The name pages

Anastasia

The 2025 national count puts Anastasia at #163, holding steady. It has been on the books since 1880 and never mattered more than it does today; 57,140 bearers and counting.

Anastasia on the door plaque, from the book's opening page
Anastasia complete and glowing, from the book's payoff page
Meaning

What Anastasia carries

Anastasia · Greek

“who shall rise again”

Source: Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884), see our sources.

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Popularity

Anastasia since 1880

Anastasia peaked in 2018 at #147; #163 in 2025.

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United States national data, Social Security Administration, through 2025, how we use it.

Where it lives

Where Anastasia is most common

The state that gives Anastasia most often, per girls born there, is Alaska (0.48% in 2025); Rhode Island and New Mexico are close behind.

Share of the state's recorded names for that sex, from the Social Security Administration's state file; a name is listed in a state only when five or more babies received it there that year.

Related

Names that sit near Anastasia

Same shelf of the library: origin, era and shape, scored deterministically.

Browse: names starting with A · Greek names · all names

Questions

About Anastasia

1

Where does Anastasia rank right now?

The 2025 national count puts Anastasia at #163, holding steady. Every point on the chart is the SSA's own count, back to 1880.

2

What does Anastasia mean?

The reference we cite records “who shall rise again”, of Greek origin (Charlotte M. Yonge, History of Christian Names (1884)).

3

Is there a sibling name for Anastasia?

Andres, Catalina and Angel sit nearest to Anastasia on origin, era, syllables and first letter. Put your own names into the sibling matcher for a list scored against them.

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