Annisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-NEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Annisa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “the women”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Annisa mean?
Arabic: from An-Nisa, or a spelling of Anisa
“the women”
An-Nisa, 'The Women', is the fourth sura of the Qur'an; the name is popular in Indonesia and Malaysia.
Is Annisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Annisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Annisa in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1996, with 7 girls.
Annisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 2 | #5,081 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 7 | #2,201 |
How popular is Annisa 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 Annisa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1969, with 26 girls. It first appears in the records in 1967.
Half of all the girls named Annisa in the US since 1880 were born between 1979 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
In 2025, 94 girls in the US were given Annisa 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.
Annisa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 8 | #11,141 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 11 | #9,337 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 7 | #13,001 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,925 |
| 2013 | 9 | #10,995 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 20 | #6,556 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,325 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 18 | #6,294 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,717 |
| 2000 | 18 | #5,932 |
| 1999 | 22 | #4,864 |
| 1998 | 26 | #4,235 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 11 | #7,569 |
| 1995 | 22 | #4,513 |
| 1994 | 25 | #4,110 |
| 1993 | 23 | #4,387 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 11 | #7,423 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,861 |
| 1989 | 13 | #6,154 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 6 | #9,820 |
| 1986 | 6 | #9,540 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 7 | #8,177 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 12 | #4,585 |
| 1972 | 16 | #3,714 |
| 1971 | 21 | #3,166 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 26 | #2,585 |
| 1968 | 14 | #3,609 |
| 1967 | 11 | #4,052 |
Names like Annisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Amira Francesca Jessica Fatima Amina Khadija Alexandra Syeda Amara Alana Alisha
Other spellings of Annisa
Names related to Annisa
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo Safa
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, “Annisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/annisa, updated 20 October 2026.