Anastacia
Feminine · “resurrection”
Anastasia means resurrection, and the Greek is precise about it: ana, up, and a verb meaning to stand. Standing up again. It was given to girls born at Easter, which is the plainest possible reason for a name.
How old is the name Anastacia?
Anastacia first appears in US birth records in 1894 — 131 years ago. The typical Anastacia alive today was born around 1999, making them about 26 years old. About 4,600 people named Anastacia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anastacia most popular?
Anastacia peaked in 1896, reaching #950 nationally. Today it ranks #2895, 1,945 places below that high. See the whole 1896 chart.
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Where it comes from
From anastasis to Anastacia
The story of Anastacia
The name was given to children born at Easter in the Greek-speaking Christian world and spread from there. Saint Anastasia is commemorated in the Roman canon of the Mass, which kept the name visible in the Latin west; Russia took it up enormously through the Orthodox church, where it is among the most common women's names. In Greece the name is still a straightforwardly seasonal one, and children named Anastasia and Anastasios celebrate their name day at Easter rather than on a fixed date.
Meaning
resurrection; standing up again
Greek anastasis is ana, 'up', with a form of histemi, 'to stand' — so a standing-up, a rising. It is the ordinary Greek word for resurrection and is used that way throughout the New Testament. Anastasios and Anastasia are the masculine and feminine names built on it. The reading is documented and undisputed; the c in Anastacia is a Spanish and English spelling variant of the s.
How the name formed
- anastasis
- Anastasia
- Anastacia
Related forms: Αναστασία · Anastasiya · Anastasia · Anastasia · Anastazja
Pronouncing Anastacia
an-uh-STAY-shuh
Four syllables with the stress on the third. Greek says a-na-sta-SEE-a with the stress further back and the ending fully sounded; Russian says a-na-sta-SEE-ya. The American saying compresses the ending considerably.
Nicknames for Anastacia
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What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1894
- Most girls named
- 2004167 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #950reached in 1896
- Change vs 2023
- −14.7%58 in 2025, from 68
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Anastacia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Αναστασία in Greek — transliteration
- Anastasiya in Russian — same name
- Anastasia in Spanish — same name
- Anastasia in Italian — same name
- Anastazja in Polish — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: Texas, California, Florida.
Anastacias among us
people named Anastacia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 27,712 born in 2025 was named Anastacia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Anastacia
- #2895
- Anastacia on the 2025 chart
- #164
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Anastacia went to 58 girls in 2025, but Anastasia, Annastasia and Anastazia and the rest below are the same name said out loud. Together the 5 spellings went to 1,969, which makes it the 164th most-given girls’ name of the year — 2,731 places above the chart.
- Anastasia1,832
- Anastacia58
- Annastasia43
- Anastazia19
- Anastasiya17
About 1 girl in 816 born in 2025 was given one of these spellings — against 1 in 27,712 for Anastacia itself.
Spellings are grouped by a fixed rule that folds interchangeable English spellings of one sound (ck/k, ph/f, x/ks, a non-initial y for i) and keeps vowels apart, so Sean and Shawn stay separate names. It errs towards splitting: a family here is never larger than the truth. SSA national data, 2025. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
Fashion outlook
Anastacia sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Anastacia is headed
Anastacia should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Anastacia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Anastacia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- An exact and unusually hopeful meaning, tied to a specific season.
- Stacy, Nastya and Ana are three ready short forms across three languages.
- Recognized at sight across the Greek, Slavic and Latin worlds alike.
- Anastasia is the standard spelling and this c-form will be corrected in writing.
- Four syllables is long for daily use and the name will almost always be shortened.
- The pronunciations differ noticeably between English, Greek and Russian.
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Frequently asked
- How many Anastacias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 4,600 people named Anastacia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Anastacia?
- Anastacia is one of 5 recorded spellings. Anastasia is the more common one — 1,832 births in 2025 against 58 for Anastacia.
- How popular is the name Anastacia in 2025?
- Anastacia ranks #2895 among US girl names in 2025, with 58 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Anastacia?
- About 1 in every 27,712 US girls born in 2025 was named Anastacia — 58 in all.
- Will my child share the name Anastacia with classmates?
- Anastacia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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