Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Anastacio isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastacio through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,316
- 2,316 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1924
- 36 babies
- 2025
- 7
- #9,774 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −19%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 7 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 9,774 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 36 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,465 as a first name in 2020; 895 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anastacio’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Anastacio has a diminutive in Tasyo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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