Lanita — #12187 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Lanita

The Social Security Administration has registered 3,713 babies named Lanita between 1913 and 2024, spanning 112 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanita currently holds the #12187 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1958, when 113 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanita performed strongest in the 1960s, accumulating 806 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Lanita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 351 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Illinois. In total, SSA state-level files list Lanita in 19 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Lanita 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 3,713 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.