Anita

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Primarily a girl's name · 100% girls

Origin: Italian

Meaning

Anita is a feminine given name. The name and its variants are now common worldwide, especially in regions where Indo-European languages are spoken, namely Europe, Iran, South Asia, and North America. Anita is a short form of the ancient Persian name Anahita.

From Wikipedia

Anita first appears in the data in 1964 and has been recorded in 26 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1979 with 176 babies (rank #70 that year). It was not in the 2025 data. The name has been declining over the last five years.

Numerology of Anita

In Pythagorean numerology, every letter has a value from 1 to 9. Adding the letters of Anita yields these three numbers โ€” a playful read on the name's character.

2,424
Total babies (all years)
26
Years in the data
176
Peak in a single year

Popularity Over Time โ€” Girls

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Year-by-Year Detail

Rank is among all girls' names registered that year.

Year Babies Rank
196444#113
196559#103
196655#104
1967131#85
196869#104
196970#104
197079#104
197193#102
197279#103
1973170#69
197476#104
1975156#71
1976163#68
1977159#72
1978144#78
1979176#70
198077#99
1981167#72
1982157#78
1983157#80
198549#105
198642#111
198840#104
20145#303
20152#580
20175#278