Anisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,107 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,751 for girls
Anisa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. In 2025 it ranked 1,107th for girls in the UK (32 babies) and 2,751st for girls in the US (62 babies).
What does Anisa mean?
Arabic: feminine of Anis
“friendly companion”
From the Arabic root for friendliness and companionship, the same root as Anas.
Is Anisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Anisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 32 girls in the UK and 62 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,107th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 8,700 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the UK were named Anisa, making it the 1,107th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,147th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 149 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 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 Anisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #762, up from #1,107 for this spelling alone.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,051st in England and Wales.
Anisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #1,107 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,111 |
| 2023 | 27 | #1,285 |
| 2022 | 27 | #1,283 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 31 | #1,147 |
| 2019 | 29 | #1,220 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 45 | #916 |
| 2016 | 59 | #746 |
| 2015 | 55 | #771 |
| 2014 | 71 | #632 |
| 2013 | 73 | #613 |
| 2012 | 82 | #565 |
| 2011 | 84 | #546 |
| 2010 | 89 | #506 |
| 2009 | 106 | #447 |
| 2008 | 99 | #464 |
| 2007 | 122 | #381 |
| 2006 | 115 | #396 |
| 2005 | 106 | #404 |
| 2004 | 142 | #321 |
| 2003 | 132 | #323 |
| 2002 | 149 | #294 |
| 2001 | 133 | #303 |
| 2000 | 144 | #289 |
| 1999 | 148 | #284 |
| 1998 | 132 | #308 |
| 1997 | 144 | #283 |
| 1996 | 127 | #310 |
How popular is Anisa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,751st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 62 about 1 in 26,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 62 girls in the US were named Anisa, making it the 2,751st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,241st. Its busiest year was 2005, with 221 girls. It first appears in the records in 1958.
2025 had fewer girls named Anisa than any year since 1991.
Half of all the girls named Anisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1995 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Anisa or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #2,751 for this spelling alone.
Anisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 62 | #2,751 |
| 2024 | 88 | #2,150 |
| 2023 | 89 | #2,142 |
| 2022 | 79 | #2,346 |
| 2021 | 75 | #2,384 |
| 2020 | 80 | #2,241 |
| 2019 | 86 | #2,155 |
| 2018 | 87 | #2,159 |
| 2017 | 106 | #1,902 |
| 2016 | 87 | #2,206 |
| 2015 | 116 | #1,793 |
| 2014 | 107 | #1,876 |
| 2013 | 134 | #1,599 |
| 2012 | 144 | #1,530 |
| 2011 | 180 | #1,307 |
| 2010 | 131 | #1,633 |
| 2009 | 144 | #1,561 |
| 2008 | 196 | #1,271 |
| 2007 | 181 | #1,340 |
| 2006 | 184 | #1,287 |
| 2005 | 221 | #1,074 |
| 2004 | 207 | #1,101 |
| 2003 | 217 | #1,050 |
| 2002 | 211 | #1,026 |
| 2001 | 174 | #1,176 |
| 2000 | 141 | #1,333 |
| 1999 | 131 | #1,347 |
| 1998 | 167 | #1,132 |
| 1997 | 145 | #1,230 |
| 1996 | 118 | #1,397 |
| 1995 | 121 | #1,352 |
| 1994 | 145 | #1,206 |
| 1993 | 121 | #1,356 |
| 1992 | 73 | #1,903 |
| 1991 | 49 | #2,513 |
| 1990 | 51 | #2,397 |
| 1989 | 42 | #2,652 |
| 1988 | 33 | #3,034 |
| 1987 | 37 | #2,655 |
| 1986 | 40 | #2,469 |
| 1985 | 30 | #3,007 |
| 1984 | 33 | #2,729 |
| 1983 | 29 | #2,909 |
| 1982 | 36 | #2,581 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 49 | #2,096 |
| 1979 | 36 | #2,525 |
| 1978 | 38 | #2,350 |
| 1977 | 34 | #2,515 |
| 1976 | 35 | #2,334 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 34 | #2,290 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 36 | #2,135 |
| 1971 | 43 | #1,966 |
| 1970 | 38 | #2,120 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 47 | #1,708 |
| 1967 | 102 | #1,020 |
| 1966 | 6 | #5,808 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 7 | #4,889 |
Names like Anisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Aisha, Khadija, Safa, Amina, Halima, Aysha, Aliya, Areeba, Hiba, Samira
Other spellings of Anisa
Names related to Anisa
Anais, Anisha, Anisia, Anaisa, Anissa, Enisa, Anaise, Anasia, Annais
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo, Liyana
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, “Anisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anisa, updated 20 October 2026.