Wanita
Last seen for girls in 2024 at #13,477
- Peak · girls
- 1924 · 71 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,534since 1899
Wanita over time
Rank among girls' names. Wanita has never cracked the top 800 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #15,539 | 5 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | #12,713 | 7 |
| 2016 | — | |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #14,962 | 6 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | #17,504 | 5 |
| 2007 | #13,924 | 7 |
| 2006 | — | |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #13,844 | 6 |
| 2002 | #13,595 | 6 |
| 2001 | #15,352 | 5 |
| 2000 | #10,745 | 8 |
| 1999 | #11,385 | 7 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 |
| 1996 | #8,812 | 9 |
| 1995 | #13,386 | 5 |
| 1994 | #13,430 | 5 |
| 1993 | #10,588 | 7 |
| 1992 | #10,479 | 7 |
| 1991 | #11,509 | 6 |
| 1990 | — | |
| 1989 | #12,362 | 5 |
| 1988 | #8,391 | 8 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #6,156 | 11 |
| 1985 | #9,307 | 6 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #4,884 | 14 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 |
| 1980 | #4,743 | 15 |
| 1979 | #5,751 | 11 |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 |
| 1977 | #5,532 | 11 |
| 1976 | #3,540 | 19 |
| 1975 | #3,155 | 22 |
| 1974 | #3,426 | 19 |
| 1973 | #3,122 | 21 |
| 1972 | #2,820 | 24 |
| 1971 | #3,062 | 22 |
| 1970 | #2,395 | 31 |
| 1969 | #2,844 | 22 |
| 1968 | #2,969 | 19 |
| 1967 | #2,632 | 22 |
| 1966 | #2,407 | 25 |
| 1965 | #2,744 | 20 |
| 1964 | #2,412 | 26 |
| 1963 | #2,619 | 22 |
| 1962 | #2,113 | 31 |
| 1961 | #1,788 | 41 |
| 1960 | #2,061 | 31 |
| 1959 | #2,339 | 24 |
| 1958 | #1,762 | 38 |
| 1957 | #1,904 | 33 |
| 1956 | #2,058 | 28 |
| 1955 | #1,556 | 43 |
| 1954 | #2,186 | 24 |
| 1953 | #1,872 | 29 |
| 1952 | #1,978 | 26 |
| 1951 | #1,665 | 33 |
| 1950 | #1,653 | 32 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,439 | 41 |
| 1947 | #1,946 | 25 |
| 1946 | #1,394 | 39 |
| 1945 | #1,621 | 26 |
| 1944 | #1,364 | 35 |
| 1943 | #1,212 | 44 |
| 1942 | #1,471 | 31 |
| 1941 | #1,087 | 46 |
| 1940 | #1,294 | 33 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,343 | 30 |
| 1937 | #1,085 | 43 |
| 1936 | #1,022 | 46 |
| 1935 | #1,084 | 41 |
| 1934 | #1,236 | 33 |
| 1933 | #1,085 | 41 |
| 1932 | #1,192 | 36 |
| 1931 | #953 | 53 |
| 1930 | #1,014 | 53 |
| 1929 | #1,003 | 52 |
| 1928 | #1,097 | 47 |
| 1927 | #1,139 | 45 |
| 1926 | #1,054 | 50 |
| 1925 | #1,064 | 51 |
| 1924 | #893 | 71 |
| 1923 | #1,005 | 56 |
| 1922 | #1,160 | 44 |
| 1921 | #1,148 | 44 |
| 1920 | #1,103 | 46 |
| 1919 | #1,297 | 35 |
| 1918 | #1,102 | 44 |
| 1917 | #1,126 | 40 |
| 1916 | #1,485 | 25 |
| 1915 | #1,190 | 33 |
| 1914 | #2,638 | 8 |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 |
| 1912 | #2,144 | 8 |
| 1911 | #1,372 | 12 |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 |
| 1909 | — | |
| 1908 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,639 | 7 |
| 1906 | — | |
| 1905 | — | |
| 1904 | — | |
| 1903 | #1,440 | 7 |
| 1902 | — | |
| 1901 | — | |
| 1900 | — | |
| 1899 | #1,596 | 5 |
| 1898 | — | |
| 1897 | — | |
| 1896 | — | |
| 1895 | — | |
| 1894 | — | |
| 1893 | — | |
| 1892 | — | |
| 1891 | — | |
| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | — | |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Wanita! It came in at #1,596, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1899–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Wanita is popular in 1972
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Pennsylvania#944 · 1 in 14,422
Best ever in a state: #254 in Indiana, 1923.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pennsylvania | #944 | 5 | 1 in 14,422 |
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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 Wanita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2024
- Biggest jump: 112 spots in 1924 (#1,005 → #893)
- Biggest drop: 239 spots in 1932 (#953 → #1,192)
- Debuted 1899
- Peaked 1924 at #893 (71 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 10 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 2 yrs · 1924–1931
- Highest: 1 in 17,590 girls born in 1924 were named Wanita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 270,032 girls born in 2024 (0.00%)
- 20.0% of all girls named Wanita (506) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | #1,596 (1899) | #1,596 |
| 1900s | 14 | #1,440 (1903) | #1,540 |
| 1910s | 221 | #1,102 (1918) | #1,646 |
| 1920s | 506 | #893 (1924) | #1,067 |
| 1930s | 413 | #953 (1931) | #1,121 |
| 1940s | 357 | #1,087 (1941) | #1,434 |
| 1950s | 310 | #1,556 (1955) | #1,897 |
| 1960s | 259 | #1,788 (1961) | #2,459 |
| 1970s | 196 | #2,395 (1970) | #3,705 |
| 1980s | 103 | #4,743 (1980) | #7,052 |
| 1990s | 55 | #8,812 (1996) | #11,076 |
| 2000s | 37 | #10,745 (2000) | #14,161 |
| 2010s | 34 | #11,969 (2013) | #13,492 |
| 2020s | 24 | #12,197 (2023) | #13,629 |
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.
Wanita in 1972
Top girls' names in 1972
More about 1972
girls
1,521,244 girls got a published name in 1972; 1 in 63,385 of them was named Wanita, which outranked 70.8% of the 9,666 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #2,747Shirl25
- #2,747Steffani25
- #2,747Tamora25
- #2,820Wanita24
- #2,820Adriene24
- #2,820Aleisha24
- #2,820Alejandrina24
- #2,903Albertina23
- #2,903Alonda23
- #2,903Alysa23
Tied with 82 names at #2,820; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.