Anastazia
Feminine · “resurrection”
Anastasia is the Greek word for resurrection, used as a name — one of the most theologically direct names in Christian use. Anastazia writes the s as a z, which is how Polish and several other Slavic languages spell the sound. Its American peak is 2004, in the middle of the name's general modern revival.
How old is the name Anastazia?
Anastazia first appears in US birth records in 1984 — 41 years ago. The typical Anastazia alive today was born around 2006, making them about 19 years old. About 900 people named Anastazia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Anastazia most popular?
Anastazia peaked in 2004, reaching #3265 nationally. Today it ranks #6116, 2,851 places below that high. See the whole 2004 chart.
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Where it comes from
From anastasis to Anastazia
The story of Anastazia
Saint Anastasia of Sirmium, martyred around 304, has a feast on 25 December and is named in the Roman canon of the Mass, which gave her an unusual prominence. The name became standard across the Greek and Slavic Christian world and is among the most common in Russia today. Its Western fame owes a great deal to the youngest daughter of Nicholas II, killed in 1918, and to the persistent claim that she had survived — a story that produced films in 1956, 1997 and since. The z spelling belongs to Polish and Czech orthography and also appears in American respellings.
Meaning
resurrection
Greek anastasis means a rising up or a raising — from ana, 'up', and histemi, 'to stand' — and it is the ordinary New Testament word for the resurrection. Anastasios and Anastasia are formed from it. The name was given particularly to children born at Easter, which is called Anastasi in Greek. The derivation is settled and unusually transparent; few names state a doctrine this plainly.
How the name formed
- anastasis
- Anastasia
- Anastazia
Related forms: Anastasia · Anastasiya · Anastazja · Anastasia
Pronouncing Anastazia
an-uh-STAY-zhuh
Four syllables, stress on the third, in the usual American saying. Russian gives ah-nah-stah-SEE-ya with the stress further back; Greek says ah-nah-stah-SEE-ah. All three are heard on American bearers.
Nicknames for Anastazia
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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
- 1984
- Most girls named
- 200446 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #3265reached in 2004
- Change vs 2024
- −26.9%19 in 2025, from 26
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.
Anastazia in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Anastasia in Greek — spelling variant
- Anastasiya in Russian — related form
- Anastazja in Polish — related form
- Anastasia in Italian — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas, New York.
Anastazias among us
people named Anastazia are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 84,593 born in 2025 was named Anastazia
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Spellings of Anastazia
- #6116
- Anastazia on the 2025 chart
- #164
- counting every spelling
The SSA counts spellings, not names. Anastazia went to 19 girls in 2025, but Anastasia, Anastacia and Annastasia 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 — 5,952 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 84,593 for Anastazia 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
The Dinora test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Anastazia's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Dinora climbed just as high around 1971, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Dinora's path sketches the road Anastazia is walking now.
Anastazia 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
Anastazia beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Anastazia in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled, striking and expressible in one word.
- Ana, Stacy, Tasia and Nastya give it four short forms across four traditions.
- It is recognized across Greece, Russia, Poland, Italy and the English-speaking world.
- The z spelling will be corrected to s by most American writers.
- Four syllables is long for everyday use, so a short form is effectively required.
- Stress placement varies considerably between languages.
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Frequently asked
- How many Anastazias are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 900 people named Anastazia are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How do you spell Anastazia?
- Anastazia is one of 5 recorded spellings. Anastasia is the more common one — 1,832 births in 2025 against 19 for Anastazia.
- How popular is the name Anastazia in 2025?
- Anastazia ranks #6116 among US girl names in 2025, with 19 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Anastazia?
- About 1 in every 84,593 US girls born in 2025 was named Anastazia — 19 in all.
- Will my child share the name Anastazia with classmates?
- Anastazia will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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