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 1952 and has been recorded in 62 different years as a girl's name. Its single biggest year was 1964 with 1,062 babies (rank #18 that year). It was not in the 2017 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.

16,805
Total babies (all years)
62
Years in the data
1,062
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
195297#154
1953166#90
1954186#79
1955184#85
1956308#57
1957372#49
1958434#40
1959578#29
1960712#23
1961768#21
1962878#20
19631,006#19
19641,062#18
19651,049#18
1966949#20
1967820#22
1968774#23
1969654#33
1970650#32
1971523#39
1972448#45
1973386#43
1974305#57
1975232#74
1976193#88
1977257#64
1978206#88
1979207#88
1980199#94
1981188#94
1982179#100
1983171#104
1984188#98
1985207#94
1986173#104
1987153#120
1988120#145
1989106#160
199093#181
199170#233
199298#178
199372#226
199452#291
199565#229
199643#321
199727#451
199828#441
199926#455
200015#636
200128#441
200213#686
200318#561
200413#651
20055#1,022
200610#716
200712#634
20087#835
20095#959
20106#859
20114#980
20134#933
20153#34