Anastacia
A feminine name of Greek origin meaning "resurrection" or "one who will rise again".
Name Census estimates that about 4,422 living Americans carry the first name Anastacia. The name is used almost exclusively for girls. The average person named Anastacia today is around 28 years old, and the year with the single highest number of Anastacia births was 2003 (184 babies).
This page is the full Name Census profile for Anastacia. Below you will find a gender breakdown showing how the name splits between male and female registrations, a year-by-year popularity chart stretching back to 1880, decade-level totals, the top US states for this name, its meaning and etymology, and a set of frequently asked questions with data-backed answers.
For a British comparison, Name Census UK has a UK baby-name profile for Anastacia with official rankings and popularity over time.
People living today
4.4K
~ 1 in 77,511 Americans
Peak year
2003
184 babies that year
Average age
28
years old
2024 SSA rank
#2,653
Tracked since 1894
Census
Anastacia in the 2020 Census
The 2020 Census recorded 5,312 people with the first name Anastacia, which placed it at #3,757 in the published first-name tables. This is a snapshot of people who already had the name at the time of the Census.
The SSA sections elsewhere on this page answer a different question: how often parents gave the name to babies over time. The "people living today" figure on this page is different again: it is a current estimate built from SSA birth records and age-based survival rates, so the two numbers are not expected to match exactly.
2020 Census rank
#3,757
National first-name rank
People counted
5.3K
5,312 in the published race/origin table
Per 100,000
1.8
People with this name in 2020
Largest reported group
Hispanic or Latino
47.8% of people with this name
Demographics
Ancestry and ethnicity for Anastacia
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anastacia is Hispanic at 47.8%. The next largest groups are White (31.8%) and Black (8.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself.
The bar chart below shows how people with the first name Anastacia described their own race and ethnicity on the 2020 Census form. The Census Bureau groups responses into six broad categories: White, Black or African American, Hispanic or Latino, Asian and Pacific Islander, American Indian and Alaska Native, and Two or More Races. When a category has too few respondents for a given name, the Bureau suppresses the figure to protect individual privacy, which is why some names show fewer than six slices.
Percentages are shown so the breakdown is easy to read across every published category. Because the 2020 Census first-name file also includes raw headcounts for each group, Name Census can show those alongside the percentages in the legend and hover tooltip.
Keep in mind that these are self-reported numbers. A first name does not determine a person's race or ethnicity, and the distribution you see here reflects the specific population who happened to carry the name Anastacia at the time of the 2020 Census, not any inherent property of the name itself.
- Hispanic or Latino47.8% · 2,541
- White31.8% · 1,688
- Black or African American8.5% · 453
- Asian and Pacific Islander7.0% · 370
- Two or more races4.2% · 225
- American Indian and Alaska Native0.7% · 35
Popularity
Anastacia: popularity over time
The SSA tracks Anastacia from the 1890s through to the 2020s, spanning 14 decades of birth certificate data. The biggest single decade for the name was the 2000s, with 1,345 total registrations. Usage has dropped considerably from its 2000s peak. The most recent decade brought in only a fraction of the registrations that the name once attracted.
Babies born per year
Decades
Anastacia by decade
The table below breaks the full SSA timeline into ten-year windows. Each row shows how many male and female babies were given the name Anastacia during that decade, along with a combined total. This is useful for spotting eras where the name surged or retreated.
Geography
Where Anastacias live
The SSA's state-level files cover 21 states and territories. Texas, California, New York recorded the most babies named Anastacia, while Virginia, Massachusetts, Kansas recorded the fewest. The average across all reporting states is about 113 registrations each.
Origin
Meaning and history of Anastacia
Anastacia is a feminine given name with Greek origins, derived from the word "anastasis" meaning "resurrection" or "rising up." The name traces its roots back to the Byzantine Empire and the Eastern Orthodox Christian tradition.
The earliest recorded use of the name can be found in various hagiographies and accounts of Christian martyrs from the 3rd and 4th centuries. One notable early bearer was Saint Anastasia, a Roman martyr during the reign of Emperor Diocletian in the early 4th century. Her feast day is celebrated on December 25th in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
During the Middle Ages, the name gained popularity across the Eastern Mediterranean region, particularly in Greece, Cyprus, and parts of the Byzantine Empire. It was often bestowed upon girls as a symbol of faith and spiritual resilience.
In the 16th century, the name spread to other parts of Europe, including Russia, where it was adopted as Anastasiya. One of the most famous historical figures with this name was Anastasia Romanova, the youngest daughter of Tsar Nicholas II, who was tragically executed along with her family during the Russian Revolution in 1918.
Another notable bearer was Anastasia of Kiev, a 12th-century Grand Princess of Kyiv and the wife of King Andrew I of Hungary. She played a significant role in the Christianization of Hungary and is revered as a saint in the Eastern Orthodox Church.
