Anita is a familiar girls' name that peaked in 1957 and has since faded.
Anita is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,342 for girl births in the United States (and #2,521 across all names), given to 165 babies. Anita was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1957 (5,811 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 165 | 165 | #1,342 | — |
| 2024 | 149 | 149 | #1,467 | — |
| 2023 | 155 | 155 | #1,439 | — |
| 2022 | 168 | 168 | #1,373 | — |
| 2021 | 154 | 154 | #1,410 | — |
| 2020 | 138 | 138 | #1,534 | — |
| 2019 | 191 | 191 | #1,230 | — |
| 2018 | 172 | 172 | #1,319 | — |
| 2017 | 188 | 188 | #1,258 | — |
| 2016 | 175 | 175 | #1,353 | — |
| 2015 | 148 | 148 | #1,521 | — |
| 2014 | 164 | 164 | #1,400 | — |
| 2013 | 151 | 151 | #1,470 | — |
| 2012 | 151 | 151 | #1,491 | — |
| 2011 | 181 | 181 | #1,301 | — |
| 2010 | 174 | 174 | #1,349 | — |
| 2009 | 199 | 199 | #1,242 | — |
| 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 | #736 | — |
| 1999 | 321 | 321 | #706 | — |
| 1998 | 351 | 351 | #657 | — |
| 1997 | 407 | — | #571 | — |
| 1996 | 394 | — | #581 | — |
| 1995 | 400 | — | #573 | — |
| 1994 | 438 | — | #552 | — |
| 1993 | 491 | — | #502 | — |
| 1992 | 547 | — | #454 | — |
| 1991 | 580 | — | #439 | — |
| 1990 | 648 | — | #404 | #7,222 |
| 1989 | 686 | — | #374 | #5,185 |
| 1988 | 723 | — | #344 | #7,337 |
| 1987 | 743 | — | #333 | #6,131 |
| 1986 | 750 | — | #323 | #6,772 |
| 1985 | 746 | — | #323 | #4,724 |
| 1984 | 863 | — | #280 | — |
| 1983 | 905 | — | #268 | #5,515 |
| 1982 | 1,015 | — | #248 | #6,416 |
| 1981 | 1,063 | — | #236 | #4,982 |
| 1980 | 1,151 | — | #223 | — |
| 1979 | 1,150 | — | #230 | #3,573 |
| 1978 | 1,229 | — | #210 | #4,168 |
| 1977 | 1,521 | — | #178 | #3,843 |
| 1976 | 1,508 | — | #167 | — |
| 1975 | 1,727 | — | #157 | #5,500 |
| 1974 | 1,946 | — | #144 | #3,333 |
| 1973 | 1,996 | — | #142 | #3,233 |
| 1972 | 2,239 | — | #136 | #3,357 |
| 1971 | 2,691 | — | #127 | #4,400 |
| 1970 | 2,908 | — | #127 | #2,624 |
| 1969 | 2,931 | — | #120 | #2,554 |
| 1968 | 3,061 | — | #109 | #2,202 |
| 1967 | 3,527 | — | #98 | #2,771 |
| 1966 | 3,881 | — | #88 | #2,793 |
| 1965 | 4,032 | — | #94 | #2,089 |
| 1964 | 4,922 | — | #85 | #2,313 |
| 1963 | 5,487 | — | #77 | #2,204 |
| 1962 | 5,538 | — | #81 | #1,965 |
| 1961 | 5,524 | — | #91 | #1,779 |
| 1960 | 5,653 | — | #87 | #2,043 |
| 1959 | 5,491 | — | #87 | #1,975 |
| 1958 | 5,786 | — | #82 | #2,376 |
| 1957 | 5,831 | — | #81 | #1,792 |
| 1956 | 5,518 | — | #83 | #2,264 |
