How rare is the name Anisha?

5,240 people in the United States have the first name Anisha, about 1 in 57,640. It ranks #3,784 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ANISHA

#3,784

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
5,240
About
1 in 57,640
This common or more
83%
Who bears it

Of the 5,240 people named Anisha, 58.5% reported their origin as Asian or Pacific Islander, 25.5% as Black and 5.7% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.8%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Anisha peaked in 2002, when 144 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19682025
Peak year
2002
Births that year
144
In 2025*
30 ▼79%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,546 babies have been given the name since 1968. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Anisha by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1980s, when it ranked #2,404. The largest share of babies named Anisha, 40.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#12,79717
1970s#3,852328
1980s#2,404845
1990s#2,4741,144
2000s#2,8861,221
2010s#4,149787
2020s#7,295204
Generation X 1965–809.2%
Millennials 1981–9635.2%
Generation Z 1997–1240.5%
2013 and later15.1%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Anisha is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Anisha has been most common in New Jersey (3.6×), California (2.7×), and New York (2.7×), and least common in Michigan (0.48×).

2,470 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Anisha

1 other first name also has 5,240 people.

#3,784 Suzie · 5,240

Either side of Anisha

#3,782 Brandt · 5,245#3,783 Constantine · 5,241#3,784 Suzie · 5,240#3,786 Litzy · 5,236

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Anisha, most common first.

#2,401 Anissa · 10,369#3,456 Anisa · 6,013#4,310 Anish · 4,400#4,648 Anusha · 3,937#15,884 Anesha · 718#19,149 Aneisha · 557#20,986 Anaisha · 488#23,426 Anisia · 418

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