Anetta — girls' name
569 babies named Anetta in U.S. Social Security records since 1902, with the highest year being 1962. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
18% of everyone ever named Anetta was born in this single decade.
18 babies were named Anetta in 1962 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anetta
The Social Security Administration has registered 569 babies named Anetta between 1902 and 2018, spanning 117 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anetta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2018. The name reached its historical peak in 1962, when 18 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anetta performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 104 births during that ten-year window. Across the 11 decades of recorded activity, Anetta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anetta 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 569 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.
Anetta at a glance
Last recorded 2018Peak year
Current rank
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Anetta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–1902
- Peak year (1962)
- 18
- Annual births at peak — across 117 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2018.
569 total births across 117 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1962 with 18 births in a single year.
Anetta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1960s
- 104 births that decade — 18% of Anetta's all-time total
Anetta decade highlights
- Peak decade 104 births
- Runner-up 93 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1960s was Anetta's strongest decade
104 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 18% of all-time use.
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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, 1902–2018 (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.