mexico#298 · 1 in 1,147
  3. California#554 · 1 in 3,318
  4. Texas#581 · 1 in 3,405
  5. Colorado#650 · 1 in 3,494

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

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Arizona#246301 in 1,067
New Mexico#29871 in 1,147
California#554671 in 3,318
Texas#581451 in 3,405
Colorado#65071 in 3,494
Michigan#667111 in 4,538
Washington#68971 in 4,104
Indiana#69571 in 4,721
Massachusetts#71061 in 5,243
New York#883161 in 6,123
Pennsylvania#92371 in 7,998
Florida#928121 in 6,445
North Carolina#1,00861 in 7,372
Illinois#1,06191 in 7,820
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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 2001

girls
#789
299 births · 1 in 6,022 girls

Top girls' names in 2001

  1. #1Emily25,059
  2. #2Madison22,166
  3. #3Hannah20,723
  4. #4Ashley16,531
  5. #5Alexis16,404
  6. #6Sarah15,929
  7. #7Samantha15,867
  8. #8Abigail14,807
  9. #9Elizabeth14,792
  10. #10Olivia13,977
  11. #789Anissa299
More about 2001

girls

1,800,624 girls got a published name in 2001; 1 in 6,022 of them was named Anissa, which outranked 95.6% of the 17,978 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anissa
  1. #785Christy301
  2. #785Sally301
  3. #788Sade300
  4. #789Anissa299
  5. #789Candice299
  6. #789Kaylah299
  7. #792Carli298
  8. #792Rachelle298
  9. #792Susana298

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

Biggest movers since 2000
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,602Dafne#2,569 → #967
  2. ↑ 1,493Nevaeh#1,759 → #266
  3. ↑ 1,339Jimena#2,213 → #874
  4. ↑ 1,263Taina#2,174 → #911
  5. ↑ 1,069Yuliana#1,759 → #690
Fallers
  1. ↓ 913Dariana#837 → #1,750
  2. ↓ 368Cortney#825 → #1,193
  3. ↓ 362Maiya#994 → #1,356
  4. ↓ 313Rosalinda#701 → #1,014
  5. ↓ 307Ivana#863 → #1,170

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

See the top 100 for 2001 →