Anastasia

Anastasia was the #163 girls' name in the US in 2025 (1,832 babies), and #212 in England & Wales and #151 in Canada.

Anastasia as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
  • VIC
Anastasia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSNorthern IrelandEngland & WalesIrelandScotland
Anastasia as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSW, VICBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales and Victoria publish their top 100 only, so they appear in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSWVIC
2025#163 (1,832)#212 (221)#429 (7)#231 (7)#266 (16)#151 (182)#96 (76)—
2024#166 (1,842)#180 (269)#295 (12)#337 (4)#213 (20)#160 (173)#87 (79)—
2023#166 (1,745)#180 (283)#263 (14)#209 (8)#179 (26)#141 (182)——
2022#162 (1,770)#165 (304)#260 (14)#183 (10)#174 (28)#186 (151)#92 (76)—
2021#181 (1,637)#135 (369)#274 (14)#446 (3)#198 (24)#165 (172)——
2020#158 (1,766)#148 (341)#429 (7)#397 (3)#197 (23)#150 (175)——
2019#150 (1,899)#138 (361)#224 (18)#263 (6)#187 (27)#129 (213)——
2018#147 (1,905)#156 (339)#225 (18)#313 (5)#299 (15)#145 (199)——
2017#169 (1,806)#168 (328)#446 (7)#432 (3)#272 (17)#145 (204)—#94 (59)
2016#192 (1,720)#182 (299)#311 (12)#353 (4)#273 (17)#183 (176)——
2015#217 (1,505)#246 (201)#455 (7)—#291 (17)#220 (150)——
2014#240 (1,346)#276 (174)#430 (8)—#427 (10)#229 (146)——
2013#253 (1,254)#303 (155)#413 (8)#440 (3)#286 (17)#264 (123)——
2012#334 (937)#337 (144)#580 (5)—#337 (15)#250 (136)——
2011#367 (868)#383 (122)#579 (5)—#306 (16)#314 (106)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #163.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 880 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet about 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 880common
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,100uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,600uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,000uncommon
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 1,300uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 820common

Next year

On its recent trend, Anastasia is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 840 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 800 to 1 in 870.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anastasia by state, 2025Alaska: #70AKMaine: #209MEWisconsin: #164WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: #139NHWashington: #186WAIdaho: #160IDMontana: #122MTNorth Dakota: #117NDMinnesota: #304MNIllinois: #129ILMichigan: #167MINew York: #164NYMassachusetts: #284MAOregon: #199ORNevada: #196NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: #354IAIndiana: #127INOhio: #155OHPennsylvania: #166PANew Jersey: #229NJConnecticut: #102CTRhode Island: #91RICalifornia: #151CAUtah: #287UTColorado: #118CONebraska: #157NEMissouri: #238MOKentucky: #194KYWest Virginia: #124WVVirginia: #150VAMaryland: #269MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #119AZNew Mexico: #82NMKansas: #149KSArkansas: #208ARTennessee: #237TNNorth Carolina: #209NCSouth Carolina: #188SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #166OKLouisiana: #322LAMississippi: #384MSAlabama: #236ALGeorgia: #232GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #143TXFlorida: #88FL
Anastasia (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Quebec2025#12246
Ontario2024#20458

Anastasia (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnastasiaCanadaGirls#151182
AnastasiaEngland & WalesGirls#212221
AnastasiaIrelandGirls#26616
AnastasiaNorthern IrelandGirls#2317
AnastasiaNSWGirls#9676
AnastasiaScotlandGirls#4297
AnastasiaUSGirls#1631,832
AnastasiaUSBoys—too few
AnastasiaVICGirls—too few