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Anissa

The name Anissa carries the meaning "Arabic, friendly, sociable", with roots in Arabic. It has faded some since the 1990s without dropping off entirely. These days, it is a name that stands out a little. Its single strongest year on record was 1971.

EtymologyVariant of Anisa
ArabicArabic – "friendly, sociable"
Births by decade
1900s
0
1910s
0
1920s
0
1930s
0
1940s
0
1950s
0
1960s
1,352
1970s
3,049
1980s
747
1990s
3,416
2000s
2,417
2010s
880
Peaked in the 1990s · 11,861 total U.S. births since 1900