Zanita — girls' name
102 babies named Zanita in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1974. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
34% of everyone ever named Zanita was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Zanita in 1974 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Zanita
The Social Security Administration has registered 102 babies named Zanita between 1960 and 2005, spanning 46 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zanita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2005. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Zanita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Zanita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Zanita 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 102 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.
Zanita at a glance
Last recorded 2005Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Zanita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2005–1960
- Peak year (1974)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 46 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2005.
102 total births across 46 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1974 with 10 births in a single year.
Zanita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1970s
- 35 births that decade — 34% of Zanita's all-time total
Zanita decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 34 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1970s was Zanita's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 34% of all-time use.
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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, 1960–2005 (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.