Girls' name · since 1939

Anitta

Since 1939, U.S. Social Security records show 110 babies named Anitta, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.

#15531
among girls today
110
born since 1939
1950s
peak decade
12%
more common than other girls

110 babies have been named Anitta since 1939, making it today's #15531 girls' name.

Anitta has 110 recorded births among girls since 1939, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15531 as of the latest data, more common than 12% of girls, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1939 to 2025.

  • #15531 among girls today
  • 110 born since 1939
  • 1950s peak decade
  • 12% more common than other girls

Data updated Jul 2026

The verdict

Anitta is currently the #15531 girls' name in America, more common than 12% of girls - 110 born since 1939, peaking in the 1950s.

#15531
among girls today
110
born since 1939
1950s
peak decade
12%
more common than other girls

Anitta vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings

0%100%Median name50%12.3%
Anitta vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
#15531
of 17,726 girls in use

More common than 12% of names given to girls today.

1950s
Peak decade

29% of everyone ever named Anitta was born in this single decade.

2025
Single peak year

10 babies were named Anitta in 2025 - its busiest year on record.

How Anitta compares

110 26th percentile among 17,726 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Anitta's all-time total is 71% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Anitta Median girls name (Emerly) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 110 382 567,345
Peak-year births 10 48 19,840

Anitta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Anitta's full recorded timeline at 1963, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1953, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Anitta at a glance

Outside the top 1,000

Total births

110

Since 1939

87 years of records

Peak year

2025

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1950s

Current rank

#15,531

Among girls

As of 2025

Active since

1939

Recorded for 87 years

Last year on file: 2025

Anitta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1939–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2025)
10
Annual births at peak, across 87 years of records
4681012 1939195419581963196920232025 10

Anitta by decade

Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance

1950s was Anitta's strongest decade.

32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.

Anitta births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 1950s at 32 births (29% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of July 2026

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Anitta?
110 babies have been named Anitta since 1939. It currently ranks #15531 among girls. The peak year was 2025 with 10 births.
When was Anitta most popular?
Anitta was most popular in the 1950s decade with 32 total births. The single peak year was 2025.
How long has the name Anitta been used?
Records for Anitta go back to 1939, giving 87 years of history through 2025.
What names are similar to Anitta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Anita, Aniyah, Aniya, Anika, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Anitta's data

  • Anitta's usage has stayed within range of its 1950s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 2020s (20) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
  • Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Data Sources

Data as of July 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1939–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Anitta: #15531 Girls' Name - 110 Births, Peak 2025." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/anitta. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Anitta draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of July 2026.