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

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Peak · girls
2018 · 1,905 births
Debut · girls
10 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
57,140
since 1880

Anastasia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Anastasia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201990peak #147, 2018girls
Hover or use arrow keys to read values by year; click or press Enter to open that year.

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#1631,832—
2024#1661,842—
2023#1661,745—
2022#1621,770—
2021#1811,637—
2020#1581,766—
2019#1501,899—
2018#1471,905—
2017#1691,806—
2016#1921,720—
2015#2171,505—
2014#2401,346—
2013#2531,254—
2012#334937—
2011#367868—
2010#365878—
2009#3251,014—
2008#360918—
2007#3141,072—
2006#2891,147—
2005#2921,128#11,4725
2004#2861,157—
2003#2701,175—
2002#2651,193—
2001#3091,028—
2000#3091,027—
1999#3051,006—
1998#2661,176—
1997#304949—
1996#327858—
1995#346759—
1994#324833—
1993#337779—
1992#351741—
1991#364706—
1990#383688#8,1175
1989#336755#6,9416
1988#317782#5,7517
1987#269909—
1986#495431—
1985#521386—
1984#504391—
1983#508382—
1982#624288—
1981#634281—
1980#735226—
1979#668260—
1978#679235—
1977#639260—
1976#642241—
1975#620254—
1974#668225—
1973#646232—
1972#685214—
1971#667236—
1970#665240—
1969#692207—
1968#656219—
1967#713187—
1966#794154—
1965#811150—
1964#869142—
1963#947124—
1962#1,020111—
1961#1,044110—
1960#1,001115—
1959#965119—
1958#1,13687—
1957#975113—
1956#1,61743—
1955#1,69137—
1954#1,56042—
1953#1,54940—
1952#1,64135—
1951#1,74031—
1950#1,47439—
1949#1,69731—
1948#1,40943—
1947#1,41343—
1946#1,29045—
1945#1,48230—
1944#1,74223—
1943#1,16948—
1942#1,20643—
1941#1,03050—
1940#1,21836—
1939#1,40128—
1938#1,20037—
1937#1,00249—
1936#1,11540—
1935#1,10140—
1934#87560—
1933#1,02446—
1932#96953—
1931#99549—
1930#91663—
1929#87666—
1928#81678—
1927#75791—
1926#80481—
1925#719105—
1924#75697—
1923#703108—
1922#635133—
1921#612142—
1920#655122—
1919#585143—
1918#569157—
1917#596131—
1916#599126—
1915#611114—
1914#501125—
1913#61272—
1912#63261—
1911#54859—
1910#61047—
1909#69133—
1908#66434—
1907#61437—
1906#49948—
1905#62032—
1904#51141—
1903#59630—
1902#68824—
1901#48738—
1900#61133—
1899#64423—
1898#57132—
1897#52132—
1896#48736—
1895#62224—
1894#38653—
1893#53527—
1892#55425—
1891#43034—
1890#49128—
1889#55521—
1888#55820—
1887#47122—
1886#45123—
1885#55715—
1884#50117—
1883#51714—
1882#56011—
1881#50311—
1880#54710—
First appearance
1880

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 1990

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: #176 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 685 girlsAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #236 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,326 girlsNHWashington: #252 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,405 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedIDMontana: #170 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 665 girlsMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #587 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,586 girlsMNIllinois: #351 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,309 girlsILWisconsin: #288 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,955 girlsWIMichigan: #360 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 2,603 girlsMINew York: #261 for girls · 76 births · 1 in 1,606 girlsNYMassachusetts: #305 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,937 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedRIOregon: #325 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,865 girlsORNevada: #238 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,150 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedSDIowa: #370 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,662 girlsIAIndiana: #296 for girls · 17 births · 1 in 2,069 girlsINOhio: #323 for girls · 31 births · 1 in 2,287 girlsOHPennsylvania: #300 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 2,074 girlsPANew Jersey: #347 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,398 girlsNJConnecticut: #248 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,592 girlsCTCalifornia: #472 for girls · 87 births · 1 in 3,017 girlsCAUtah: #460 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,710 girlsUTColorado: #274 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 1,598 girlsCONebraska: #299 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,838 girlsNEMissouri: #707 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,570 girlsMOKentucky: #437 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,540 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #383 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,699 girlsVAMaryland: #273 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,773 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedDEArizona: #265 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,313 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedNMKansas: #320 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,994 girlsKSArkansas: #406 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,525 girlsARTennessee: #604 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,032 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #423 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,143 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #563 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,007 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #458 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 2,820 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Anastasia, so not publishedALGeorgia: #512 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 3,879 girlsGAHawaii: #279 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 1,091 girlsHITexas: #485 for girls · 43 births · 1 in 3,200 girlsTXFlorida: #351 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 2,327 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Montana#170 · 1 in 665
  2. Alaska#176 · 1 in 685
  3. New Hampshire#236 · 1 in 1,326
  4. Nevada#238 · 1 in 1,150
  5. Connecticut#248 · 1 in 1,592

