Anastasio
Anastasio is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
- Italian
- Spanish
Meaning & Origin of Anastasio
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Anastasio is both a given name and a surname. Notable people with the name include:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Spanish
The Story of Anastasio
American parents first put Anastasio on the record books as a baby boy name in 1915, with 5 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 1930, when 17 Anastasios were born — ranking #1,821 that year. About 25% of every Anastasio on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Anastasio last appeared in the published SSA data in 2008, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 174 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
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Variants & Related Forms of Anastasio
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Anastasio. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Anastasio
A small selection from Wikipedia. Tap "Read more" below to see the full list on Wikipedia.
- Anastasio Alfaro (1865–1951), Costa Rican zoologist, geologist and explorer
- Anastasio Aquino (1792–1833), Salvadoran indigenous leader
- Anastasio Ballestrero (1913–1998), Italian prelate of the Roman Catholic Church
- Anastasio Bustamante (1780–1853), President of Mexico
- Anastasio Cuschieri (1872–1962), Maltese poet, politician, and philosopher
- Anastasio Somoza Debayle (1925–1980), President of Nicaragua
- Anastasio Somoza García (1896–1956), President of Nicaragua
- Anastasio Somoza Portocarrero (20th century), Nicaraguan anti-communist
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Names that sound like Anastasio
Phonetically similar names — useful when Anastasio is the vibe but a different syllable count or letter feel might suit better. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
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About the name Anastasio
Anastasio is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1915 and has accumulated 174 births in the dataset. Anastasio's peak popularity came in 1930 when it ranked #1,821. Use the chart and map above to compare Anastasio's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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