Fantasia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fan-TAY-zhuh
- Origin
- Greek
Fantasia is a girls' name of Greek origin, meaning “imagination, fantasy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Fantasia mean?
Greek: Italian word for fantasy, from Greek phantasia
“imagination, fantasy”
From the word for imagination; Disney's 1940 animated film Fantasia brought it wide fame.
Is Fantasia a girl's or a boy's name?
Fantasia is a girls' name.
How popular is Fantasia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2004, with 167 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Fantasia in the US since 1880 were born between 1992 and 2004, the years shaded on the chart below.
Fantasia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,730 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #15,898 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 13 | #8,610 |
| 2010 | 19 | #6,638 |
| 2009 | 29 | #4,930 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 36 | #4,212 |
| 2006 | 47 | #3,413 |
| 2005 | 130 | #1,565 |
| 2004 | 167 | #1,277 |
| 2003 | 30 | #4,303 |
| 2002 | 29 | #4,276 |
| 2001 | 69 | #2,300 |
| 2000 | 69 | #2,254 |
| 1999 | 57 | #2,498 |
| 1998 | 65 | #2,185 |
| 1997 | 86 | #1,755 |
| 1996 | 75 | #1,913 |
| 1995 | 83 | #1,742 |
| 1994 | 88 | #1,683 |
| 1993 | 116 | #1,395 |
| 1992 | 151 | #1,162 |
| 1991 | 126 | #1,310 |
| 1990 | 56 | #2,253 |
| 1989 | 40 | #2,763 |
| 1988 | 40 | #2,641 |
| 1987 | 22 | #3,854 |
| 1986 | 26 | #3,358 |
| 1985 | 20 | #3,982 |
| 1984 | 8 | #7,396 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 10 | #6,369 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
Names like Fantasia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aaliyah, Aliya, Samira, Sophia, Talia, Amira, Summer, Safia, Malia, Safiya, Zaira, Salma
More Greek names
Luca, Theodore, George, Theo, Lucas, Sofia, Alexander, Sebastian, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris
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, “Fantasia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/fantasia, updated 20 October 2026.