Anita
#1,341 for girls in 2025, 165 births · Last seen for boys in 1990 at #7,178
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1963 · 5,473 births
- Debut · girls
- 16 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 30 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 215,165since 1880
Anita over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,341 | 165 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,466 | 149 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,439 | 155 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,373 | 168 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,410 | 154 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,533 | 138 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,229 | 191 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,319 | 172 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,257 | 188 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,353 | 175 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,520 | 148 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,399 | 164 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,470 | 151 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,491 | 151 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,301 | 181 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,348 | 174 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,241 | 199 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,090 | 238 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,196 | 211 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,151 | 212 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,067 | 223 | — | |
| 2004 | #908 | 266 | — | |
| 2003 | #954 | 245 | — | |
| 2002 | #863 | 266 | — | |
| 2001 | #795 | 297 | — | |
| 2000 | #736 | 314 | — | |
| 1999 | #706 | 321 | — | |
| 1998 | #657 | 351 | — | |
| 1997 | #571 | 407 | — | |
| 1996 | #581 | 394 | — | |
| 1995 | #573 | 400 | — | |
| 1994 | #552 | 438 | — | |
| 1993 | #502 | 491 | — | |
| 1992 | #454 | 547 | — | |
| 1991 | #439 | 580 | — | |
| 1990 | #404 | 642 | #7,178 | 6 |
| 1989 | #374 | 677 | #5,165 | 9 |
| 1988 | #344 | 718 | #7,270 | 5 |
| 1987 | #333 | 737 | #6,089 | 6 |
| 1986 | #323 | 745 | #6,721 | 5 |
| 1985 | #323 | 738 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #280 | 863 | — | |
| 1983 | #268 | 899 | #5,484 | 6 |
| 1982 | #248 | 1,010 | #6,385 | 5 |
| 1981 | #236 | 1,056 | #4,961 | 7 |
| 1980 | #223 | 1,151 | — | |
| 1979 | #230 | 1,139 | #3,569 | 11 |
| 1978 | #209 | 1,221 | #4,157 | 8 |
| 1977 | #178 | 1,512 | #3,836 | 9 |
| 1976 | #167 | 1,508 | — | |
| 1975 | #157 | 1,722 | #5,464 | 5 |
| 1974 | #144 | 1,936 | #3,318 | 10 |
| 1973 | #142 | 1,986 | #3,223 | 10 |
| 1972 | #136 | 2,230 | #3,344 | 9 |
| 1971 | #127 | 2,685 | #4,375 | 6 |
| 1970 | #127 | 2,895 | #2,621 | 13 |
| 1969 | #120 | 2,919 | #2,549 | 12 |
| 1968 | #109 | 3,047 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1967 | #98 | 3,518 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #88 | 3,872 | #2,784 | 9 |
| 1965 | #94 | 4,017 | #2,084 | 15 |
