Meaning and history
Feminine form of Anastasius. It was the name of a 4th-century Dalmatian saint martyred during the persecutions of the Roman emperor Diocletian, and because of her the name has been common in Eastern Orthodox Christianity in various spellings. In English, it has been used since the Middle Ages. A famous bearer was the youngest daughter of the last Russian tsar Nicholas II, who was rumored to have escaped the execution of her family in 1918.
20062006: 1,147 births, rank #289
2007: 1,072 births, rank #314
2008: 918 births, rank #360
2009: 1,014 births, rank #325
2010: 878 births, rank #365
20112011: 868 births, rank #367
2012: 937 births, rank #334
2013: 1,254 births, rank #253
2014: 1,346 births, rank #240
2015: 1,505 births, rank #217
20162016: 1,720 births, rank #192
2017: 1,806 births, rank #169
2018: 1,905 births, rank #147
2019: 1,899 births, rank #150
2020: 1,766 births, rank #158
20212021: 1,637 births, rank #181
2022: 1,770 births, rank #162
2023: 1,745 births, rank #166
2024: 1,842 births, rank #166
20252025: 1,832 births, rank #163
Anastasia rose from #166 to #163 for girls between 2024 and 2025. Its highest annual birth count came in 2018, with 1,905 births.