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#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201969peak #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
2001#789299
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
1979#1,006142
1978#885165
1977#819183
1976#649239
1975#815168
1974#908139
1973#675221
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 1969

  • 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: #367 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,431 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: #491 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,752 girlsMNIllinois: #436 for girls · 25 births · 1 in 3,391 girlsILWisconsin: #356 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,254 girlsWIMichigan: #425 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 3,586 girlsMINew York: #447 for girls · 41 births · 1 in 3,389 girlsNYMassachusetts: #369 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 3,251 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: #431 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,074 girlsIAIndiana: #331 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 2,273 girlsINOhio: #312 for girls · 39 births · 1 in 2,161 girlsOHPennsylvania: #428 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 3,805 girlsPANew Jersey: #373 for girls · 19 births · 1 in 2,610 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #468 for girls · 50 births · 1 in 3,197 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedUTColorado: #449 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 3,264 girlsCONebraska: #305 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 2,018 girlsNEMissouri: #292 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,905 girlsMOKentucky: #239 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 1,371 girlsKYWest Virginia: #236 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,319 girlsWVVirginia: #302 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 2,086 girlsVAMaryland: #287 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,790 girlsMDDelaware: #169 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 729 girlsDEArizona: #302 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,493 girlsAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedKSArkansas: #349 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,253 girlsARTennessee: #252 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 1,519 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #277 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 1,811 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #308 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,835 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #244 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 1,133 girlsDCOklahoma: #296 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 1,666 girlsOKLouisiana: #250 for girls · 27 births · 1 in 1,140 girlsLAMississippi: #302 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 1,692 girlsMSAlabama: #385 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 2,615 girlsALGeorgia: #386 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,727 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Anissa, so not publishedHITexas: #382 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 2,234 girlsTXFlorida: #349 for girls · 20 births · 1 in 2,219 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Delaware#169 · 1 in 729
  2. West Virginia#236 · 1 in 1,319
  3. Kentucky#239 · 1 in 1,371
  4. District of Columbia#244 · 1 in 1,133
  5. Louisiana#250 · 1 in 1,140

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

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Delaware#16951 in 729
West Virginia#23691 in 1,319
Kentucky#239181 in 1,371
District of Columbia#24491 in 1,133
Louisiana#250271 in 1,140
Tennessee#252201 in 1,519
North Carolina#277221 in 1,811
Maryland#287141 in 1,790
Missouri#292181 in 1,905
Oklahoma#296101 in 1,666
Arizona#30291 in 1,493
Mississippi#302111 in 1,692
Virginia#302161 in 2,086
Nebraska#30551 in 2,018
South Carolina#308111 in 1,835
Ohio#312391 in 2,161
Indiana#331181 in 2,273
Arkansas#34961 in 2,253
Florida#349201 in 2,219
Wisconsin#356101 in 3,254
Washington#367101 in 2,431
Massachusetts#369131 in 3,251
New Jersey#373191 in 2,610
Texas#382451 in 2,234
Alabama#385101 in 2,615
Georgia#386141 in 2,727
Michigan#425201 in 3,586
Pennsylvania#428221 in 3,805
Iowa#43151 in 4,074
Illinois#436251 in 3,391
New York#447411 in 3,389
Colorado#44951 in 3,264
California#468501 in 3,197
Minnesota#49151 in 5,752
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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 1969

girls
#378
607 births · 1 in 2,779 girls

Top girls' names in 1969

  1. #1Lisa45,028
  2. #2Michelle34,319
  3. #3Jennifer33,705
  4. #4Kimberly33,077
  5. #5Melissa23,018
  6. #6Amy21,464
  7. #7Angela21,060
  8. #8Mary19,850
  9. #9Tammy19,053
  10. #10Laura17,922
  11. #378Anissa607
More about 1969

girls

1,687,016 girls got a published name in 1969; 1 in 2,779 of them was named Anissa, which outranked 95.7% of the 8,708 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.9% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Anissa
  1. #375Miriam616
  2. #376Jeanine615
  3. #377Chandra608
  4. #378Anissa607
  5. #379Shanna606
  6. #380Iris604
  7. #381Edith603
Biggest movers since 1968
Risers
  1. 1,462Shani#2,126#664
  2. 1,203Julissa#2,164#961
  3. 1,133Chelsea#1,834#701
  4. 667Latasha#1,519#852
  5. 549Britt#1,519#970
Fallers
  1. 455Tamiko#552#1,007
  2. 345Alesia#697#1,042
  3. 324Vickey#966#1,290
  4. 308Bettina#746#1,054
  5. 293Cammie#846#1,139

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

See the top 100 for 1969