Lanitra — girls' name
196 babies named Lanitra in U.S. Social Security records since 1971, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
52% of everyone ever named Lanitra was born in this single decade.
20 babies were named Lanitra in 1976 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lanitra
The Social Security Administration has registered 196 babies named Lanitra between 1971 and 1998, spanning 28 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Lanitra currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1998. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 20 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lanitra performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 101 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Lanitra shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Lanitra in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lanitra 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 196 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.
Lanitra at a glance
Last recorded 1998Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Lanitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–1971
- Peak year (1976)
- 20
- Annual births at peak — across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 1998.
196 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1976 with 20 births in a single year.
Lanitra by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 101 births that decade — 52% of Lanitra's all-time total
Lanitra decade highlights
- Peak decade 101 births
- Runner-up 69 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Lanitra's strongest decade
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 52% of all-time use.
Lanitra by state
Where Lanitra concentrates geographically — total births since 1971
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 10 | 5.1% |
10 of 196 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 5.1% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 5.1% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1971–1998 (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.