Best ever in a state: #51 in Alaska, 2017.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Montana#17051 in 665
Alaska#17651 in 685
New Hampshire#23651 in 1,326
Nevada#23861 in 1,150
Connecticut#248121 in 1,592
Washington#252221 in 1,405
New York#261761 in 1,606
Arizona#265201 in 1,313
Maryland#273161 in 1,773
Colorado#274131 in 1,598
Hawaii#27951 in 1,091
Wisconsin#288151 in 1,955
Indiana#296171 in 2,069
Nebraska#29951 in 1,838
Pennsylvania#300351 in 2,074
Massachusetts#305201 in 1,937
Kansas#32071 in 1,994
Ohio#323311 in 2,287
Oregon#32591 in 1,865
New Jersey#347201 in 2,398
Florida#351341 in 2,327
Illinois#351341 in 2,309
Michigan#360241 in 2,603
Iowa#37061 in 2,662
Virginia#383141 in 2,699
Arkansas#40651 in 2,525
North Carolina#423131 in 3,143
Kentucky#43761 in 3,540
Louisiana#45891 in 2,820
Utah#46051 in 2,710
California#472871 in 3,017
Texas#485431 in 3,200
Georgia#512111 in 3,879
South Carolina#56351 in 4,007
Minnesota#58751 in 5,586
Tennessee#60461 in 5,032
Missouri#70751 in 6,570
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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
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
138 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1880
  • Peaked 2018 at #147 (1,905 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 119 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 119 yrs · run 1963–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 877
  • 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
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 24.7% of all girls named Anastasia (14,118) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s164#451 (1886)#522
1890s314#386 (1894)#524
1900s350#487 (1901)#598
1910s1,035#501 (1914)#586
1920s1,023#612 (1921)#733
1930s465#875 (1934)#1,060
1940s392#1,030 (1941)#1,366
1950s586#965 (1959)#1,435
1960s1,519#656 (1968)#855
1970s2,397#620 (1975)#658
1980s4,831#269 (1987)#494
1990s8,495#266 (1998)#331
2000s10,859#265 (2002)#302
2010s14,118#147 (2018)#243
2020s10,592#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 1990

girls
#383
688 births · 1 in 2,760 girls
boys
#8,117
5 births · 1 in 410,808 boys

Top girls' names in 1990

  1. #1Jessica46,486
  2. #2Ashley45,561
  3. #3Brittany36,536
  4. #4Amanda34,413
  5. #5Samantha25,868
  6. #6Sarah25,824
  7. #7Stephanie24,864
  8. #8Jennifer22,236
  9. #9Elizabeth20,750
  10. #10Lauren20,506
  11. #383Anastasia688

Top boys' names in 1990

  1. #1Michael65,321
  2. #2Christopher52,362
  3. #3Matthew44,826
  4. #4Joshua43,237
  5. #5Daniel33,830
  6. #6David33,748
  7. #7Andrew33,673
  8. #8James32,359
  9. #9Justin30,649
  10. #10Joseph30,137
  11. #8,117Anastasia5
More about 1990

girls

1,898,547 girls got a published name in 1990; 1 in 2,760 of them was named Anastasia, which outranked 97.5% of the 15,234 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anastasia
  1. #379Sandy694
  2. #381Daniela691
  3. #382Lorena690
  4. #383Anastasia688
  5. #384Lyndsey687
  6. #385Irene686
  7. #386Alma685
Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 5,592Alannah#6,531 → #939
  2. ↑ 1,178Symone#1,998 → #820
  3. ↑ 869Shelbi#1,750 → #881
  4. ↑ 831Latifah#1,532 → #701
  5. ↑ 828Skyler#1,564 → #736
Fallers
  1. ↓ 2,554Elizabet#524 → #3,078
  2. ↓ 1,572Katherin#717 → #2,289
  3. ↓ 652Stephani#390 → #1,042
  4. ↓ 504Ashanti#893 → #1,397
  5. ↓ 416Audrianna#759 → #1,175

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

boys

2,054,038 boys got a published name in 1990; 1 in 410,808 of them was named Anastasia, which outranked 14.5% of the 9,493 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 19.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anastasia
  1. #7,178Zia6
  2. #7,178Zoltan6
  3. #7,178Zubair6
  4. #8,117Anastasia5
  5. #8,117Aamer5
  6. #8,117Aasin5
  7. #8,117Abdelrahman5

Tied with 1,376 names at #8,117; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1989
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,636Tevin#4,017 → #381
  2. ↑ 3,283Keenen#4,271 → #988
  3. ↑ 1,325Male#2,027 → #702
  4. ↑ 1,032Denzel#1,476 → #444
  5. ↑ 598Kevon#1,476 → #878
Fallers
  1. ↓ 1,130Kiara#956 → #2,086
  2. ↓ 916Rachel#993 → #1,909
  3. ↓ 855Nicole#985 → #1,840
  4. ↓ 746Tiffany#956 → #1,702
  5. ↓ 681Sarah#819 → #1,500

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

See the top 100 for 1990 →