Anastasia

A girls’ name of Greek origin, meaning resurrection, rising again.

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Win rate
55%
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US popularity
#163
up from #166
UK popularity
#212
221 babies · down from #180

How Anastasia has moved

US popularity rank, 2015–2025. Lower is more popular.
#128#182#236201520202025#163

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YearUS rank
2015#217
2016#192
2017#169
2018#147
2019#150
2020#158
2021#181
2022#164
2023#167
2024#166
2025#163

Anastasia by the numbers

In 2025, 221 babies in England and Wales were named Anastasia. In the US, 1,790 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

It is used at about the same rate on both sides of the Atlantic.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

At its height, in 2005, about 1 in 1,800 American girls born that year was called Anastasia.

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Anastasia as a share of American girls born, 1880 to 2008, at five year intervals. Source: US Social Security Administration.

Names that come from Anastasia

Forms of Anastasia in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.

  • Annistynresurrection; modern spelling of Anastasia143 in the US (2017)
  • Asyaresurrection; a form of Anastasia21 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tasiaresurrection; a form of Anastasia25 in the US (2017)
  • Anastazjaresurrection; a form of Anastasia13 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Anastynresurrection; modern spelling of Anastasia or Anastasia-related name10 in the US (2017)
  • Staciaresurrection; diminutive of Anastasia10 in the US (2017)
  • Anastaisaresurrection; a variant of Anastasia9 in the US (2017)
  • Nastasiaresurrection; a form of Anastasia9 in the US (2017)

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Anastasia. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Anastaciaresurrection; a form of Anastasia60 in the US (2017)
  • Annastasiaresurrection; variant of Anastasia56 in the US (2017)
  • Anastasiyaresurrection; Russian form of Anastasia27 in the US (2017)
  • Anastaziaresurrection; a form of Anastasia20 in the US (2017)
  • Anastasyaresurrection; a form of Anastasia14 in the US (2017)
  • Anastassiaresurrection; a form of Anastasia10 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Anastasia

Names that are said the same way as Anastasia, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Annastaciagrace and resurrection; blend of Anna and Anastasia7 in the US (2017)

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