| 1955 | 4,728 | — | #94 | #2,567 |
| 1954 | 4,419 | — | #96 | #2,457 |
| 1953 | 4,413 | — | #89 | #3,437 |
| 1952 | 4,142 | — | #91 | #2,882 |
| 1951 | 3,792 | — | #96 | #3,077 |
| 1950 | 3,578 | — | #99 | #3,341 |
| 1949 | 3,605 | — | #99 | #2,027 |
| 1948 | 3,626 | — | #102 | #2,329 |
| 1947 | 4,196 | — | #94 | #2,675 |
| 1946 | 4,043 | — | #84 | #1,816 |
| 1945 | 2,776 | — | #100 | #2,576 |
| 1944 | 2,831 | — | #95 | #3,121 |
| 1943 | 2,961 | — | #98 | #2,566 |
| 1942 | 3,008 | — | #93 | #2,389 |
| 1941 | 2,752 | — | #91 | #2,086 |
| 1940 | 2,848 | — | #87 | #1,520 |
| 1939 | 2,603 | — | #97 | #1,795 |
| 1938 | 2,644 | — | #99 | #2,658 |
| 1937 | 2,721 | — | #93 | #2,917 |
| 1936 | 2,319 | — | #104 | #1,803 |
| 1935 | 1,942 | — | #119 | #2,401 |
| 1934 | 1,791 | — | #130 | #2,984 |
| 1933 | 1,917 | — | #116 | #2,097 |
| 1932 | 2,112 | — | #116 | #2,000 |
| 1931 | 2,092 | — | #117 | #2,212 |
| 1930 | 2,194 | — | #115 | #2,453 |
| 1929 | 1,990 | — | #125 | #2,209 |
| 1928 | 1,734 | — | #137 | #2,853 |
| 1927 | 1,639 | — | #148 | #2,708 |
| 1926 | 1,617 | — | #150 | — |
| 1925 | 1,764 | — | #146 | — |
| 1924 | 1,853 | — | #142 | — |
| 1923 | 1,876 | — | #138 | #3,191 |
| 1922 | 1,768 | — | #141 | #3,547 |
| 1921 | 1,932 | — | #134 | #3,224 |
| 1920 | 1,941 | — | #131 | #3,505 |
| 1919 | 1,504 | — | #146 | — |
| 1918 | 1,482 | — | #151 | — |
| 1917 | 1,581 | — | #137 | #2,964 |
| 1916 | 1,339 | — | #151 | — |
| 1915 | 1,116 | — | #164 | — |
| 1914 | 720 | — | #186 | — |
| 1913 | 562 | — | #193 | — |
| 1912 | 540 | — | #182 | — |
| 1911 | 381 | — | #187 | — |
| 1910 | 338 | — | #195 | — |
| 1909 | 291 | — | #199 | — |
| 1908 | 277 | — | #202 | — |
| 1907 | 242 | — | #209 | — |
| 1906 | 215 | — | #211 | — |
| 1905 | 209 | — | #214 | — |
| 1904 | 190 | — | #220 | — |
| 1903 | 202 | — | #208 | — |
| 1902 | 163 | — | #238 | — |
| 1901 | 184 | — | #210 | — |
| 1900 | 176 | — | #242 | — |
| 1899 | 142 | — | #230 | — |
| 1898 | 198 | — | #207 | — |
| 1897 | 144 | — | #230 | — |
| 1896 | 139 | — | #234 | — |
| 1895 | 126 | — | #248 | — |
| 1894 | 107 | — | #266 | — |
| 1893 | 119 | — | #241 | — |
| 1892 | 82 | — | #299 | — |
| 1891 | 66 | — | #310 | — |
| 1890 | 68 | — | #301 | — |
| 1889 | 69 | — | #285 | — |
| 1888 | 59 | — | #311 | — |
| 1887 | 41 | — | #332 | — |
| 1886 | 40 | — | #338 | — |
| 1885 | 34 | — | #341 | — |
| 1884 | 36 | — | #326 | — |
| 1883 | 27 | — | #344 | — |
| 1882 | 20 | — | #407 | — |
| 1881 | 23 | — | #338 | — |
| 1880 | 16 | — | #423 | — |