Anyssa
Girl · ah-NEE-sah · Arabic
Anyssa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “friendly companion”. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Anyssa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Anissa, from Arabic Anisa
“friendly companion”
- Say it
- ah-NEE-sah
Is Anyssa a girl's or a boy's name?
Anyssa 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 Anyssa in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 46% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Anyssa, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,625th. Its busiest year was 1994, with 136 girls. It first appears in the records in 1987.
Half of all the girls named Anyssa in the US since 1880 were born between 1996 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anyssa in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,536 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 17 | #6,625 |
| 2019 | 22 | #5,608 |
| 2018 | 18 | #6,517 |
| 2017 | 18 | #6,527 |
| 2016 | 17 | #6,898 |
| 2015 | 28 | #4,852 |
| 2014 | 22 | #5,795 |
| 2013 | 34 | #4,241 |
| 2012 | 34 | #4,294 |
| 2011 | 30 | #4,680 |
| 2010 | 29 | #4,859 |
| 2009 | 48 | #3,408 |
| 2008 | 57 | #3,016 |
| 2007 | 67 | #2,710 |
| 2006 | 57 | #2,977 |
| 2005 | 91 | #2,056 |
| 2004 | 106 | #1,794 |
| 2003 | 122 | #1,578 |
| 2002 | 117 | #1,583 |
| 2001 | 88 | #1,953 |
| 2000 | 122 | #1,502 |
| 1999 | 118 | #1,459 |
| 1998 | 96 | #1,665 |
| 1997 | 98 | #1,614 |
| 1996 | 79 | #1,838 |
| 1995 | 123 | #1,334 |
| 1994 | 136 | #1,256 |
| 1993 | 122 | #1,350 |
| 1992 | 49 | #2,543 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 31 | #3,431 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
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