Girls' name · since 1926
Inita
Inita has 199 recorded births since 1926 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1956 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1926
- 1950s
- peak decade
Inita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 199 recorded since 1926.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inita has been recorded 199 times among girls since 1926, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1950s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1926 to 1983.
- #19,857 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 199 born since 1926
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Inita ranks #19,857 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 199 born since 1926, peaking in the 1950s.
- #19,857 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 199
- born since 1926
- 1950s
- peak decade
Inita's 199 recorded births place it above 72.5% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Inita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Inita's full recorded timeline at 1959, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1928, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1956 peak of 14 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Inita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1926–1983
- Peak year (1956)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 58 years of records
Inita by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (58 births, 29% of the file).
1950s was Inita's strongest decade.
58 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 29% of all-time use.
Inita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s 15
1920s
15 births
- 1930s 10
1930s
10 births
- 1940s
1940s
32 births
- 1950s
1950s
58 births
- 1960s
1960s
45 births
- 1970s
1970s
34 births
- 1980s 5
1980s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 58 births (29% of all-time use).
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- Inita's decade-level peak was the 1950s (58 total births); usage has since declined to 5 in the 1980s -- 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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Similar record span (~57 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, 1926–1983 (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 Inita 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.