Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

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
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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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
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