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.

Lanita

#2,977 most common girls' name of all time · #5,112 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1913–2025

Rank among girls
#2,977
Rank overall
#5,112 of 105,966
First appeared
1913
Years on the list
107 of 146
All-time
3,721
Since 2016
80
Peak year
1958 #979
Best rank
#979 1958
Girls Boys peak 113/yr
192019401960198020002020

Lanita first appears in 1913. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 8 8 #11,024
2024 7 7 #12,254
2023 7 7 #12,279
2022 10 10 #9,752
2021 5 5 #15,408
2020 7 7 #12,262
2019 9 9 #10,544
2018 9 9 #10,619
2017 12 12 #8,829
2016 6 6 #14,465
2015 11 11 #9,536
2014 6 6 #14,689
2013 8 8 #12,043
2012 12 12 #9,161
2011 8 8 #12,250
2010 8 8 #12,364
2009 17 17 #7,376
2008 12 12 #9,523
2007 21 21 #6,346
2006 13 13 #8,761
2005 5 5 #16,616
2004 13 13 #8,303
2003 13 13 #8,050
2002 14 14 #7,489
2001 17 17 #6,356
2000 16 16 #6,524
1999 17 17 #5,929
1998 16 16 #6,106
1997 18 18 #5,438
1996 15 15 #6,111
1995 9 9 #8,851
1994 13 13 #6,736
1993 25 25 #4,125
1992 37 37 #3,103
1991 43 43 #2,746
1990 33 33 #3,310
1989 38 38 #2,890
1988 44 44 #2,459
1987 38 38 #2,622
1986 56 56 #1,961
1985 50 50 #2,111
1984 56 56 #1,891
1983 56 56 #1,867
1982 49 49 #2,088
1981 57 57 #1,894
1980 69 69 #1,661
1979 79 79 #1,499
1978 72 72 #1,540
1977 84 84 #1,347
1976 65 65 #1,559
1975 73 73 #1,434
1974 80 80 #1,329
1973 58 58 #1,595
1972 63 63 #1,508
1971 60 60 #1,589
1970 84 84 #1,289
1969 71 71 #1,361
1968 59 59 #1,481
1967 83 83 #1,167
1966 67 67 #1,329
1965 86 86 #1,152
1964 74 74 #1,304
1963 105 105 #1,049
1962 93 93 #1,130
1961 82 82 #1,220
1960 86 86 #1,178
1959 78 78 #1,210
1958 113 113 #979
1957 70 70 #1,259
1956 60 60 #1,343
1955 73 73 #1,172
1954 58 58 #1,311
1953 42 42 #1,521
1952 42 42 #1,495
1951 38 38 #1,541
1950 42 42 #1,425
1949 37 37 #1,529
1948 36 36 #1,565
1947 46 46 #1,371
1946 37 37 #1,455
1945 24 24 #1,725
1944 17 17 #2,165
1943 37 37 #1,356
1942 38 38 #1,314
1941 27 27 #1,526
1940 21 21 #1,779
1939 24 24 #1,577
1938 24 24 #1,583
1937 21 21 #1,721
1936 8 8 #3,287
1935 14 14 #2,281
1934 15 15 #2,165
1933 9 9 #3,019
1932 12 12 #2,604
1931 7 7 #3,689
1930 9 9 #3,243
1929 13 13 #2,563
1928 12 12 #2,739
1927 11 11 #3,004
1926 17 17 #2,239
1925 13 13 #2,750
1924 7 7 #4,218
1922 8 8 #3,889
1918 7 7 #4,113
1915 5 5 #4,585
1914 7 7 #3,139
1913 5 5 #3,619