# Anisa (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/anisa/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 5,558 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 5,558 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 2,534, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 | 180 | 1,307 |
| 2012 | 144 | 1,530 |
| 2013 | 134 | 1,601 |
| 2014 | 107 | 1,877 |
| 2015 | 116 | 1,795 |
| 2016 | 87 | 2,206 |
| 2017 | 106 | 1,902 |
| 2018 | 87 | 2,161 |
| 2019 | 86 | 2,159 |
| 2020 | 80 | 2,243 |
| 2021 | 75 | 2,386 |
| 2022 | 79 | 2,348 |
| 2023 | 89 | 2,142 |
| 2024 | 88 | 2,153 |
| 2025 | 62 | 2,752 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 79 | 530 |
| 2012 | 81 | 522 |
| 2013 | 71 | 575 |
| 2014 | 70 | 589 |
| 2015 | 52 | 745 |
| 2016 | 58 | 703 |
| 2017 | 45 | 855 |
| 2018 | 26 | 1,272 |
| 2019 | 29 | 1,153 |
| 2020 | 30 | 1,100 |
| 2021 | 20 | 1,505 |
| 2022 | 26 | 1,245 |
| 2023 | 26 | 1,255 |
| 2024 | 32 | 1,065 |
| 2025 | 32 | 1,051 |

## 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.