Anitra — girls' name
4,379 babies named Anitra in U.S. Social Security records since 1923, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
57% of everyone ever named Anitra was born in this single decade.
596 babies were named Anitra in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Anitra
The Social Security Administration has registered 4,379 babies named Anitra between 1923 and 2013, spanning 91 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Anitra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2013. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 596 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Anitra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 2,489 births during that ten-year window. Across the 10 decades of recorded activity, Anitra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 266 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Louisiana and Texas. In total, SSA state-level files list Anitra in 29 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Anitra 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 4,379 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.
Anitra at a glance
Last recorded 2013Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Anitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2013–1923
- Peak year (1976)
- 596
- Annual births at peak — across 91 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2013.
4,379 total births across 91 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 596 births in a single year.
Anitra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 2,489 births that decade — 57% of Anitra's all-time total
Anitra decade highlights
- Peak decade 2,489 births
- Runner-up 735 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Anitra's strongest decade
2,489 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 57% of all-time use.
Anitra by state
Where Anitra concentrates geographically — total births since 1923
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 266 | 6.1% |
| #2 | Louisiana | | 266 | 6.1% |
| #3 | Texas | | 245 | 5.6% |
| #4 | Ohio | | 170 | 3.9% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 162 | 3.7% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 153 | 3.5% |
| #7 | Florida | | 148 | 3.4% |
| #8 | Michigan | | 137 | 3.1% |
266 of 4,379 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 29 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 6.1% of nationwide
- Louisiana 6.1% of nationwide
- Texas 5.6% of nationwide
- Ohio 3.9% of nationwide
- Illinois 3.7% of nationwide
Recorded in 29 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 6.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Anitra appears in 29 states. Explore state details →
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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, 1923–2013 (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.