Anissa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- uh-NEE-suh
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #3,067 for girls
Anissa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 3,067th for girls in the US (53 babies).
What does Anissa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Arabic Anisa
“friendly companion”
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Is Anissa a girl's or a boy's name?
Anissa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 53 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Anissa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 12% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Anissa, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,009th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 16 girls.
2025 had more girls named Anissa than any year since 2020.
Half of all the girls named Anissa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Anissa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 4 | #4,907 |
| 2023 | 7 | #3,388 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 8 | #3,009 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 7 | #3,433 |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 7 | #3,471 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 12 | #2,153 |
| 2008 | 11 | #2,286 |
| 2007 | 14 | #1,874 |
| 2006 | 9 | #2,451 |
| 2005 | 7 | #2,806 |
| 2004 | 16 | #1,488 |
| 2003 | 9 | #2,109 |
| 2002 | 14 | #1,475 |
| 2001 | 9 | #1,974 |
| 2000 | 7 | #2,304 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 9 | #1,951 |
| 1997 | 12 | #1,559 |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Anissa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,067th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 53 about 1 in 30,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 53 girls in the US were named Anissa, making it the 3,067th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,023rd. Its busiest year was 1971, with 724 girls. It first appears in the records in 1966.
2025 had fewer girls named Anissa than any year since 1966.
Half of all the girls named Anissa in the US since 1880 were born between 1972 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anissa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 53 | #3,067 |
| 2024 | 65 | #2,661 |
| 2023 | 70 | #2,517 |
| 2022 | 69 | #2,554 |
| 2021 | 79 | #2,309 |
| 2020 | 92 | #2,023 |
| 2019 | 98 | #1,971 |
| 2018 | 112 | #1,813 |
| 2017 | 88 | #2,160 |
| 2016 | 108 | #1,884 |
| 2015 | 85 | #2,209 |
| 2014 | 89 | #2,139 |
| 2013 | 114 | #1,792 |
| 2012 | 110 | #1,831 |
| 2011 | 138 | #1,577 |
| 2010 | 149 | #1,500 |
| 2009 | 148 | #1,528 |
| 2008 | 156 | #1,495 |
| 2007 | 182 | #1,332 |
| 2006 | 188 | #1,275 |
| 2005 | 228 | #1,046 |
| 2004 | 268 | #903 |
| 2003 | 345 | #738 |
| 2002 | 301 | #780 |
| 2001 | 299 | #789 |
| 2000 | 304 | #753 |
| 1999 | 320 | #707 |
| 1998 | 345 | #669 |
| 1997 | 337 | #655 |
| 1996 | 296 | #713 |
| 1995 | 376 | #598 |
| 1994 | 564 | #451 |
| 1993 | 602 | #413 |
| 1992 | 233 | #852 |
| 1991 | 175 | #1,041 |
| 1990 | 170 | #1,050 |
| 1989 | 89 | #1,570 |
| 1988 | 88 | #1,520 |
| 1987 | 63 | #1,837 |
| 1986 | 70 | #1,668 |
| 1985 | 64 | #1,759 |
| 1984 | 59 | #1,812 |
| 1983 | 83 | #1,411 |
| 1982 | 65 | #1,720 |
| 1981 | 68 | #1,674 |
| 1980 | 98 | #1,299 |
| 1979 | 142 | #1,006 |
| 1978 | 165 | #885 |
| 1977 | 183 | #819 |
| 1976 | 239 | #649 |
| 1975 | 168 | #815 |
| 1974 | 139 | #908 |
| 1973 | 221 | #675 |
| 1972 | 459 | #421 |
| 1971 | 724 | #348 |
| 1970 | 603 | #389 |
| 1969 | 607 | #378 |
| 1968 | 503 | #418 |
| 1967 | 219 | #646 |
| 1966 | 23 | #2,518 |
Names like Anissa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amira, Aaliyah, Khadija, Aisha, Amina, Safa, Halima, Aliya, Aysha, Aziza, Alisha, Hiba
Names related to Anissa
Anisa, Anisha, Anaisha, Anisia, Anaisa, Anisah, Ansa, Anessa, Anyssa, Anise
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, “Anissa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anissa, updated 20 October 2026.