NameTides

Anita

Anita was the #1,341 girls' name in the US in 2025 (165 babies), and #2,278 in England & Wales and #1,668 in Canada.

Anita as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
  • NSW
Anita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.75518801900192019401960198020002020USCanadaEngland & Wales
Anita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada, NSWBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.01.252.53.7551880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. New South Wales publishes its top 100 only, so it appears in the rank view and only in years the name made the top 100. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanadaNSW
2025#1,341 (165)#2,278 (12)———#1,668 (14)—
2024#1,466 (149)#1,743 (17)———#775 (38)—
2023#1,439 (155)#2,063 (13)———#907 (29)—
2022#1,373 (168)#1,215 (27)——#905 (3)#902 (29)—
2021#1,410 (154)#1,402 (22)———#1,335 (18)—
2020#1,533 (138)#1,352 (23)———#996 (26)—
2019#1,229 (191)#1,252 (26)———#1,138 (22)—
2018#1,319 (172)#1,526 (20)#809 (3)——#928 (29)—
2017#1,257 (188)#1,258 (27)#808 (3)—#734 (4)#816 (34)—
2016#1,353 (175)#1,327 (25)#798 (3)—#868 (3)#782 (36)—
2015#1,520 (148)#1,057 (33)——#751 (4)#1,016 (25)—
2014#1,399 (164)#1,177 (29)———#756 (37)—
2013#1,470 (151)#1,220 (28)#816 (3)—#540 (7)#864 (31)—
2012#1,491 (151)#998 (36)——#414 (11)#710 (40)—
2011#1,301 (181)#776 (48)#579 (5)—#695 (5)#758 (36)—

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 1958 at #82.
  • Holding steady over the last five years.
  • In the US records since the data begins in 1880.

How common is it?

about 1 in 9,700 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 9,700uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 21,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 11,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Anita is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 10,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 9,000 to 1 in 11,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Anita by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #564WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #679WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: #1,654NYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: #619ORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: #1,438OHPennsylvania: #1,231PANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #965CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: #1,281NCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #1,533GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #1,460TXFlorida: #1,436FL
Anita (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#93212

Anita (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AnitaCanadaGirls#1,66814
AnitaEngland & WalesGirls#2,27812
AnitaIrelandGirls—too few
AnitaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AnitaNSWGirls—too few
AnitaScotlandGirls—too few
AnitaUSGirls#1,341165
AnitaUSBoys—too few