Anise

girls:

1.2k births since 1893

#4491 (21st percentile)

overall:

1.2k births since 1893

#6512 (16th percentile)

Popularity Trends

The name Anise is the #6,512 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,228 recorded births since 1893. This represents the 15.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 15.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,491 (21.4% percentile) for all time with 1,228 births since 1893.

Anise first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1893 (first recorded for girls in 1893). Birth data for Anise is available in 110 out of the 131 years between 1893 and 2023. The Social Security Administration only reports birth data for years in which the name was given to at least five children of the same gender.

For girls, Anise reached its peak popularity in 1992, achieving the 2.1% percentile (ranked #841) with 11 births per million. The name was most common in 1901, with 28 births per million (ranked 0.6% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2021, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Anise ranks #944 for girls (0.3% percentile) with 5 births per million, which is 16.6% of its peak share of births.

This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Anise".

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Key Statistics

Total Births
1,228
Peak Births
23
Peak Year
1992
First Recorded
1893
Peak Percentile
2.1%
Current Percentile
0.3%
Peak Rank
#841
Current Rank
#944
Female statistics

How to Pronounce Anise

Our model has identified 3 different pronunciations for the name Anise. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.

Our model is 73.2% confident that Anise is pronounced as uh-NEES, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is A-nuhs, at 14.6% confidence, with 2 syllables.

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A-nuhs (2 syllables)
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14.6% confidence
AE1 N AH0 S

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