Declining since 2016.
Popularity of Anaysha since 1994
Babies named Anaysha per year in U.S. Social Security records.
Data table (by decade)
| Decade | Girls |
|---|---|
| 1990s | 16 |
| 2000s | 63 |
| 2010s | 64 |
| 2020s | 41 |
Meaning & origin
Anaysha is a modern invented name that first appeared on U.S. birth records in 1994. Its highest frequency came in 2017, when it was given to more girls than in any other year. However, it has never entered the national Top 1,000, and its trajectory shows a decline since 2016. The name is an example of the creative naming practices common in contemporary American culture, where familiar sounds are recombined to form distinctive new names.
Anaysha is a modern American coinage, likely created by combining the popular prefix 'Ana-' with the fashionable suffix '-ysha' or '-esha'. It emerged in the mid-1990s and saw peak usage in 2017. No historical or linguistic derivation from earlier names has been established.
Nicknames & variants
Nicknames: Ana, Ani, Nay
Sibling names for Anaysha
Names that share Anaysha's style, for a brother or sister.
