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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202003peak #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—
1995#598376—
1994#451564—
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—
1976#649239—
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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 2003

  • 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: #805 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,810 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: #496 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,879 girlsMNIllinois: #1,063 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 7,699 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #863 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 6,136 girlsMINew York: #939 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 6,540 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: #650 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,051 girlsINOhio: #779 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 5,828 girlsOHPennsylvania: #995 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 8,074 girlsPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #489 for girls · 82 births · 1 in 2,764 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: 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: #706 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 4,505 girlsVAMaryland: #787 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,849 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedDEArizona: #253 for girls · 32 births · 1 in 1,054 girlsAZNew Mexico: #409 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,624 girlsNMKansas: #424 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,951 girlsKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNCSouth 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: #1,076 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 7,106 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedHITexas: #495 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 2,725 girlsTXFlorida: #672 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 4,201 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Arizona#253 · 1 in 1,054
  2. New Mexico#409 · 1 in 1,624
  3. Kansas#424 · 1 in 1,951
  4. California#489 · 1 in 2,764
  5. Texas#495 · 1 in 2,725

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

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StateRankBirthsShare
Arizona#253321 in 1,054
New Mexico#40951 in 1,624
Kansas#42471 in 1,951
California#489821 in 2,764
Texas#495581 in 2,725
Minnesota#49691 in 2,879
Indiana#65081 in 4,051
Florida#672191 in 4,201
Virginia#70681 in 4,505
Ohio#779101 in 5,828
Maryland#78751 in 4,849
Washington#80561 in 4,810
Michigan#86381 in 6,136
New York#939151 in 6,540
Pennsylvania#99571 in 8,074
Illinois#1,06391 in 7,699
Georgia#1,07671 in 7,106
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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
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 2003

girls
#738
345 births · 1 in 5,296 girls

Top girls' names in 2003

  1. #1Emily25,693
  2. #2Emma22,719
  3. #3Madison20,201
  4. #4Hannah17,638
  5. #5Olivia16,154
  6. #6Abigail15,932
  7. #7Alexis14,867
  8. #8Ashley14,519
  9. #9Elizabeth14,123
  10. #10Samantha13,870
  11. #738Anissa345
More about 2003

girls

1,827,145 girls got a published name in 2003; 1 in 5,296 of them was named Anissa, which outranked 96.0% of the 18,439 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anissa
  1. #732Kaylynn349
  2. #732Lara349
  3. #737Antonia346
  4. #738Anissa345
  5. #738Aryanna345
  6. #738Carrie345
  7. #738Joyce345
  8. #742Lisbeth344
  9. #743Evelin343
  10. #743Micaela343

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

Biggest movers since 2002
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,689Laci#2,126 → #437
  2. ↑ 1,528Karyme#2,467 → #939
  3. ↑ 1,500Roselyn#2,467 → #967
  4. ↑ 1,326Kaydence#2,310 → #984
  5. ↑ 1,170Sherlyn#2,081 → #911
Fallers
  1. ↓ 481Odalys#951 → #1,432
  2. ↓ 400Kari#975 → #1,375
  3. ↓ 334Litzy#501 → #835
  4. ↓ 289Alysha#960 → #1,249
  5. ↓ 252Roxana#861 → #1,113

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

See the top 100 for 2003 →