Anisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,509 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,545 for girls
Anisha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. In 2025 it ranked 2,509th for girls in the UK (11 babies) and 4,545th for girls in the US (30 babies).
What does Anisha mean?
Sanskrit
A female given name from Sanskrit, of Indian usage.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Anisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Anisha is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 11 girls in the UK and 30 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anisha in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,509among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 11about 1 in 25,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 30% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 11 girls in the UK were named Anisha, making it the 2,509th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 1998, with 116 girls.
2025 had fewer girls named Anisha than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Anisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2000 and 2010. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 2,438th in England and Wales.
Anisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 11 | #2,509 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 14 | #2,070 |
| 2022 | 16 | #1,873 |
| 2021 | 14 | #2,069 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 19 | #1,651 |
| 2018 | 27 | #1,298 |
| 2017 | 16 | #1,913 |
| 2016 | 38 | #1,014 |
| 2015 | 34 | #1,108 |
| 2014 | 40 | #983 |
| 2013 | 30 | #1,218 |
| 2012 | 55 | #779 |
| 2011 | 51 | #785 |
| 2010 | 55 | #727 |
| 2009 | 49 | #797 |
| 2008 | 68 | #611 |
| 2007 | 80 | #524 |
| 2006 | 84 | #500 |
| 2005 | 94 | #439 |
| 2004 | 74 | #501 |
| 2003 | 112 | #363 |
| 2002 | 97 | #386 |
| 2001 | 116 | #336 |
| 2000 | 107 | #349 |
| 1999 | 106 | #343 |
| 1998 | 116 | #339 |
| 1997 | 89 | #414 |
| 1996 | 112 | #349 |
How popular is Anisha in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,545among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 30about 1 in 54,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 23% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 30 girls in the US were named Anisha, making it the 4,545th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,167th. Its busiest year was 2002, with 144 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
2025 had fewer girls named Anisha than any year since 1976.
Half of all the girls named Anisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1989 and 2008, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 30 | #4,545 |
| 2024 | 32 | #4,386 |
| 2023 | 40 | #3,761 |
| 2022 | 33 | #4,293 |
| 2021 | 36 | #4,011 |
| 2020 | 33 | #4,167 |
| 2019 | 36 | #4,005 |
| 2018 | 64 | #2,676 |
| 2017 | 67 | #2,597 |
| 2016 | 89 | #2,168 |
| 2015 | 82 | #2,278 |
| 2014 | 71 | #2,515 |
| 2013 | 75 | #2,408 |
| 2012 | 97 | #2,003 |
| 2011 | 85 | #2,216 |
| 2010 | 121 | #1,720 |
| 2009 | 104 | #1,989 |
| 2008 | 117 | #1,834 |
| 2007 | 93 | #2,147 |
| 2006 | 110 | #1,846 |
| 2005 | 129 | #1,574 |
| 2004 | 130 | #1,532 |
| 2003 | 142 | #1,394 |
| 2002 | 144 | #1,344 |
| 2001 | 120 | #1,539 |
| 2000 | 132 | #1,400 |
| 1999 | 98 | #1,676 |
| 1998 | 104 | #1,576 |
| 1997 | 116 | #1,432 |
| 1996 | 106 | #1,508 |
| 1995 | 126 | #1,315 |
| 1994 | 131 | #1,290 |
| 1993 | 134 | #1,269 |
| 1992 | 124 | #1,342 |
| 1991 | 102 | #1,511 |
| 1990 | 103 | #1,499 |
| 1989 | 87 | #1,596 |
| 1988 | 79 | #1,635 |
| 1987 | 81 | #1,552 |
| 1986 | 85 | #1,472 |
| 1985 | 75 | #1,587 |
| 1984 | 141 | #1,011 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 70 | #1,641 |
| 1981 | 72 | #1,615 |
| 1980 | 72 | #1,605 |
| 1979 | 54 | #1,917 |
| 1978 | 57 | #1,781 |
| 1977 | 57 | #1,774 |
| 1976 | 29 | #2,663 |
| 1975 | 34 | #2,357 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 17 | #3,634 |
| 1972 | 27 | #2,598 |
| 1971 | 20 | #3,266 |
| 1970 | 14 | #4,037 |
| 1969 | 12 | #4,197 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
Names like Anisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Akshara Radhika Priya Avira Anvika Divisha Krisha Varnika Advika Amrit Viha Anika
Names related to Anisha
Anisa Insha Anzish Anaisha Anisia Anaisa Anissa Anusha Anshi
More Sanskrit names
Maya Bodhi Arya Lila Arjun Aarav Rohan Kali Aryan Opal Arjan Vihaan Aadhya Avyaan Ishaan Siya
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, “Anisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anisha, updated 20 October 2026.