How popular is the name Anissa?

Anissa ranks 1,243rd among girls' names in US records, with 12,527 births since 1966. Over the past decade it accounts for 884.

Is Anissa a unisex name?

No. Anissa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.

1971, when 724 children were given the name. It has been in use for 59 years and is still recorded as of 2024.

Girl name#1,243 of girl names

Pronounced AE1 N IH1 S AH0 (ARPABET)

Anissa is a girls' name, and first appears in 1966. It has been given to 12,527 children — the 1,243rd most common girls' name on record.

It has been slipping, down 42% on the previous decade. Its best single year was 1971, when 724 children were given it.

1971Girls: 724Boys: 5

Phonetic detail

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

How popular is the name Anissa?: Anissa ranks 1,243rd among girls' names in US records, with 12,527 births since 1966. Over the past decade it accounts for 884.
Is Anissa a unisex name?: No. Anissa is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Anissa most popular?: 1971, when 724 children were given the name. It has been in use for 59 years and is still recorded as of 2024.