Anissa

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Anissa: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Anissa: Recorded since 1996, it reached #1,372 in 2002, and it stood at #4,843 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
28times a registrar ranked it
29years from first to last
#1372highest recorded position
5groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#2683
1997	#1450
1998	#1823
1999	#2444
2000	#2416
2001	#2023
2002	#1372
2003	#2191
2004	#1383
2005	#2682
2006	#2320
2007	#1741
2008	#2150
2009	#2148
2010	#2589
2011	#3549
2012	#3681
2013	#2887
2014	#4684
2015	#3252
2016	#3609
2017	#3229
2018	#3178
2020	#2843
2021	#5581
2022	#3148
2023	#3598
2024	#4843

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 28 of the 29 years from 1996 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 1996–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1996
First recorded at #2683 among girls in England and Wales in 1996 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded1996–2024
Highest recorded position: #1372 among girls in England and Wales, in 2002 (recorded 1996–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #4843 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Anissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Anissa in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1990s	32	4 of 10	8
2000sbusiest	104	10 of 10	10
2010s	60	9 of 10	7
2020s	28	5 of 10	6

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2000s were its busiest decade, averaging 10 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Anissa appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002.

Anissa's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#4843	4	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#3598	6	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#3148	7	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#2843	8	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#3178	7	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#3229	7	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#3252	7	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#4684	4	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2887	8	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#3549	6	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#2589	9	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2148	11	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#2150	11	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#1741	14	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2320	9	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#2682	7	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#1383	16	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2191	8	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#1372	14	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2023	8	High	Verified
2000	England and Wales	female	#2416	6	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#2444	6	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#1823	9	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#1450	12	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#2683	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 1996 and 2024, ranked in 28 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,372, first reached in 2002.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 16 births, registered in England and Wales in 2004.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

4decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 4 decades →
23 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#4,843position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
16births registered in its largest year, 2004Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

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A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Ilham · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Also first recorded in the 1990s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1990 and 1999.

Ama · #1372, 27y
Amnah · #1372, 28y
Ilham · #1372, 28y
Bethel · #1371, 24y

Anissa and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Anissa without appearing here.

Anissa moved ahead of

Cheryl Compare
In 2019 they stood at #3178 and #2674 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Debra Compare
In 2019 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2020 that had become #2843 and #5493.
Donna Compare
In 2021 they stood at #5581 and #4634 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2022 that had become #3148 and #5669.
Kristy Compare
In 2017 they stood at #4684 and #4684 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #3178 and #5666.

Moved ahead of Anissa

Meabh Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1286.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2887 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #4684 and #1628.
Luca Compare
In 2020 they stood at #2843 and #3447 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3192.
Finn Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3229 and #4763 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #3519.

Moved the opposite way to Anissa

Ada Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 while Ada went from #2683 to #40.
Alma Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 while Alma went from #2096 to #234.
Alyssa Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 while Alyssa went from #783 to #285.
Amalie Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 while Amalie went from #2096 to #1128.

Moved the same way as Anissa

Abigail Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 and Abigail from #21 to #154.
Aimee Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 and Aimee from #70 to #1603.
Aisling Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 and Aisling from #440 to #2000.
Alex Compare
Between 1996 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Anissa went from #2683 to #4843 and Alex from #161 to #2253.

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Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 1996 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1372 in England and Wales in 2002. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

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Popularity journey

Anissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Anissa at a glance

Anissa by decade in England and Wales · Girls

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Also first recorded in the 1990s

Anissa and the names beside it

Anissa moved ahead of

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