Anissa Girl
How popular is Anissa?
#3,067 girl name in 2025
53 baby girls were named Anissa in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name.
Anissa popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #3,067 for girls (▼ 406 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 53 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-38% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,209 in 2015, #2,023 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1971 (724 girls) |
| Highest rank | #348 in 1971 |
| First recorded | 1966 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anissa counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anisa family of names ranked #1,232 for girls in 2025 (#1,156 the year before), with 145 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anisa | 62 | 43% |
| Anissa | 53 | 37% |
| Anyssa | 8 | 6% |
| Anisah | 8 | 6% |
| Annisa | 8 | 6% |
| Aniza | 6 | 4% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anissa is most popular
Babies named Anissa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (58 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (49 girls)
- Arizona: 0.0 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- New York: 0.0 per 1,000 (18 girls)
- Michigan: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)
Anissa by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 1,352 | #378 |
| 1970s | 3,043 | #348 |
| 1980s | 747 | #1,299 |
| 1990s | 3,418 | #413 |
| 2000s | 2,419 | #738 |
| 2010s | 1,091 | #1,500 |
| 2020s | 428 | #2,023 |
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Questions
- Is Anissa a boy or girl name?
- Anissa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anissa were girls.
- How popular is the name Anissa?
- 53 baby girls were named Anissa in the US in 2025, making it the 3067th most popular girl name.
- When was Anissa most popular?
- Anissa peaked in 1971, when 724 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #348 in 1971.
- How many people are named Anissa?
- 12,503 babies have been named Anissa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 12,116 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 32.
- Where is Anissa most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anissa was most common in California, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.