| 1964 | #85 | 4,909 | #2,310 | 13 |
| 1963 | #77 | 5,473 | #2,200 | 14 |
| 1962 | #81 | 5,521 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #91 | 5,503 | #1,778 | 21 |
| 1960 | #87 | 5,637 | #2,042 | 16 |
| 1959 | #87 | 5,474 | #1,974 | 17 |
| 1958 | #82 | 5,774 | #2,370 | 12 |
| 1957 | #81 | 5,811 | #1,791 | 20 |
| 1956 | #83 | 5,505 | #2,263 | 13 |
| 1955 | #94 | 4,718 | #2,558 | 10 |
| 1954 | #96 | 4,408 | #2,449 | 11 |
| 1953 | #89 | 4,407 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #91 | 4,134 | #2,875 | 8 |
| 1951 | #96 | 3,785 | #3,066 | 7 |
| 1950 | #99 | 3,572 | #3,329 | 6 |
| 1949 | #99 | 3,591 | #2,022 | 14 |
| 1948 | #102 | 3,615 | #2,326 | 11 |
| 1947 | #94 | 4,187 | #2,671 | 9 |
| 1946 | #84 | 4,027 | #1,813 | 16 |
| 1945 | #100 | 2,768 | #2,574 | 8 |
| 1944 | #95 | 2,825 | #3,109 | 6 |
| 1943 | #98 | 2,952 | #2,563 | 9 |
| 1942 | #93 | 2,998 | #2,386 | 10 |
| 1941 | #91 | 2,740 | #2,083 | 12 |
| 1940 | #87 | 2,828 | #1,519 | 20 |
| 1939 | #97 | 2,588 | #1,795 | 15 |
| 1938 | #99 | 2,636 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #93 | 2,714 | #2,905 | 7 |
| 1936 | #104 | 2,304 | #1,801 | 15 |
| 1935 | #119 | 1,932 | #2,396 | 10 |
| 1934 | #130 | 1,784 | #2,973 | 7 |
| 1933 | #116 | 1,905 | #2,093 | 12 |
| 1932 | #116 | 2,098 | #1,995 | 14 |
| 1931 | #117 | 2,080 | #2,207 | 12 |
| 1930 | #115 | 2,183 | #2,444 | 11 |
| 1929 | #125 | 1,977 | #2,199 | 13 |
| 1928 | #137 | 1,725 | #2,843 | 9 |
| 1927 | #148 | 1,629 | #2,703 | 10 |
| 1926 | #150 | 1,617 | — | |
| 1925 | #146 | 1,764 | — | |
| 1924 | #142 | 1,853 | — | |
| 1923 | #138 | 1,868 | #3,175 | 8 |
| 1922 | #141 | 1,761 | #3,532 | 7 |
| 1921 | #134 | 1,924 | #3,214 | 8 |
| 1920 | #131 | 1,934 | #3,489 | 7 |
| 1919 | #146 | 1,504 | — | |
| 1918 | #151 | 1,482 | — | |
| 1917 | #137 | 1,573 | #2,956 | 8 |
| 1916 | #151 | 1,339 | — | |
| 1915 | #164 | 1,116 | — | |
| 1914 | #186 | 720 | — | |
| 1913 | #193 | 562 | — | |
| 1912 | #182 | 540 | — | |
| 1911 | #187 | 381 | — | |
| 1910 | #195 | 338 | — | |
| 1909 | #199 | 291 | — | |
| 1908 | #202 | 277 | — | |
| 1907 | #209 | 242 | — | |
| 1906 | #211 | 215 | — | |
| 1905 | #214 | 209 | — | |
| 1904 | #220 | 190 | — | |
| 1903 | #208 | 202 | — | |
| 1902 | #238 | 163 | — | |
| 1901 | #210 | 184 | — | |
| 1900 | #242 | 176 | — | |
| 1899 | #230 | 142 | — | |
| 1898 | #207 | 198 | — | |
| 1897 | #230 | 144 | — | |
| 1896 | #234 | 139 | — | |
| 1895 | #248 | 126 | — | |
| 1894 | #266 | 107 | — | |
| 1893 | #241 | 119 | — | |
| 1892 | #299 | 82 | — | |
| 1891 | #310 | 66 | — | |
| 1890 | #301 | 68 | — | |
| 1889 | #285 | 69 | — | |
| 1888 | #311 | 59 | — | |
| 1887 | #332 | 41 | — | |
| 1886 | #338 | 40 | — | |
| 1885 | #341 | 34 | — | |
| 1884 | #326 | 36 | — | |
| 1883 | #343 | 27 | — | |
| 1882 | #407 | 20 | — | |
| 1881 | #338 | 23 | — | |
| 1880 | #421 | 16 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Anita was already there! It came in at #421, and was given to 16 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1882, when fewer than 24 girls a year got the name.
