Anita Girl
How popular is Anita?
#1,341 girl name in 2025
165 baby girls were named Anita in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
Anita popularity over time
Boys Girls
| Rank in 2025 | #1,341 for girls (▲ 125 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 165 girls |
| 10-year trend | Steady (+11% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,520 in 2015, #1,533 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 1957 (5,811 girls) |
| Highest rank | #77 in 1963 |
| First recorded | 1880 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.1% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Anita counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Anita family of names ranked #1,113 for girls in 2025 (#1,201 the year before), with 175 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Anita | 165 | 94% |
| Anitta | 10 | 6% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Anita is most popular
Babies named Anita per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Washington: 0.2 per 1,000 (22 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (112 girls)
- Iowa: 0.1 per 1,000 (7 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (44 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (84 girls)
Anita by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 365 | #285 |
| 1890s | 1,191 | #207 |
| 1900s | 2,149 | #199 |
| 1910s | 9,555 | #137 |
| 1920s | 18,052 | #125 |
| 1930s | 22,224 | #93 |
| 1940s | 32,531 | #84 |
| 1950s | 47,588 | #81 |
| 1960s | 44,416 | #77 |
| 1970s | 18,834 | #127 |
| 1980s | 8,594 | #223 |
| 1990s | 4,571 | #404 |
| 2000s | 2,471 | #736 |
| 2010s | 1,695 | #1,229 |
| 2020s | 929 | #1,341 |
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Questions
- Is Anita a boy or girl name?
- Anita is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Anita were girls.
- How popular is the name Anita?
- 165 baby girls were named Anita in the US in 2025, making it the 1341st most popular girl name.
- When was Anita most popular?
- Anita peaked in 1957, when 5,811 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #77 in 1963.
- How many people are named Anita?
- 215,849 babies have been named Anita in the US since 1880. We estimate about 141,622 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 65.
- Where is Anita most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Anita was most common in Washington, at 0.2 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.