Given name
Anisia
“equal”
Anisia is a given name from Greek. It is used in Italian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Anisia through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 290
- 0 boys · 290 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 8
- #11,018 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −9%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 8 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 11,018 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 19 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 418 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.
Anisia’s family of names
Anisia may belong to the same name family as ANISSIA. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Anisia
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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