Anita
#190 most common girls' name of all time · #368 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#190
Rank overall
#368 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
215,849
Since 2016
1,655
Peak year
1957 #81
Best rank
#77 1963
Girls
Boys
peak 5,831/yr
Anita is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | — | 165 | #1,341 |
| 2024 | 149 | — | 149 | #1,467 |
| 2023 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,439 |
| 2022 | 168 | — | 168 | #1,373 |
| 2021 | 154 | — | 154 | #1,410 |
| 2020 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,533 |
| 2019 | 191 | — | 191 | #1,229 |
| 2018 | 172 | — | 172 | #1,320 |
| 2017 | 188 | — | 188 | #1,258 |
| 2016 | 175 | — | 175 | #1,354 |
| 2015 | 148 | — | 148 | #1,520 |
| 2014 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,399 |
| 2013 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,470 |
| 2012 | 151 | — | 151 | #1,491 |
| 2011 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,302 |
| 2010 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,348 |
| 2009 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,241 |
| 2008 | 238 | — | 238 | #1,090 |
| 2007 | 211 | — | 211 | #1,196 |
| 2006 | 212 | — | 212 | #1,151 |
| 2005 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,067 |
| 2004 | 266 | — | 266 | #908 |
| 2003 | 245 | — | 245 | #954 |
| 2002 | 266 | — | 266 | #863 |
| 2001 | 297 | — | 297 | #795 |
| 2000 | 314 | — | 314 | #737 |
| 1999 | 321 | — | 321 | #706 |
| 1998 | 351 | — | 351 | #657 |
| 1997 | 407 | — | 407 | #572 |
| 1996 | 394 | — | 394 | #582 |
| 1995 | 400 | — | 400 | #574 |
| 1994 | 438 | — | 438 | #552 |
| 1993 | 491 | — | 491 | #502 |
| 1992 | 547 | — | 547 | #454 |
| 1991 | 580 | — | 580 | #439 |
| 1990 | 642 | 6 | 648 | #405 |
| 1989 | 677 | 9 | 686 | #374 |
| 1988 | 718 | 5 | 723 | #344 |
| 1987 | 737 | 6 | 743 | #333 |
| 1986 | 745 | 5 | 750 | #323 |
| 1985 | 738 | 8 | 746 | #323 |
| 1984 | 863 | — | 863 | #280 |
| 1983 | 899 | 6 | 905 | #268 |
| 1982 | 1,010 | 5 | 1,015 | #248 |
| 1981 | 1,056 | 7 | 1,063 | #236 |
| 1980 | 1,151 | — | 1,151 | #223 |
| 1979 | 1,139 | 11 | 1,150 | #230 |
| 1978 | 1,221 | 8 | 1,229 | #210 |
| 1977 | 1,512 | 9 | 1,521 | #178 |
| 1976 | 1,508 | — | 1,508 | #167 |
| 1975 | 1,722 | 5 | 1,727 | #157 |
| 1974 | 1,936 | 10 | 1,946 | #144 |
| 1973 | 1,986 | 10 | 1,996 | #142 |
| 1972 | 2,230 | 9 | 2,239 | #136 |
| 1971 | 2,685 | 6 | 2,691 | #127 |
| 1970 | 2,895 | 13 | 2,908 | #127 |
| 1969 | 2,919 | 12 | 2,931 | #120 |
| 1968 | 3,047 | 14 | 3,061 | #109 |
| 1967 | 3,518 | 9 | 3,527 | #98 |
| 1966 | 3,872 | 9 | 3,881 | #88 |
| 1965 | 4,017 | 15 | 4,032 | #94 |
| 1964 | 4,909 | 13 | 4,922 | #85 |
| 1963 | 5,473 | 14 | 5,487 | #77 |
| 1962 | 5,521 | 17 | 5,538 | #81 |
