# Anastasia (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anastasia/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “resurrection” |
| Pronunciation | /æn.əˈsteɪ.ʒə/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | Stacey, Nastasia, Nastenka, Nastia, Stacee, Stacy, Stasia, Statia, Tacha, Tasia |
| Variant spellings | Anastacia, Anastatia |
| US babies named this | 57,163 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 23 / 57,140 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 5,694, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From the name of a 4th-century martyr, Ancient Greek Ἀναστασία (Anastasía), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”). The name, and its male counterpart Anastasius, were originally given to children who were born around Eastertime during the early years of Christianity.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 868 | 367 |
| 2012 | 937 | 334 |
| 2013 | 1,254 | 253 |
| 2014 | 1,346 | 240 |
| 2015 | 1,505 | 217 |
| 2016 | 1,720 | 192 |
| 2017 | 1,806 | 169 |
| 2018 | 1,905 | 147 |
| 2019 | 1,899 | 150 |
| 2020 | 1,766 | 158 |
| 2021 | 1,637 | 181 |
| 2022 | 1,770 | 162 |
| 2023 | 1,745 | 166 |
| 2024 | 1,842 | 166 |
| 2025 | 1,832 | 163 |

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | 7 | 5,777 |
| 1989 | 6 | 6,978 |
| 1990 | 5 | 8,165 |
| 2005 | 5 | 11,561 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 122 | 383 |
| 2012 | 144 | 337 |
| 2013 | 155 | 303 |
| 2014 | 174 | 276 |
| 2015 | 201 | 246 |
| 2016 | 299 | 182 |
| 2017 | 328 | 168 |
| 2018 | 339 | 156 |
| 2019 | 361 | 138 |
| 2020 | 341 | 148 |
| 2021 | 369 | 135 |
| 2022 | 304 | 165 |
| 2023 | 283 | 180 |
| 2024 | 269 | 180 |
| 2025 | 221 | 212 |

## In other languages

- Arabic: أَنَاسْتَازْيَا, أَنَسْتَسِيَّة
- Bulgarian: Анаста́сия
- Chinese: 阿納斯塔西婭 /阿纳斯塔西娅, 安娜塔西亞 /安娜塔西亚
- Czech: Anastázie
- Esperanto: Anastazio
- French: Anastasia, Anastasie
- German: Anastasia
- Greek: Αναστασία
- Hungarian: Anasztázia
- Italian: Anastasia
- Latvian: Anastasija
- Polish: Anastazja
- Portuguese: Anastácia
- Russian: Анастаси́я, Наста́сья
- Slovak: Anastázia
- Spanish: Anastacia, Anastasia
- Ukrainian: Анастасі́я

## People named Anastasia

- Anastasia of Sirmium, Christian saint and martyr
- Anastasia Lin, Chinese-Canadian actress and human rights advocate
- Princess Anastasia of Greece and Denmark, American-born heiress and member of the Greek royal family
- Anastasia Griffith, British actress
- Anastasia Tumanishvili-Tsereteli, Georgian writer (1849-1932)
- Anastasia Blayvas, German freestyle wrestler
- Anastasia Hille, British actress
- Anastasia Phillips, Canadian actress
- Anastasia Sorokina, Belarusian chess master
- Anastasia Bucsis, Canadian speed skater and out olympian before Sochi Olympics
- Anastasia Eristavi-Khoshtaria, Georgian writer
- Anastasia Robinson, 18th century English soprano, later contralto singer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.