Anita

Girl · recorded 1880–2025

  • #1,341in 2025
  • 1 in 9,741girls in 2025
  • +24%last ten years

Most popular in 1958, and up 24% over the last ten years.

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Meaning

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Its story

Popularity since 1880

01,4352,87018801916195319892025

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Per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births are not in the record, so the line breaks rather than dropping to zero.
See the 146 recorded years as a table
Anita, per million girls born. Years absent from the table had fewer than five births.
YearPer million
1880176
1881250
1882185
1883240
1884279
1885256
1886277
1887281
1888330
1889387
1890357
1891356
1892386
1893559
1894480
1895539
1896584
1897615
1898765
1899609
1900587
1901769
1902617
1903771
1904690
1905717
1906728
1907760
1908829
1909838
1910852
1911911
1912968
1913900
1914945
19151,134
19161,282
19171,455
19181,280
19191,331
19201,614
19211,560
19221,466
19231,548
19241,484
19251,449
19261,364
19271,366
19281,496
19291,771
19301,939
19311,954
19321,966
19331,890
19341,708
19351,842
19362,215
19372,551
19382,389
19392,360
19402,473
19412,268
19422,220
19432,116
19442,129
19452,118
19462,563
19472,362
19482,129
19492,099
19502,085
19512,102
19522,229
19532,343
19542,270
19552,413
19562,742
19572,842
19582,870
19592,705
19602,788
19612,726
19622,807
19632,839
19642,591
19652,276
19662,288
19672,131
19681,857
19691,730
19701,656
19711,614
19721,466
19731,362
19741,319
19751,181
19761,029
1977986
1978797
1979710
1980693
1981633
1982596
1983538
1984513
1985429
1986434
1987424
1988403
1989367
1990338
1991309
1992297
1993271
1994245
1995227
1996225
1997234
1998199
1999181
2000173
2001165
2002148
2003134
2004145
2005121
2006112
2007110
2008126
2009108
201098
2011103
201286
201386
201492
201583
201699
2017109
2018101
2019114
202085
202194
2022102
202397
202492
2025103

Where it’s loved

Most popular in these states

Compared with the country as a whole, pooled over 2023–2025.

  1. California 1.3×
  2. New York 1.1×
  3. Florida 1.1×
  4. Texas 1.0×

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More like it

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The numbers

Every figure

Births in 2025
165
Rank in 2025
#1,341
How rare
1 in 9,741 girls
Since 1880
215,165

Most popular in 1958, at 2,870 per million girls born.

Over the ten years to 2025 it has risen by 24% per million girls born.

Top 4 states by concentration, pooled over 2023–2025
StateTimes the national rateBirths pooled
California1.3×64
New York1.1×25
Florida1.1×27
Texas1.0×48

Figures from the US Social Security Administration’s 2025 release. How these numbers are made.