Lanita is an uncommon girls' name that peaked in 1958 and has since faded.
Lanita is a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #11,482 for girl births in the United States (and #19,346 across all names), given to 8 babies. Lanita was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1958 (113 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | 8 | #11,482 |
| 2024 | 7 | 7 | #12,878 |
| 2023 | 7 | 7 | #12,874 |
| 2022 | 10 | 10 | #10,092 |
| 2021 | 5 | 5 | #16,625 |
| 2020 | 7 | 7 | #12,881 |
| 2019 | 9 | 9 | #10,971 |
| 2018 | 9 | 9 | #11,053 |
| 2017 | 12 | 12 | #9,092 |
| 2016 | 6 | 6 | #15,404 |
| 2015 | 11 | 11 | #9,859 |
| 2014 | 6 | 6 | #15,703 |
| 2013 | 8 | 8 | #12,650 |
| 2012 | 12 | 12 | #9,444 |
| 2011 | 8 | 8 | #12,838 |
| 2010 | 8 | 8 | #12,940 |
| 2009 | 17 | 17 | #7,541 |
| 2008 | 12 | 12 | #9,826 |
| 2007 | 21 | 21 | #6,457 |
| 2006 | 13 | 13 | #9,039 |
| 2005 | 5 | 5 | #18,005 |
| 2004 | 13 | 13 | #8,515 |
| 2003 | 13 | 13 | #8,281 |
| 2002 | 14 | 14 | #7,659 |
| 2001 | 17 | 17 | #6,489 |
| 2000 | 16 | 16 | #6,666 |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #6,076 |
| 1998 | 16 | 16 | #6,234 |
| 1997 | 18 | — | #5,524 |
| 1996 | 15 | — | #6,234 |
| 1995 | 9 | — | #9,178 |
| 1994 | 13 | — | #6,896 |
| 1993 | 25 | — | #4,179 |
| 1992 | 37 | — | #3,112 |
| 1991 | 43 | — | #2,760 |
| 1990 | 33 | — | #3,324 |
| 1989 | 38 | — | #2,900 |
| 1988 | 44 | — | #2,467 |
| 1987 | 38 | — | #2,636 |
| 1986 | 56 | — | #1,966 |
| 1985 | 50 | — | #2,117 |
| 1984 | 56 | — | #1,895 |
| 1983 | 56 | — | #1,873 |
| 1982 | 49 | — | #2,093 |
| 1981 | 57 | — | #1,897 |
| 1980 | 69 | — | #1,666 |
| 1979 | 79 | — | #1,500 |
| 1978 | 72 | — | #1,541 |
| 1977 | 84 | — | #1,352 |
| 1976 | 65 | — | #1,555 |
| 1975 | 73 | — | #1,434 |
| 1974 | 80 | — | #1,328 |
| 1973 | 58 | — | #1,598 |
| 1972 | 63 | — | #1,509 |
| 1971 | 60 | — | #1,590 |
| 1970 | 84 | — | #1,288 |
| 1969 | 71 | — | #1,365 |
| 1968 | 59 | — | #1,484 |
| 1967 | 83 | — | #1,168 |
| 1966 | 67 | — | #1,330 |
| 1965 | 86 | — | #1,152 |
| 1964 | 74 | — | #1,301 |
| 1963 | 105 | — | #1,049 |
| 1962 | 93 | — | #1,134 |
| 1961 | 82 | — | #1,220 |
| 1960 | 86 | — | #1,175 |
| 1959 | 78 | — | #1,211 |
| 1958 | 113 | — | #974 |
| 1957 | 70 | — | #1,258 |
| 1956 | 60 | — | #1,345 |
| 1955 | 73 | — | #1,172 |
| 1954 | 58 | — | #1,303 |
| 1953 | 42 | — | #1,517 |
| 1952 | 42 | — | #1,494 |
| 1951 | 38 | — | #1,540 |
| 1950 | 42 | — | #1,419 |
| 1949 | 37 | — | #1,528 |
| 1948 | 36 | — | #1,559 |
| 1947 | 46 | — | #1,369 |
| 1946 | 37 | — | #1,450 |
| 1945 | 24 | — | #1,723 |
| 1944 | 17 | — | #2,156 |
| 1943 | 37 | — | #1,352 |
| 1942 | 38 | — | #1,315 |
| 1941 | 27 | — | #1,517 |
| 1940 | 21 | — | #1,769 |
| 1939 | 24 | — | #1,569 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #1,577 |
| 1937 | 21 | — | #1,705 |
| 1936 | 8 | — | #3,254 |
| 1935 | 14 | — | #2,251 |
| 1934 | 15 | — | #2,135 |
| 1933 | 9 | — | #3,008 |
| 1932 | 12 | — | #2,573 |
| 1931 | 7 | — | #3,687 |
| 1930 | 9 | — | #3,201 |
| 1929 | 13 | — | #2,508 |
| 1928 | 12 | — | #2,693 |
| 1927 | 11 | — | #2,961 |
| 1926 | 17 | — | #2,208 |
| 1925 | 13 | — | #2,698 |
| 1924 | 7 | — | #4,231 |
| 1922 | 8 | — | #3,843 |
| 1918 | 7 | — | #4,079 |
| 1915 | 5 | — | #4,621 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #3,030 |
| 1913 | 5 | — | #3,441 |