Anetra — girls' name
423 babies named Anetra in U.S. Social Security records since 1958, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
64% of everyone ever named Anetra was born in this single decade.
66 babies were named Anetra in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anetra
The Social Security Administration has registered 423 babies named Anetra between 1958 and 1997, spanning 40 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anetra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1997. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 66 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anetra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 269 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Anetra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 25 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Anetra in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anetra in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 423 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Anetra at a glance
Last recorded 1997Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anetra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–1958
- Peak year (1976)
- 66
- Annual births at peak — across 40 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1997.
423 total births across 40 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 66 births in a single year.
Anetra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 269 births that decade — 64% of Anetra's all-time total
Anetra decade highlights
- Peak decade 269 births
- Runner-up 88 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Anetra's strongest decade
269 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 64% of all-time use.
Anetra by state
Where Anetra concentrates geographically — total births since 1958
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 25 | 5.9% |
| #2 | Texas | | 21 | 5.0% |
| #3 | California | | 11 | 2.6% |
| #4 | Georgia | | 10 | 2.4% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 1.4% |
| #6 | Florida | | 5 | 1.2% |
25 of 423 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 5.9% of nationwide
- Texas 5.0% of nationwide
- California 2.6% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.4% of nationwide
- Ohio 1.4% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 5.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1958–1997 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.