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Anisah

100% girls · 8 born in 2025

Anisah has been given to about 794 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1999, which makes it a Gen X and millennial name.

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Origin—
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Living in the US≈ 785
Median age today24 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Anisah per year · SSA, ONS, NRS, CSO, INSEE and SSB
18802025
United StatesEngland & WalesScotlandFranceeach scaled to its own peak
  • Peak year1999 · 45
  • Born in 20258
  • All time794
  • England & Wales, 20255

How popular is Anisah?

Its best year was 1999, when 45 babies were given the name, ranking 2938th. The typical living American called Anisah is about 24 years old today.

Names that sound like Anisah

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Aniyah0.88
  2. Anisa0.78
  3. Aliyah0.75
  4. Janiyah0.76
  5. Zaniyah0.76
  6. Saniyah0.76
  7. Amiyah0.75
  8. Taniyah0.76

Middle names for Anisah

Ranked by flow score
  1. Anisah Eve0.86
  2. Anisah Rose0.83
  3. Anisah Louise0.83
  4. Anisah June0.82
  5. Anisah Pearl0.82
  6. Anisah Quinn0.82

Sibling names for Anisah

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Paulinasister · 0.80
  2. Nikolasbrother · 0.80
  3. Hallesister · 0.79
  4. Tracebrother · 0.79
  5. Keatonbrother · 0.78
  6. Niasister · 0.78

Where Anisah is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Anisah White0.78
    2. Anisah Reyes0.78
    3. Anisah Nguyen0.78
    4. Anisah Moore0.78
    5. Anisah Lee0.78
    6. Anisah Green0.78

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Anisah

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025
    2. England & Wales1996–2025
    3. Scotland1974–2020
    4. France1900–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release, and the Office for National Statistics for England and Wales. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.