Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Anita

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Anita
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.4% from peak

Peak era

1957

Peak rank proxy

5,811

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19572024

Peak year

1957

Decline from peak

97.4%

2024

149

All-time

214,999

Anita once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1957, when 5,811 girls were named Anita.

In 2024, only 149 girls were given the name.

Down 97.4% from its peak.

All told, about 214,999 Americans have been named Anita and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.4% from peak

19575,811 girls named Anita

2024149 girls named Anita

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