Anita — #1463 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Anita

The Social Security Administration has registered 214,999 babies named Anita between 1880 and 2024, spanning 145 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anita currently holds the #1463 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1957, when 5,811 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Anita performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 47,591 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Anita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 18,217 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by New York and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anita in 51 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Anita 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 214,999 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.