| 1961 | 5,503 | 21 | 5,524 | #91 |
| 1960 | 5,637 | 16 | 5,653 | #87 |
| 1959 | 5,474 | 17 | 5,491 | #87 |
| 1958 | 5,774 | 12 | 5,786 | #82 |
| 1957 | 5,811 | 20 | 5,831 | #81 |
| 1956 | 5,505 | 13 | 5,518 | #83 |
| 1955 | 4,718 | 10 | 4,728 | #94 |
| 1954 | 4,408 | 11 | 4,419 | #96 |
| 1953 | 4,407 | 6 | 4,413 | #89 |
| 1952 | 4,134 | 8 | 4,142 | #91 |
| 1951 | 3,785 | 7 | 3,792 | #96 |
| 1950 | 3,572 | 6 | 3,578 | #99 |
| 1949 | 3,591 | 14 | 3,605 | #99 |
| 1948 | 3,615 | 11 | 3,626 | #102 |
| 1947 | 4,187 | 9 | 4,196 | #95 |
| 1946 | 4,027 | 16 | 4,043 | #84 |
| 1945 | 2,768 | 8 | 2,776 | #100 |
| 1944 | 2,825 | 6 | 2,831 | #95 |
| 1943 | 2,952 | 9 | 2,961 | #98 |
| 1942 | 2,998 | 10 | 3,008 | #93 |
| 1941 | 2,740 | 12 | 2,752 | #91 |
| 1940 | 2,828 | 20 | 2,848 | #87 |
| 1939 | 2,588 | 15 | 2,603 | #97 |
| 1938 | 2,636 | 8 | 2,644 | #99 |
| 1937 | 2,714 | 7 | 2,721 | #93 |
| 1936 | 2,304 | 15 | 2,319 | #104 |
| 1935 | 1,932 | 10 | 1,942 | #119 |
| 1934 | 1,784 | 7 | 1,791 | #130 |
| 1933 | 1,905 | 12 | 1,917 | #116 |
| 1932 | 2,098 | 14 | 2,112 | #116 |
| 1931 | 2,080 | 12 | 2,092 | #117 |
| 1930 | 2,183 | 11 | 2,194 | #115 |
| 1929 | 1,977 | 13 | 1,990 | #125 |
| 1928 | 1,725 | 9 | 1,734 | #137 |
| 1927 | 1,629 | 10 | 1,639 | #148 |
| 1926 | 1,617 | — | 1,617 | #150 |
| 1925 | 1,764 | — | 1,764 | #146 |
| 1924 | 1,853 | — | 1,853 | #142 |
| 1923 | 1,868 | 8 | 1,876 | #138 |
| 1922 | 1,761 | 7 | 1,768 | #141 |
| 1921 | 1,924 | 8 | 1,932 | #134 |
| 1920 | 1,934 | 7 | 1,941 | #131 |
| 1919 | 1,504 | — | 1,504 | #146 |
| 1918 | 1,482 | — | 1,482 | #151 |
| 1917 | 1,573 | 8 | 1,581 | #137 |
| 1916 | 1,339 | — | 1,339 | #151 |
| 1915 | 1,116 | — | 1,116 | #164 |
| 1914 | 720 | — | 720 | #186 |
| 1913 | 562 | — | 562 | #193 |
| 1912 | 540 | — | 540 | #182 |
| 1911 | 381 | — | 381 | #187 |
| 1910 | 338 | — | 338 | #195 |
| 1909 | 291 | — | 291 | #199 |
| 1908 | 277 | — | 277 | #202 |
| 1907 | 242 | — | 242 | #210 |
| 1906 | 215 | — | 215 | #211 |
| 1905 | 209 | — | 209 | #214 |
| 1904 | 190 | — | 190 | #220 |
| 1903 | 202 | — | 202 | #209 |
| 1902 | 163 | — | 163 | #238 |
| 1901 | 184 | — | 184 | #211 |
| 1900 | 176 | — | 176 | #244 |
| 1899 | 142 | — | 142 | #230 |
| 1898 | 198 | — | 198 | #207 |
| 1897 | 144 | — | 144 | #232 |
| 1896 | 139 | — | 139 | #234 |
| 1895 | 126 | — | 126 | #251 |
| 1894 | 107 | — | 107 | #266 |
| 1893 | 119 | — | 119 | #243 |
| 1892 | 82 | — | 82 | #302 |
| 1891 | 66 | — | 66 | #312 |
| 1890 | 68 | — | 68 | #307 |
| 1889 | 69 | — | 69 | #288 |
| 1888 | 59 | — | 59 | #312 |
| 1887 | 41 | — | 41 | #335 |
| 1886 | 40 | — | 40 | #340 |
| 1885 | 34 | — | 34 | #343 |
| 1884 | 36 | — | 36 | #330 |
| 1883 | 27 | — | 27 | #351 |
| 1882 | 20 | — | 20 | #411 |
| 1881 | 23 | — | 23 | #344 |
| 1880 | 16 | — | 16 | #423 |