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
- Peak · girls
- 2018 · 1,905 births
- Debut · girls
- 10 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 57,140since 1880
Anastasia over time
Rank among girls' names. Anastasia has never cracked the top 100 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #163 | 1,832 | — | |
| 2024 | #166 | 1,842 | — | |
| 2023 | #166 | 1,745 | — | |
| 2022 | #162 | 1,770 | — | |
| 2021 | #181 | 1,637 | — | |
| 2020 | #158 | 1,766 | — | |
| 2019 | #150 | 1,899 | — | |
| 2018 | #147 | 1,905 | — | |
| 2017 | #169 | 1,806 | — | |
| 2016 | #192 | 1,720 | — | |
| 2015 | #217 | 1,505 | — | |
| 2014 | #240 | 1,346 | — | |
| 2013 | #253 | 1,254 | — | |
| 2012 | #334 | 937 | — | |
| 2011 | #367 | 868 | — | |
| 2010 | #365 | 878 | — | |
| 2009 | #325 | 1,014 | — | |
| 2008 | #360 | 918 | — | |
| 2007 | #314 | 1,072 | — | |
| 2006 | #289 | 1,147 | — | |
| 2005 | #292 | 1,128 | #11,472 | 5 |
| 2004 | #286 | 1,157 | — | |
| 2003 | #270 | 1,175 | — | |
| 2002 | #265 | 1,193 | — | |
| 2001 | #309 | 1,028 | — | |
| 2000 | #309 | 1,027 | — | |
| 1999 | #305 | 1,006 | — | |
| 1998 | #266 | 1,176 | — | |
| 1997 | #304 | 949 | — | |
| 1996 | #327 | 858 | — | |
| 1995 | #346 | 759 | — | |
| 1994 | #324 | 833 | — | |
| 1993 | #337 | 779 | — | |
| 1992 | #351 | 741 | — | |
| 1991 | #364 | 706 | — | |
| 1990 | #383 | 688 | #8,117 | 5 |
| 1989 | #336 | 755 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #317 | 782 | #5,751 | 7 |
| 1987 | #269 | 909 | — | |
| 1986 | #495 | 431 | — | |
| 1985 | #521 | 386 | — | |
| 1984 | #504 | 391 | — | |
| 1983 | #508 | 382 | — | |
| 1982 | #624 | 288 | — | |
| 1981 | #634 | 281 | — | |
| 1980 | #735 | 226 | — | |
| 1979 | #668 | 260 | — | |
| 1978 | #679 | 235 | — | |
| 1977 | #639 | 260 | — | |
| 1976 | #642 | 241 | — | |
| 1975 | #620 | 254 | — | |
| 1974 | #668 | 225 | — | |
| 1973 | #646 | 232 | — | |
| 1972 | #685 | 214 | — | |
| 1971 | #667 | 236 | — | |
| 1970 | #665 | 240 | — | |
| 1969 | #692 | 207 | — | |
| 1968 | #656 | 219 | — | |
| 1967 | #713 | 187 | — | |
| 1966 | #794 | 154 | — | |
| 1965 | #811 | 150 | — | |
| 1964 | #869 | 142 | — | |
| 1963 | #947 | 124 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,020 | 111 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,044 | 110 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,001 | 115 | — | |
| 1959 | #965 | 119 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,136 | 87 | — | |
| 1957 | #975 | 113 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,617 | 43 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,691 | 37 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,560 | 42 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,549 | 40 | — | |
| 1952 | #1,641 | 35 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,740 | 31 | — | |
| 1950 | #1,474 | 39 | — | |
| 1949 | #1,697 | 31 | — | |
| 1948 | #1,409 | 43 | — | |
| 1947 | #1,413 | 43 | — | |
| 1946 | #1,290 | 45 | — | |
| 1945 | #1,482 | 30 | — | |
| 1944 | #1,742 | 23 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,169 | 48 | — | |
| 1942 | #1,206 | 43 | — | |
| 1941 | #1,030 | 50 | — | |
| 1940 | #1,218 | 36 | — | |
| 1939 | #1,401 | 28 | — | |
| 1938 | #1,200 | 37 | — | |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 | — | |
| 1936 | #1,115 | 40 | — | |
| 1935 | #1,101 | 40 | — | |
| 1934 | #875 | 60 | — | |
| 1933 | #1,024 | 46 | — | |
| 1932 | #969 | 53 | — | |
| 1931 | #995 | 49 | — | |
| 1930 | #916 | 63 | — | |
| 1929 | #876 | 66 | — | |
| 1928 | #816 | 78 | — | |
