Girls' name · since 1971
Lanitra
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.
- #20,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 196
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lanitra is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 196 have been recorded since 1971.
Lanitra has 196 recorded births among girls since 1971, 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 1971 to 1998.
- #20,025 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 196 born since 1971
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lanitra ranks #20,025 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 196 born since 1971, peaking in the 1970s.
- #20,025 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 196
- born since 1971
- 1970s
- peak decade
Lanitra's 196 recorded births place it above 72.29% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
Lanitra's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Lanitra's SSA record in two at 1982 and the more recent half accounts for 37% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 63%, consistent with a name more common in the past than in recent years. Its calmest year was 1971, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1976 peak of 20, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Lanitra popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1971–1998
- Peak year (1976)
- 20
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
Lanitra by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (101 births, 52% of the file).
1970s was Lanitra's strongest decade.
101 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Lanitra births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
101 births
- 1980s
1980s
69 births
- 1990s 26
1990s
26 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 101 births (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.
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What to do with Lanitra's data
- Lanitra's decade-level peak was the 1970s (101 total births); usage has since declined to 26 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Texas records the most Lanitras (10 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Lanitra: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1976)
Similar record span (~27 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, 1971–1998 (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 Lanitra 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.