Anita Name Popularity

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How popular is Anita?

In 2018 the uncommon name Anita, ranked the 1,323rd Most Popular Girls Name in the United States.

This once, top 1000 name, Anita is currently less popular.

It reached its highest popularity RANKING of #77 in 1963.

But, the greatest number of babies were given the name in 1957 with 5,815 occurrences.

In any year, the least number of babies named Anita was 16 in 1880.

Anita, decisively moved upwards in popularity around the years 1880-1884, 1885-1889, 1890-1893, 1894-1898, 1904-1920, 1926-1930, 1933-1937, and 1943-1946, whereas unequivocal downward movement occurred about 1964-1968, 1969-1979, 1980-1983, and 1990-1994.

Anita's popularity has steadily decreased for some time. Of late however, the number of parents selecting the name Anita for their newborn has risen.

What does the future hold for the popularity of Anita?

Anita's popularity is at an extremely low point when measured against its most notable year.

The name Anita is still rare but has recently started to rise upward in popularity.

Relative to what it once was, Anita has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Anita (Girl)		Anita (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		170	1,323	< 5	--
2017		186	1,263	< 5	--
2016		174	1,357	< 5	--
2015		148	1,517	< 5	--
2014		164	1,398	< 5	--
2013		149	1,482	< 5	--
2012		151	1,486	< 5	--
2011		181	1,299	< 5	--
2010		174	1,349	< 5	--
2009		199	1,242	< 5	--
2008		237	1,096	< 5	--
2007		210	1,198	< 5	--
2006		212	1,150	< 5	--
2005		223	1,067	< 5	--
2004		266	908	< 5	--
2003		245	954	< 5	--
2002		266	863	< 5	--
2001		297	795	< 5	--
2000		314	736	< 5	--
1999		321	706	< 5	--
1998		350	658	< 5	--
1997		407	571	< 5	--
1996		394	581	< 5	--
1995		400	573	< 5	--
1994		438	552	< 5	--
1993		491	502	< 5	--
1992		547	454	< 5	--
1991		580	439	< 5	--
1990		644	404	6	7,217
1989		678	374	9	5,182
1988		715	345	5	7,331
1987		737	333	6	6,125
1986		745	323	5	6,767
1985		737	322	8	4,722
1984		863	280	< 5	--
1983		899	268	6	5,515
1982		1,011	247	5	6,415
1981		1,055	236	7	4,976
1980		1,151	223	< 5	--
1979		1,139	230	11	3,572
1978		1,221	210	8	4,167
1977		1,513	178	9	3,843
1976		1,508	168	< 5	--
1975		1,720	157	5	5,501
1974		1,936	144	10	3,332
1973		1,986	142	10	3,232
1972		2,232	136	9	3,353
1971		2,682	127	6	4,397
1970		2,895	127	13	2,623
1969		2,918	120	12	2,554
1968		3,045	109	14	2,202
1967		3,516	98	9	2,776
1966		3,871	88	9	2,791
1965		4,019	94	15	2,089
1964		4,906	85	13	2,313
1963		5,472	77	14	2,204
1962		5,515	81	17	1,962
1961		5,502	91	21	1,778
1960		5,636	87	16	2,044
1959		5,477	87	17	1,975
1958		5,772	82	12	2,375
1957		5,815	81	20	1,789
1956		5,501	83	13	2,261
1955		4,719	94	10	2,578
1954		4,406	96	11	2,454
1953		4,408	89	6	3,439
1952		4,134	91	8	2,881
1951		3,786	96	7	3,077
1950		3,569	99	6	3,340
1949		3,590	99	14	2,025
1948		3,615	102	11	2,331
1947		4,187	94	9	2,676
1946		4,027	84	16	1,814
1945		2,766	100	8	2,576
1944		2,826	95	6	3,121
1943		2,951	98	9	2,564
1942		2,998	93	10	2,386
1941		2,741	91	12	2,085
1940		2,827	87	20	1,522
1939		2,588	97	15	1,797
1938		2,636	99	8	2,661
1937		2,713	93	7	2,916
1936		2,304	104	15	1,802
1935		1,932	119	10	2,400
1934		1,784	130	7	2,985
1933		1,904	116	12	2,098
1932		2,098	116	14	1,999
1931		2,080	117	12	2,213
1930		2,184	115	11	2,453
1929		1,977	125	13	2,209
1928		1,725	137	9	2,853
1927		1,629	148	10	2,706
1926		1,617	150	< 5	--
1925		1,764	146	< 5	--
1924		1,853	142	< 5	--
1923		1,869	138	8	3,191
1922		1,762	140	7	3,547
1921		1,924	134	8	3,225
1920		1,934	131	7	3,505
1919		1,504	146	< 5	--
1918		1,482	151	< 5	--
1917		1,573	137	8	2,964
1916		1,339	151	< 5	--
1915		1,116	164	< 5	--
1914		720	186	< 5	--
1913		562	193	< 5	--
1912		540	182	< 5	--
1911		381	187	< 5	--
1910		338	195	< 5	--
1909		291	199	< 5	--
1908		277	202	< 5	--
1907		242	209	< 5	--
1906		215	211	< 5	--
1905		209	214	< 5	--
1904		190	220	< 5	--
1903		202	208	< 5	--
1902		163	238	< 5	--
1901		184	210	< 5	--
1900		176	242	< 5	--
1899		142	230	< 5	--
1898		198	207	< 5	--
1897		144	230	< 5	--
1896		139	234	< 5	--
1895		126	248	< 5	--
1894		107	266	< 5	--
1893		119	241	< 5	--
1892		82	299	< 5	--
1891		66	310	< 5	--
1890		68	301	< 5	--
1889		69	285	< 5	--
1888		59	311	< 5	--
1887		41	332	< 5	--
1886		40	338	< 5	--
1885		34	341	< 5	--
1884		36	326	< 5	--
1883		27	344	< 5	--
1882		20	407	< 5	--
1881		23	338	< 5	--
1880		16	423	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.