Aneesa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #8,858 for girls
Aneesa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 8,858th for girls in the US (11 babies).
What does Aneesa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anisa, feminine of Anis
“friendly companion”
Is Aneesa a girl's or a boy's name?
Aneesa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 11 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Aneesa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 36% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Aneesa, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,766th. Its busiest year was 1996, with 85 girls.
2025 had the fewest girls named Aneesa since the records began in 1996.
Half of all the girls named Aneesa in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
In 2025, 47 girls in the UK were given Aneesa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #4,276 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Aneesa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 13 | #2,175 |
| 2023 | 9 | #2,841 |
| 2022 | 9 | #2,805 |
| 2021 | 13 | #2,202 |
| 2020 | 9 | #2,766 |
| 2019 | 16 | #1,871 |
| 2018 | 17 | #1,810 |
| 2017 | 23 | #1,497 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 28 | #1,276 |
| 2014 | 30 | #1,209 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 32 | #1,150 |
| 2011 | 33 | #1,117 |
| 2010 | 39 | #949 |
| 2009 | 37 | #962 |
| 2008 | 33 | #1,015 |
| 2007 | 44 | #799 |
| 2006 | 40 | #824 |
| 2005 | 43 | #759 |
| 2004 | 28 | #990 |
| 2003 | 43 | #711 |
| 2002 | 61 | #539 |
| 2001 | 61 | #528 |
| 2000 | 65 | #501 |
| 1999 | 71 | #466 |
| 1998 | 65 | #500 |
| 1997 | 81 | #440 |
| 1996 | 85 | #414 |
How popular is Aneesa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #8,858among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 150,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 10% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the US were named Aneesa, making it the 8,858th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,846th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 159 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Aneesa than any year since 1988.
Half of all the girls named Aneesa in the US since 1880 were born between 2000 and 2010, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Aneesa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #8,858 for this spelling alone.
Aneesa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #8,858 |
| 2024 | 22 | #5,612 |
| 2023 | 23 | #5,386 |
| 2022 | 25 | #5,169 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 20 | #5,846 |
| 2019 | 23 | #5,445 |
| 2018 | 19 | #6,244 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 23 | #5,620 |
| 2015 | 29 | #4,724 |
| 2014 | 29 | #4,766 |
| 2013 | 35 | #4,154 |
| 2012 | 41 | #3,781 |
| 2011 | 39 | #3,842 |
| 2010 | 41 | #3,744 |
| 2009 | 77 | #2,464 |
| 2008 | 52 | #3,221 |
| 2007 | 82 | #2,328 |
| 2006 | 82 | #2,308 |
| 2005 | 77 | #2,312 |
| 2004 | 80 | #2,201 |
| 2003 | 119 | #1,611 |
| 2002 | 159 | #1,246 |
| 2001 | 38 | #3,482 |
| 2000 | 36 | #3,586 |
| 1999 | 26 | #4,309 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 25 | #4,179 |
| 1995 | 25 | #4,094 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 24 | #4,252 |
| 1992 | 22 | #4,521 |
| 1991 | 15 | #5,943 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 14 | #5,830 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 8 | #7,745 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 11 | #5,909 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 6 | #8,560 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
Names like Aneesa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Amira Safa Khadija Hiba Halima Hafsa Aysha Aliya Abeeha Ayah Zainab
Other spellings of Aneesa
Names related to Aneesa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Aisha Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Aneesa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aneesa, updated 20 October 2026.