| 1927 | #757 | 91 | — | |
| 1926 | #804 | 81 | — | |
| 1925 | #719 | 105 | — | |
| 1924 | #756 | 97 | — | |
| 1923 | #703 | 108 | — | |
| 1922 | #635 | 133 | — | |
| 1921 | #612 | 142 | — | |
| 1920 | #655 | 122 | — | |
| 1919 | #585 | 143 | — | |
| 1918 | #569 | 157 | — | |
| 1917 | #596 | 131 | — | |
| 1916 | #599 | 126 | — | |
| 1915 | #611 | 114 | — | |
| 1914 | #501 | 125 | — | |
| 1913 | #612 | 72 | — | |
| 1912 | #632 | 61 | — | |
| 1911 | #548 | 59 | — | |
| 1910 | #610 | 47 | — | |
| 1909 | #691 | 33 | — | |
| 1908 | #664 | 34 | — | |
| 1907 | #614 | 37 | — | |
| 1906 | #499 | 48 | — | |
| 1905 | #620 | 32 | — | |
| 1904 | #511 | 41 | — | |
| 1903 | #596 | 30 | — | |
| 1902 | #688 | 24 | — | |
| 1901 | #487 | 38 | — | |
| 1900 | #611 | 33 | — | |
| 1899 | #644 | 23 | — | |
| 1898 | #571 | 32 | — | |
| 1897 | #521 | 32 | — | |
| 1896 | #487 | 36 | — | |
| 1895 | #622 | 24 | — | |
| 1894 | #386 | 53 | — | |
| 1893 | #535 | 27 | — | |
| 1892 | #554 | 25 | — | |
| 1891 | #430 | 34 | — | |
| 1890 | #491 | 28 | — | |
| 1889 | #555 | 21 | — | |
| 1888 | #558 | 20 | — | |
| 1887 | #471 | 22 | — | |
| 1886 | #451 | 23 | — | |
| 1885 | #557 | 15 | — | |
| 1884 | #501 | 17 | — | |
| 1883 | #517 | 14 | — | |
| 1882 | #560 | 11 | — | |
| 1881 | #503 | 11 | — | |
| 1880 | #547 | 10 | — | |
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 1926
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#331 · 1 in 4,575
- Massachusetts#333 · 1 in 5,784
- New York#451 · 1 in 7,582
- Ohio#558 · 1 in 10,865
- Illinois#570 · 1 in 9,923
Best ever in a state: #51 in Alaska, 2017.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #331 | 20 | 1 in 4,575 |
| Massachusetts | #333 | 6 | 1 in 5,784 |
| New York | #451 | 13 | 1 in 7,582 |
| Ohio | #558 | 5 | 1 in 10,865 |
| Illinois | #570 | 6 | 1 in 9,923 |
| Alabama | — | — | — |
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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 Anastasia
- 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)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 2018 at #147 (1,905 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1963–2025
- 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
- 24.7% of all girls named Anastasia (14,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 164 | #451 (1886) | #522 |
| 1890s | 314 | #386 (1894) | #524 |
| 1900s | 350 | #487 (1901) | #598 |
| 1910s | 1,035 | #501 (1914) | #586 |
| 1920s | 1,023 | #612 (1921) | #733 |
| 1930s | 465 | #875 (1934) | #1,060 |
| 1940s | 392 | #1,030 (1941) | #1,366 |
| 1950s | 586 | #965 (1959) | #1,435 |
| 1960s | 1,519 | #656 (1968) | #855 |
| 1970s | 2,397 | #620 (1975) | #658 |
| 1980s | 4,831 | #269 (1987) | #494 |
| 1990s | 8,495 | #266 (1998) | #331 |
| 2000s | 10,859 | #265 (2002) | #302 |
| 2010s | 14,118 | #147 (2018) | #243 |
| 2020s | 10,592 | #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 1926
Top girls' names in 1926
More about 1926
girls
1,185,401 girls got a published name in 1926; 1 in 14,635 of them was named Anastasia, which outranked 85.7% of the 5,622 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #800Benita82
- #800Caryl82
- #800Elayne82
- #804Anastasia81
- #804Bernita81
- #804Bulah81
- #804Delphia81
- #814Carmelita80
- #814Christene80
- #814Dana80
Tied with 9 names at #804; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
- ↑ 1,047Janell#1,795 → #748
- ↑ 389Madalyn#1,225 → #836
- ↑ 382Evangelina#1,324 → #942
- ↑ 379Carla#1,252 → #873
- ↑ 351Vilma#1,020 → #669
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.