Anise
Girl · AN-iss · English
Anise is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “the anise herb”. In 2025 it ranked 10,104th for girls in the US (9 babies).
What does Anise mean?
English: the herb, from Greek anison
“the anise herb”
Anise is the liquorice-flavoured herb whose seeds flavour drinks such as ouzo and pastis.
- Say it
- AN-iss
Is Anise a girl's or a boy's name?
Anise is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 9 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anise in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Anise in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anise in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 4 | #4,951 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #4,267 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 8 | #2,909 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,555 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
How popular is Anise in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,104among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 9about 1 in 180,000 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, 9 girls in the US were named Anise, making it the 10,104th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,964th. Its busiest year was 1992, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1893.
2025 had more girls named Anise than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Anise in the US since 1880 were born between 1949 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anise in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | #10,104 |
| 2024 | 5 | #15,288 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 13 | #7,964 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 6 | #14,120 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 7 | #13,063 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 16 | #7,738 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2005 | 22 | #5,595 |
| 2004 | 23 | #5,373 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 23 | #5,082 |
| 2001 | 23 | #5,004 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 13 | #6,718 |
| 1995 | 16 | #5,672 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 23 | #4,375 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 15 | #5,829 |
| 1989 | 16 | #5,280 |
| 1988 | 9 | #7,686 |
| 1987 | 13 | #5,608 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 13 | #5,221 |
| 1983 | 9 | #6,703 |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 12 | #5,570 |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 11 | #5,562 |
| 1977 | 14 | #4,651 |
| 1976 | 6 | #8,154 |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 8 | #6,257 |
| 1973 | 14 | #4,154 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 16 | #3,787 |
| 1970 | 12 | #4,491 |
| 1969 | 9 | #5,056 |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 9 | #4,624 |
| 1966 | 7 | #5,272 |
| 1965 | 9 | #4,493 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 5 | #6,591 |
| 1962 | 13 | #3,591 |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 11 | #3,826 |
| 1958 | 16 | #2,971 |
| 1957 | 12 | #3,488 |
| 1956 | 17 | #2,825 |
| 1955 | 10 | #3,777 |
| 1954 | 12 | #3,324 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 6 | #4,906 |
| 1951 | 9 | #3,713 |
| 1950 | 16 | #2,534 |
| 1949 | 6 | #4,672 |
| 1948 | 6 | #4,649 |
| 1947 | 13 | #2,897 |
| 1946 | 9 | #3,429 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 8 | #3,377 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
| 1941 | 6 | #3,952 |
| 1940 | 8 | #3,206 |
| 1939 | 6 | #3,780 |
| 1938 | 7 | #3,448 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 8 | #3,154 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 7 | #3,405 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 11 | #2,689 |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 11 | #2,766 |
| 1927 | 6 | #4,284 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 12 | #2,777 |
| 1924 | 12 | #2,808 |
| 1923 | 9 | #3,349 |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 12 | #2,762 |
| 1920 | 14 | #2,463 |
| 1919 | 8 | #3,450 |
| 1918 | 6 | #4,289 |
| 1917 | 9 | #3,090 |
| 1916 | 11 | #2,657 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 9 | #2,433 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 7 | #1,339 |
| 1900 | 7 | #1,560 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
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