Anisten
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- AN-i-stun
- Origin
- English
Anisten is a girls' name of English origin, meaning “town of Annie”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anisten mean?
English: spelling of Anniston; US place name, from Anniston in Alabama
“town of Annie”
Anniston, Alabama, was named 'Annie's Town' after Annie Tyler, a member of one of its founding families.
Meaning borrowed from Anniston.
Is Anisten a girl's or a boy's name?
Anisten is a girls' name.
How popular is Anisten in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 15 girls. It first appears in the records in 2003.
Half of all the girls named Anisten in the US since 1880 were born between 2008 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anisten in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 12 | #8,961 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 12 | #9,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 7 | #13,698 |
| 2008 | 6 | #15,399 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 7 | #13,601 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
Nicknames for Anisten
- Annie 562 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Anisten
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Addison, Emerson, Anderson, Everly, Haven, Madisson, Adalynn, Anniston, Leighton, Journey, Harper, Azalea
Names related to Anisten
More English names
Lily, Evelyn, Hudson, Ivy, Grace, Violet, Willow, Daisy, Poppy, Riley, Oakley, Mason, Cooper, Ruby, Hallie, Hazel
Sources
Figures from 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, “Anisten: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anisten, updated 20 October 2026.