Wanita
Wanita was last recorded in 2024, when 6 babies were given it; 2,534 Americans have been recorded with it between 1899 and 2024 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 1,200 Americans named Wanita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (47% of everyone recorded); the median is 65 years old and half are between 50 and 76.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Wanita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Wanita?
Unranked in 2025
Its last girls’ rank on record is #15,141, in 2024; SSA lists a name only in years with 5 or more births.
71 babies in 1924, the peak
Wanita peaked in 1924, when 71 girls were given it, #902 among girls’ names. It was not recorded in 2025.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #15,141 | 3.7 |
| 2023 | 7 | #13,376 | 4.4 |
| 2022 | 6 | #15,184 | 3.7 |
| 2021 | 5 | #17,522 | 3.0 |
| 2019 | 5 | #17,835 | 3.0 |
| 2017 | 7 | #14,026 | 4.1 |
| 2013 | 8 | #13,079 | 4.6 |
| 2012 | 6 | #16,732 | 3.4 |
| 2010 | 8 | #13,380 | 4.5 |
| 2008 | 5 | #20,326 | 2.6 |
Every recorded year (106)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2007 | 7 | #15,388 | 3.6 |
| 2003 | 6 | #15,688 | 3.3 |
| 2002 | 6 | #15,329 | 3.3 |
| 2001 | 5 | #17,867 | 2.8 |
| 2000 | 8 | #11,746 | 4.4 |
| 1999 | 7 | #12,630 | 3.9 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,776 | 5.2 |
| 1996 | 9 | #9,555 | 5.1 |
| 1995 | 5 | #15,688 | 2.8 |
| 1994 | 5 | #15,682 | 2.8 |
| 1993 | 7 | #11,745 | 3.9 |
| 1992 | 7 | #11,698 | 3.8 |
| 1991 | 6 | #13,090 | 3.2 |
| 1989 | 5 | #14,489 | 2.7 |
| 1988 | 8 | #9,218 | 4.5 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,757 | 4.6 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,597 | 6.4 |
| 1985 | 6 | #10,646 | 3.5 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,281 | 6.5 |
| 1983 | 14 | #5,137 | 8.4 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,897 | 7.1 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,564 | 7.8 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,972 | 9.0 |
| 1979 | 11 | #6,179 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,456 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,878 | 7.2 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,673 | 13.0 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,254 | 15.1 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,553 | 12.9 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,229 | 14.4 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,900 | 15.8 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,161 | 13.2 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,447 | 17.7 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,911 | 13.0 |
| 1968 | 19 | #3,055 | 11.6 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,705 | 13.3 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,451 | 14.8 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,830 | 11.3 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,471 | 13.7 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,700 | 11.4 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,160 | 15.8 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,805 | 20.3 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,093 | 15.3 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,392 | 11.9 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,789 | 18.9 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,925 | 16.1 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,101 | 13.9 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,575 | 22.0 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,233 | 12.4 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,928 | 15.4 |
| 1952 | 26 | #2,020 | 14.0 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,699 | 18.3 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,677 | 18.7 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,541 | 21.6 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,459 | 24.1 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,988 | 14.1 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,417 | 24.8 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,658 | 19.9 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,379 | 26.4 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,226 | 31.5 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,496 | 23.0 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,100 | 38.1 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,312 | 28.9 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,220 | 33.7 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,380 | 27.2 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,098 | 40.4 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,038 | 44.2 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,099 | 39.1 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,261 | 31.6 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,100 | 40.7 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,212 | 33.7 |
| 1931 | 53 | #958 | 49.8 |
| 1930 | 53 | #1,018 | 47.1 |
| 1929 | 52 | #1,014 | 46.6 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,114 | 40.8 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,159 | 37.7 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,068 | 42.2 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,073 | 41.9 |
| 1924 | 71 | #902 | 56.9 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,014 | 46.4 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,167 | 36.6 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,167 | 35.7 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,118 | 38.4 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,323 | 31.0 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,125 | 38.0 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,148 | 37.0 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,530 | 23.9 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,228 | 33.5 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,865 | 10.5 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,532 | 12.8 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,350 | 14.3 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,447 | 28.7 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,927 | 20.2 |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,810 | 22.0 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,584 | 26.7 |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,837 | 21.5 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Wanita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Wanita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 106 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Wanita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Wanita, and how old are they?
1,200 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 47% of the 2,534 Americans ever recorded as Wanita. The median Wanita alive today is 65 years old; half are between 50 and 76.
The 2020 Census counted 1,523 people named Wanita (1,519 women and girls, 4 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 1,385 born in the U.S. The Census count is 10% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 200 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 464 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 295 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 123 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 66 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 44 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Wanita born?
The states with the most babies named Wanita are Indiana, Illinois and Missouri, with 53% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Indiana and Missouri are not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Indiana | 108 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Illinois | 50 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Missouri | 48 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Michigan | 44 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Ohio | 42 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Pennsylvania | 33 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Oklahoma | 26 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Iowa | 12 | not ranked | 0.3× |
| Kansas | 12 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Kentucky | 11 | not ranked | 0.2× |
Where Wanita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Wanita is most over-represented in Indiana: since 1910 it was given 1.6 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Wanita with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 6 names spelled alike, given to 7,648 babies since 1880, Wanita is the most given (33% of them).
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Wanita
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Wanita and names like it
- Compare Wanita and WanetaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sWanita peaked in 1924.
- Indiana’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Wanita since 1910.
- The top names of 1924The year the most babies were named Wanita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Wanita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with WMost given first.