Anise is a rare variant of Anissa that peaked in 1992 and has grown less common since.
Anise is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #10,176 for girl births in the United States (and #17,282 across all names), given to 9 babies. Anise was first reported in SSA data in 1893 and peaked in 1992 (23 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 9 | 9 | #10,176 |
| 2024 | 5 | 5 | #15,483 |
| 2023 | 8 | 8 | #11,275 |
| 2021 | 7 | 7 | #12,327 |
| 2020 | 13 | 13 | #8,021 |
| 2019 | 10 | 10 | #9,810 |
| 2018 | 8 | 8 | #11,512 |
| 2017 | 6 | 6 | #14,305 |
| 2016 | 13 | 13 | #8,448 |
| 2015 | 14 | 14 | #8,044 |
| 2014 | 7 | 7 | #13,205 |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #7,783 |
| 2012 | 16 | 16 | #7,491 |
| 2011 | 19 | 19 | #6,586 |
| 2010 | 23 | 23 | #5,797 |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | #8,934 |
| 2008 | 16 | 16 | #7,777 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #6,342 |
| 2006 | 17 | 17 | #7,180 |
| 2005 | 22 | 22 | #5,617 |
| 2004 | 23 | 23 | #5,387 |
| 2003 | 20 | 20 | #5,823 |
| 2002 | 23 | 23 | #5,100 |
| 2001 | 23 | 23 | #5,023 |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,618 |
| 1999 | 15 | 15 | #6,511 |
| 1998 | 14 | 14 | #6,742 |
| 1997 | 20 | — | #5,024 |
| 1996 | 13 | — | #6,748 |
| 1995 | 16 | — | #5,693 |
| 1994 | 15 | — | #6,001 |
| 1993 | 15 | — | #5,977 |
| 1992 | 23 | — | #4,389 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #11,604 |
| 1990 | 15 | — | #5,849 |
| 1989 | 16 | — | #5,305 |
| 1988 | 9 | — | #7,739 |
| 1987 | 13 | — | #5,625 |
| 1986 | 12 | — | #5,775 |
| 1985 | 12 | — | #5,691 |
| 1984 | 13 | — | #5,230 |
| 1983 | 9 | — | #6,744 |
| 1982 | 5 | — | #10,595 |
| 1981 | 12 | — | #5,589 |
| 1980 | 7 | — | #8,213 |
| 1979 | 13 | — | #5,107 |
| 1978 | 11 | — | #5,584 |
| 1977 | 14 | — | #4,671 |
| 1976 | 6 | — | #8,206 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,140 |
| 1974 | 8 | — | #6,288 |
| 1973 | 14 | — | #4,164 |
| 1972 | 12 | — | #4,535 |
| 1971 | 16 | — | #3,796 |
| 1970 | 12 | — | #4,505 |
| 1969 | 9 | — | #5,066 |
| 1967 | 9 | — | #4,639 |
| 1966 | 7 | — | #5,289 |
| 1965 | 9 | — | #4,509 |
| 1964 | 6 | — | #6,028 |
| 1963 | 5 | — | #6,632 |
| 1962 | 13 | — | #3,601 |
| 1961 | 7 | — | #5,325 |
| 1960 | 12 | — | #3,699 |
| 1959 | 11 | — | #3,831 |
| 1958 | 16 | — | #2,975 |
| 1957 | 12 | — | #3,493 |
| 1956 | 17 | — | #2,831 |
| 1955 | 10 | — | #3,783 |
| 1954 | 12 | — | #3,330 |
| 1953 | 10 | — | #3,692 |
| 1952 | 6 | — | #4,939 |
| 1951 | 9 | — | #3,729 |
| 1950 | 16 | — | #2,541 |
| 1949 | 6 | — | #4,693 |
| 1948 | 6 | — | #4,673 |
| 1947 | 13 | — | #2,905 |
| 1946 | 9 | — | #3,436 |
| 1944 | 8 | — | #3,390 |
| 1943 | 6 | — | #4,218 |
| 1942 | 5 | — | #4,643 |
| 1941 | 6 | — | #3,974 |
| 1940 | 8 | — | #3,223 |
| 1939 | 6 | — | #3,789 |
| 1938 | 7 | — | #3,467 |
| 1937 | 8 | — | #3,155 |
| 1936 | 9 | — | #2,867 |
| 1935 | 8 | — | #3,165 |
| 1934 | 10 | — | #2,748 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | #3,417 |
| 1931 | 9 | — | #2,988 |
| 1930 | 11 | — | #2,694 |
| 1929 | 6 | — | #4,077 |
| 1928 | 11 | — | #2,775 |
| 1927 | 6 | — | #4,316 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,329 |
| 1925 | 12 | — | #2,783 |
| 1924 | 12 | — | #2,817 |
| 1923 | 9 | — | #3,366 |
| 1922 | 6 | — | #4,474 |
| 1921 | 12 | — | #2,772 |
| 1920 | 14 | — | #2,470 |
| 1919 | 8 | — | #3,468 |
| 1918 | 6 | — | #4,308 |
| 1917 | 9 | — | #3,113 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,669 |
| 1915 | 8 | — | #3,150 |
| 1914 | 9 | — | #2,446 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,214 |
| 1901 | 7 | — | #1,344 |
| 1900 | 7 | — | #1,573 |
| 1893 | 5 | — | #1,451 |