Where Anita is popular in 1927
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arizona#28 · 1 in 142
- New Mexico#45 · 1 in 190
- Maine#58 · 1 in 213
- New Hampshire#66 · 1 in 207
- Rhode Island#67 · 1 in 244
Best ever in a state: #14 in Arizona, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arizona | #28 | 27 | 1 in 142 |
| New Mexico | #45 | 22 | 1 in 190 |
| Maine | #58 | 30 | 1 in 213 |
| New Hampshire | #66 | 16 | 1 in 207 |
| Rhode Island | #67 | 22 | 1 in 244 |
| California | #75 | 108 | 1 in 341 |
| Vermont | #85 | 8 | 1 in 306 |
| New York | #88 | 284 | 1 in 355 |
| Texas | #88 | 159 | 1 in 381 |
| Massachusetts | #89 | 83 | 1 in 414 |
| Connecticut | #92 | 30 | 1 in 398 |
| Wisconsin | #106 | 45 | 1 in 543 |
| Kansas | #108 | 31 | 1 in 486 |
| New Jersey | #115 | 56 | 1 in 555 |
| Hawaii | #116 | 10 | 1 in 370 |
| Washington | #121 | 17 | 1 in 549 |
| Illinois | #122 | 94 | 1 in 629 |
| District of Columbia | #127 | 5 | 1 in 720 |
| Oregon | #128 | 9 | 1 in 621 |
| Maryland | #129 | 21 | 1 in 662 |
| Montana | #135 | 7 | 1 in 524 |
| Colorado | #136 | 14 | 1 in 603 |
| Iowa | #143 | 24 | 1 in 819 |
| Minnesota | #148 | 22 | 1 in 955 |
| Pennsylvania | #148 | 98 | 1 in 938 |
| Michigan | #154 | 44 | 1 in 952 |
| Missouri | #162 | 37 | 1 in 816 |
| Nebraska | #164 | 12 | 1 in 946 |
| Indiana | #171 | 24 | 1 in 1,092 |
| Florida | #172 | 20 | 1 in 793 |
| Ohio | #172 | 48 | 1 in 1,145 |
| Oklahoma | #174 | 31 | 1 in 802 |
| Louisiana | #192 | 26 | 1 in 912 |
| North Dakota | #204 | 5 | 1 in 1,251 |
| Tennessee | #227 | 19 | 1 in 1,471 |
| Kentucky | #252 | 18 | 1 in 1,631 |
| West Virginia | #257 | 12 | 1 in 1,697 |
| Alabama | #270 | 17 | 1 in 1,942 |
| Arkansas | #290 | 11 | 1 in 1,842 |
| Georgia | #294 | 14 | 1 in 2,334 |
| Mississippi | #297 | 12 | 1 in 1,971 |
| Virginia | #361 | 7 | 1 in 3,710 |
| North Carolina | #409 | 8 | 1 in 4,895 |
| Alaska | — | — | — |
| Delaware | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Nevada | — | — | — |
| South Carolina | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Anita
- 125 spots since 2024 (#1,466 → #1,341)
- 192 spots since 2020 (#1,533 → #1,341)
- 179 spots since 2015 (#1,520 → #1,341)
- Biggest jump: 83 spots in 1881 (#421 → #338)
- Biggest drop: 159 spots in 2005 (#908 → #1,067)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1963 at #77 (5,473 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 8 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 30 yrs · run 1949–1967
- Top 1,000: 125 yrs · run 1880–2004
- Highest: 1 in 348 girls born in 1958 were named Anita (0.29%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,741 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- Its best rank, #77 in 1963, was only 1 in 352 (0.28%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 22.1% of all girls named Anita (47,588) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 365 | #285 (1889) | #344 |
| 1890s | 1,191 | #207 (1898) | #257 |
| 1900s | 2,149 | #199 (1909) | #215 |
| 1910s | 9,555 | #137 (1917) | #169 |
| 1920s | 18,052 | #125 (1929) | #139 |
| 1930s | 22,224 | #93 (1937) | #111 |
| 1940s | 32,531 | #84 (1946) | #94 |
| 1950s | 47,588 | #81 (1957) | #90 |
| 1960s | 44,416 | #77 (1963) | #93 |
| 1970s | 18,834 | #127 (1970) | #162 |
| 1980s | 8,594 | #223 (1980) | #295 |
| 1990s | 4,571 | #404 (1990) | #544 |
| 2000s | 2,471 | #736 (2000) | #1,000 |
| 2010s | 1,695 | #1,229 (2019) | #1,369 |
| 2020s | 929 | #1,341 (2025) | #1,427 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Anita in 1927
Top girls' names in 1927
Top boys' names in 1927
More about 1927
girls
1,192,431 girls got a published name in 1927; 1 in 732 of them was named Anita, which outranked 97.4% of the 5,602 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,126,915 boys got a published name in 1927; 1 in 112,692 of them was named Anita, which outranked 43.7% of the 4,802 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #2,523Weslie11
- #2,523Wilmar11
- #2,523Yoshiaki11
- #2,703Anita10
- #2,703Achilles10
- #2,703Aden10
- #2,703Agustus10
- #2,912Alban9
- #2,912Albertus9
- #2,912Albion9
Tied with 208 names at #2,703; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.