Anastasia is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning “resurrection.” In 2024 it was given to 1,832 girls in the United States.
Anastasia at a glance
Gender
Girl name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“resurrection”
Pronunciation
/æn.əˈsteɪ.ʒə/
About the name Anastasia
Anastasia belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “resurrection” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Anastasia first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #147 in 2018, and in 2024 1,832 babies received the name — 55,275 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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