Girls' name · since 1952
Banita
Since 1952, U.S. Social Security records show 96 babies named Banita, peaking in 1969. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #27,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Banita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 96 recorded since 1952.
Banita has 96 recorded births among girls since 1952, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1952 to 1993.
- #27,530 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 96 born since 1952
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Banita ranks #27,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 96 born since 1952, peaking in the 1970s.
- #27,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 96
- born since 1952
- 1970s
- peak decade
Banita's 96 recorded births place it above 61.82% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Banita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Banita's SSA record in two at 1971 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1952, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1969 peak of 11, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Banita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1952–1993
- Peak year (1969)
- 11
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Banita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (34 births, 35% of the file).
1970s was Banita's strongest decade.
34 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 35% of all-time use.
Banita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 10
1950s
10 births
- 1960s
1960s
28 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s
1980s
19 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 34 births (35% of all-time use).
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- Banita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (34 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Banita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1969)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 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, 1952–1993 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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 Banita 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 August 2026.