Anisah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Anisah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Anisah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anisa; feminine of Anis
“friendly companion”
From the Arabic root for friendliness and companionship, the same root as Anas.
Meaning borrowed from Anisa.
Is Anisah a girl's or a boy's name?
Anisah is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anisah in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,276among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 50% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Anisah, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,734th. Its busiest year was 2000, with 89 girls.
2025 had more girls named Anisah than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Anisah in the UK since 1996 were born between 1999 and 2006. 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 Anisah 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.
Anisah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 3 | #5,734 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 9 | #2,893 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 8 | #3,031 |
| 2013 | 13 | #2,174 |
| 2012 | 10 | #2,666 |
| 2011 | 22 | #1,467 |
| 2010 | 22 | #1,475 |
| 2009 | 36 | #976 |
| 2008 | 30 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 41 | #848 |
| 2006 | 45 | #757 |
| 2005 | 47 | #712 |
| 2004 | 57 | #595 |
| 2003 | 65 | #535 |
| 2002 | 70 | #487 |
| 2001 | 72 | #469 |
| 2000 | 89 | #402 |
| 1999 | 71 | #466 |
| 1998 | 70 | #478 |
| 1997 | 73 | #463 |
| 1996 | 61 | #499 |
How popular is Anisah in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anisah, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,541st. Its busiest year was 1999, with 45 girls. It first appears in the records in 1976.
Half of all the girls named Anisah in the US since 1880 were born between 1997 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Anisah or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #1,772, up from #10,913 for this spelling alone.
Anisah in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 9 | #10,377 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,541 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 10 | #10,143 |
| 2014 | 15 | #7,633 |
| 2013 | 14 | #8,131 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 21 | #6,145 |
| 2010 | 18 | #6,901 |
| 2009 | 20 | #6,541 |
| 2008 | 31 | #4,760 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 28 | #4,700 |
| 2004 | 35 | #3,985 |
| 2003 | 43 | #3,343 |
| 2002 | 41 | #3,330 |
| 2001 | 30 | #4,103 |
| 2000 | 34 | #3,733 |
| 1999 | 45 | #2,932 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 33 | #3,445 |
| 1996 | 21 | #4,734 |
| 1995 | 15 | #5,953 |
| 1994 | 22 | #4,516 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 8 | #7,560 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 8 | #7,310 |
| 1982 | 7 | #8,222 |
| 1981 | 5 | #10,409 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
Names like Anisah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah Aaminah Ayah Sumayyah Farah Aakifah Safa Zainab Ruqayyah Hibah Amira Afrah
Other spellings of Anisah
Names related to Anisah
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, “Anisah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anisah, updated 20 October 2026.