Quanita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Quanita

The Social Security Administration has registered 547 babies named Quanita between 1959 and 2007, spanning 49 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Quanita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2007. The name reached its historical peak in 1989, when 27 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Quanita performed strongest in the 1980s, accumulating 221 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Quanita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in North Carolina, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Quanita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Quanita 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 547 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.