In the literary world, the name gained recognition through the character of Anastasia Dualla in the reimagined Battlestar Galactica television series, which aired from 2004 to 2009.
Other historical figures bearing the name Anastacia include Anastasia Somoza, the wife of Nicaraguan dictator Anastasio Somoza García (1896-1956), and Anastasia Romanovna Zakharyna-Yuriev, a 16th-century Russian noblewoman and the first wife of Tsar Ivan IV "the Terrible" (1530-1584).
People
Anastacia + last name combinations
How many people share a full name with Anastacia as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Related
Other names starting with A
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
FAQ
Anastacia: questions and answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Anastacia?
Name Census puts the figure at roughly 4,422 living Americans. We arrive at this by taking every SSA birth registration for Anastacia going back to 1880 and adjusting each cohort for expected survival using CDC actuarial life tables. The result is an age-weighted living-bearer count, not a raw birth total. That works out to about 1 in 77,511 US residents.
Is Anastacia a common name?
We classify Anastacia as "Rare". It ranks above 96.3% of all first names in the SSA dataset by living bearers. Across the full history of the data, 5,056 babies have been registered with this name.
When was Anastacia most popular?
The single biggest year for Anastacia was 2003, when 184 babies received the name. The fact that the average living Anastacia is about 28 years old gives you a rough sense of which era contributed the most bearers who are still alive today.
How common was Anastacia in the 2020 Census?
The published 2020 Census first-name tables recorded 5,312 people with the name Anastacia, or 1.76 per 100,000 residents. That placed it at #3,757 in the national Census ranking for first names.
Why is the Census count different from the living estimate?
Because they measure different things. The Census figure is a count of people who had the name Anastacia in 2020. The living estimate aims to answer a current question instead: how many people with the name are alive today, based on SSA birth records and age-based survival rates. Since one number is a 2020 snapshot and the other is a present-day estimate, they are not expected to be identical.
What does the Census say about the gender split for Anastacia?
In the 2020 Census sex table, Anastacia appears almost entirely female. Of the 5,308 people counted with this name, 99.5% were female and only a very small share were male. The Census view is a snapshot of people living with the name in 2020, while the SSA section above tracks births across time.
What does the Census say about the background of people named Anastacia?
In the 2020 Census race and Hispanic-origin table, the largest reported group for people named Anastacia is Hispanic at 47.8%. The next largest groups are White (31.8%) and Black (8.5%). These figures describe the people who had the name in 2020, not any inherent property of the name itself. The percentages in the chart above come from self-reported race and Hispanic-origin responses in the 2020 Census.
Which group reports the name Anastacia most often in the Census?
Hispanic is the largest reported group for people named Anastacia in the 2020 Census, accounting for 47.8% (2,541 people in the published table).
Why can the Census sex total and race total differ slightly?
The Census Bureau published separate 2020 tables for sex and for race/Hispanic origin, and the released figures can differ slightly because of privacy protection in the public files. That is why this page treats the gender section and the race/origin section as two related snapshots instead of forcing them into one identical total.
Does every first name have Census demographic data?
No. The public Census first-name release only includes names that met the Bureau's publication rules, so many rarer names in the SSA files have no Census demographic snapshot. When that happens, the SSA trend, gender history, and state sections still appear, but the 2020 Census demographic sections are omitted.
What does the SSA popularity chart show?
The chart tracks births, not the number of people alive with the name today. Each point shows how many babies were given the name Anastacia in that year. That makes it useful for spotting when the name rose, peaked, or faded.
Is Anastacia a female name?
Yes, 100.0% of people registered as Anastacia in the SSA data are female. You can see the full per-sex comparison in the gender distribution section above, which includes the latest year rank, birth count, and peak year for each sex.
Is Anastacia still being used today?
Yes. The SSA still recorded Anastacia in 2024, and the page above shows its latest-year rank where available. A name can be well past its peak and still remain in steady use, especially if it built up a large population over earlier decades.
Why can a name have a lot of living bearers even if it is not trendy now?
Because living-bearer counts and current baby-name popularity measure different things. A name like Anastacia can build up a very large population over many decades, even if fewer parents are choosing it now than they did at its peak.
Where does this data come from?
First-name figures come from the Social Security Administration's national baby name files, which cover every name on a birth certificate from 1880 to 2024. Living-bearer estimates layer in CDC actuarial life tables broken out by sex to account for mortality. The population baseline (342,754,338) is the Census Bureau's latest national estimate. You can read the full calculation on our methodology page.
How many people have Anastacia as a first name?
Want to know how many people have the name Anastacia? HowManyOfMe.org, our sister site, puts the living-bearer count front and centre.