How Many People Are Named Anise?
people named Anise are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 363,214 people in the US has this name
Based on 1,242 babies named Anise in Social Security records from 1893 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
23 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
From the English word for the herb, also called aniseed.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
Same Sound, Other Spellings
These names are pronounced like Anise in English. Counting Anise and these spellings together, about 2,338 people alive in the US have the name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Anise in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Anise alive today is about 38 years old, and 45% are under 30. Half of them were between 19 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Anise first appears in the records in 1893 and was given most often in 1992, to 23 babies. In 2025, 9 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1893 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Anise has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,344, in 1901. In 2025 it ranked #10,173.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #10,173 |
| Best rank | #1,344 (1901) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #6,332 in the 2000s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Anise alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Anise were born in California than in any other state: about 33 of those alive today.
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