Anastasia

What Anastasia means

Means “resurrection”

From the name of a 4th-century martyr, Ancient Greek Ἀναστασία (Anastasía), from ἀνάστασις (anástasis, “resurrection”).

Source: Wiktionary, “Anastasia” (revision 92411413), CC BY-SA 4.0. Quoted from the etymology; we don’t write our own.

How popular is Anastasia?

US: Rising: up from #217 in 2015. England & Wales: Rising: up from #246 in 2015.

Biggest US share so far: 2025, when 1,832 girls got the name (#163 that year). First in the US records in 1880.

How common

• About 1 in 877 baby girls in the US in 2025
• About 1 in 1,146 baby girls in England and Wales in 2025
• About 1 in 2,556 baby girls in Scotland in 2025

“1 in N” divides by all listed births for that sex. The US list leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies, and the UK lists leave out names given to 2 or fewer, so the real figure is a little rarer than shown.

Where in the US

Most popular in AK (4.84 per 1,000 girls), RI (3.67 per 1,000 girls), NM (3.21 per 1,000 girls) in 2025.

SSA state data, 2025. Share of all listed girls born in each state.

US vs UK

Anastasia is #163 in the US and #212 in England & Wales (2025).

Same sex as this page (girls). SSA (US), ONS (England and Wales), NRS (Scotland).

Boy or girl?

In 2025, 99.9+% of US babies named Anastasia were girls.

Counts below the publishing threshold (US 5, UK 3) are not included.

How to say it

IPA from Wiktionary.

Other spellings parents chose in 2025

• Anastacia58 US
• Annastasia43 US
• Anastassia17 US

Names that sound the same and differ by a letter or two, with baby counts for the same sex. US and E&W counts.

If you like Anastasia

Girls

• Elena#42Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #106 in 2015, #42 in 2025. 5 letters, starting with a vowel
• Athena#109Editor’s note Up from #157 in 2015 to #109 in 2025 in the US
• Thea#353“goddess”^*
• Iris#61“rainbow”^*
• Cleo#577Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #1,743 in 2015, #577 in 2025
• Ophelia#264possibly “help, aid, succour”^*

For a brother

• Theo#82Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #405 in 2015, #82 in 2025
• Adonis#241Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #698 in 2015, #241 in 2025
• Theodore#4Editor’s note Climbing fast in the US: #99 in 2015, #4 in 2025
• Orion#334possibly “heaven's light”^*
• Azariah#472“Yah Has Helped”^*
• Solomon#422“peace”^*

Picked from the US top 1,000 in 2025: names Wiktionary also files under Greek, whose US popularity since 1990 rose and fell most like Anastasia’s. Rank is US 2025.