Vanita is an uncommon girls' name that was most common in the 1970s and has all but disappeared.
Vanita is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2003. Vanita was first reported in SSA data in 1913 and peaked in 1971 (53 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 5 | 5 | #18,299 |
| 2000 | 7 | 7 | #13,090 |
| 1997 | 5 | — | #16,061 |
| 1996 | 6 | — | #13,455 |
| 1995 | 11 | — | #8,057 |
| 1994 | 14 | — | #6,651 |
| 1993 | 10 | — | #8,704 |
| 1992 | 10 | — | #8,717 |
| 1991 | 19 | — | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 14 | — | #6,452 |
| 1989 | 13 | — | #6,518 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #5,886 |
| 1987 | 16 | — | #5,071 |
| 1986 | 22 | — | #3,885 |
| 1985 | 13 | — | #5,669 |
| 1984 | 19 | — | #4,162 |
| 1983 | 26 | — | #3,236 |
| 1982 | 32 | — | #2,899 |
| 1981 | 19 | — | #4,158 |
| 1980 | 17 | — | #4,511 |
| 1979 | 21 | — | #3,771 |
| 1978 | 13 | — | #5,205 |
| 1977 | 21 | — | #3,607 |
| 1976 | 32 | — | #2,542 |
| 1975 | 25 | — | #2,965 |
| 1974 | 26 | — | #2,831 |
| 1973 | 22 | — | #3,118 |
| 1972 | 28 | — | #2,595 |
| 1971 | 53 | — | #1,729 |
| 1970 | 34 | — | #2,303 |
| 1969 | 32 | — | #2,295 |
| 1968 | 24 | — | #2,628 |
| 1967 | 33 | — | #2,075 |
| 1966 | 45 | — | #1,699 |
| 1965 | 39 | — | #1,853 |
| 1964 | 45 | — | #1,746 |
| 1963 | 37 | — | #1,950 |
| 1962 | 34 | — | #2,027 |
| 1961 | 46 | — | #1,696 |
| 1960 | 52 | — | #1,558 |
| 1959 | 40 | — | #1,763 |
| 1958 | 50 | — | #1,525 |
| 1957 | 31 | — | #1,985 |
| 1956 | 42 | — | #1,659 |
| 1955 | 28 | — | #2,058 |
| 1954 | 36 | — | #1,734 |
| 1953 | 37 | — | #1,644 |
| 1952 | 28 | — | #1,928 |
| 1951 | 23 | — | #2,111 |
| 1950 | 28 | — | #1,833 |
| 1949 | 39 | — | #1,487 |
| 1948 | 30 | — | #1,736 |
| 1947 | 26 | — | #1,941 |
| 1946 | 40 | — | #1,392 |
| 1945 | 15 | — | #2,337 |
| 1944 | 18 | — | #2,094 |
| 1943 | 19 | — | #2,076 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | #2,203 |
| 1941 | 19 | — | #1,950 |
| 1940 | 16 | — | #2,100 |
| 1939 | 20 | — | #1,790 |
| 1938 | 24 | — | #1,593 |
| 1937 | 17 | — | #1,995 |
| 1936 | 19 | — | #1,796 |
| 1935 | 18 | — | #1,914 |
| 1934 | 20 | — | #1,767 |
| 1933 | 16 | — | #2,047 |
| 1932 | 33 | — | #1,291 |
| 1931 | 24 | — | #1,590 |
| 1930 | 21 | — | #1,809 |
| 1929 | 22 | — | #1,760 |
| 1928 | 17 | — | #2,184 |
| 1927 | 20 | — | #2,016 |
| 1926 | 22 | — | #1,877 |
| 1925 | 33 | — | #1,440 |
| 1924 | 20 | — | #2,058 |
| 1923 | 13 | — | #2,721 |
| 1922 | 16 | — | #2,378 |
| 1921 | 21 | — | #1,980 |
| 1920 | 27 | — | #1,624 |
| 1919 | 19 | — | #1,982 |
| 1918 | 24 | — | #1,681 |
| 1917 | 21 | — | #1,769 |
| 1916 | 11 | — | #2,817 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #3,117 |
| 1914 | 6 | — | #3,581 |
| 1913 | 7 | — | #2,803 |