Fun Facts About the Name Anaisa
- 448 babies named Anaisa: U.S. records list 448 babies given the name Anaisa from 1880 through 2025.
What Does the Name Anaisa Mean?
Anaisa is a Spanish feminine name used mainly in the Dominican Republic. It is generally treated as an extended form of Ana, the Spanish form of Anna, which goes back to the Hebrew Hannah (חַנָּה) and means "favor" or "grace." Read that way, the name's literal sense is "grace." The ending -isa is not a standard Spanish diminutive, so exactly how the name was built from Ana is not documented. The name also resembles the French Anaïs and the Spanish Anaís; those are Occitan-Provençal forms of Anne with their own history, and Anaisa's relationship to them is not established.
Anaisa Name History & Origins
Anaisa is used mainly in the Dominican Republic and in Dominican communities elsewhere. Its best-known use is religious. In Dominican folk religion, often called Las 21 Divisiones, Anaisa Pye - also known as Anaisa la Chiquita - is one of the misterios, or spirits, and she is associated with love, happiness, and sweetness. She is matched with Santa Ana (Saint Anne), the mother of Mary, whose feast day is July 26, following the Caribbean practice of pairing African-derived spirits with Catholic saints.
The name itself is Spanish in form. Apart from the common reading as a form of Ana, there is no clear record of when it first came into use as a given name. The French Anaïs, in use in France by the 19th century, and the Spanish Anaís are separate names with their own histories; a similar spelling does not by itself show a connection.
How Popular is the Name Anaisa?
Anaisa has historically been an exceptionally rare given name in the United States, remaining well outside the national mainstream. It saw its highest recorded annual births in 1993. Its best rank was #2,827 in 1993.
U.S. name popularity from 1880-2025, based on SSA data. Rank shows how the name compares with other names - lower numbers mean greater popularity. Births shows how many babies received the name each year.
| Year | Rank | Births | % |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #7,922 | 13 | 0.0008% |
| 2024 | #15,407 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2023 | #6,427 | 18 | 0.0011% |
| 2022 | #6,731 | 17 | 0.0010% |
| 2021 | #7,655 | 14 | 0.0009% |
| 2020 | #7,238 | 15 | 0.0009% |
| 2017 | #16,076 | 5 | 0.0003% |
| 2015 | #11,915 | 8 | 0.0004% |
| 2014 | #9,584 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2013 | #13,266 | 7 | 0.0004% |
| 2012 | #12,297 | 8 | 0.0005% |
| 2011 | #6,873 | 18 | 0.0010% |
| 2010 | #8,740 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2009 | #10,734 | 10 | 0.0005% |
| 2008 | #10,137 | 11 | 0.0006% |
| 2007 | #8,560 | 14 | 0.0007% |
| 2006 | #7,903 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2005 | #7,926 | 14 | 0.0008% |
| 2004 | #8,757 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2003 | #8,035 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 2002 | #7,069 | 15 | 0.0008% |
| 2001 | #8,233 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 2000 | #8,066 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1999 | #9,540 | 9 | 0.0005% |
| 1998 | #7,136 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1997 | #8,373 | 10 | 0.0006% |
| 1996 | #6,740 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1995 | #5,690 | 16 | 0.0009% |
| 1994 | #7,128 | 12 | 0.0007% |
| 1993 | #2,827 | 42 | 0.0023% |
| 1992 | #3,685 | 29 | 0.0016% |
| 1991 | #6,611 | 13 | 0.0007% |
| 1990 | #11,476 | 6 | 0.0003% |
| 1989 | #12,462 | 5 | 0.0003% |
Name popularity over more than a century, based on Social Security Administration data. Gaps in the chart indicate years when the name does not appear in the published records.
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