Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Anastasiya 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 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anastasiya through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 592
- 0 boys · 592 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 17
- #6,563 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −29%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 17 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,563 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 29.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 31 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,438 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Anastasiya’s family of names
Anastasiya may belong to the same name family as ANASTASSIYA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Anastasiya
- Princess Anastasia of MontenegroPrincess of Montenegro (1868-1935); daughter of Nikola I Petrović-Njegoš of Montenegro and his Milena Vukotić
- Anastasiia SobolievaUkrainian tennis playerborn 2004
- Anastasiya ShepilenkoUkrainian alpine skierborn 2000
- Anastasiya RybakovaBelarusian rhythmic gymnastborn 2000
- Anastasiya SerdyukovaUzbekistani rhythmic gymnastborn 1997
- Anastasiya JuravlevaUzbekistani triple jumper and long jumperborn 1981
- Anastasiya SvechnikovaUzbekistani javelin throwerborn 1992
- Anastasiya RadinaUkrainian politician (born 1984)
- Anastasiya PolyanskayaUkrainian-Russian triathlete (born 1986)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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