Lanita
Lanita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 7 births. Its best rank was 974th, in 1958.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 70.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 1958113 births
- Best rank
- #974in 1958
- Since 1913
- 3,713people given the name
The story in the numbers
3,713 girls have been named Lanita in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1958, with 113 births.
It is holding steady: its share of births has moved by less than half in either direction over ten years.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1967, and the 1960s alone account for 22%. It has spent 1 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Lanita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | |
| 1920s | 81 | |
| 1930s | 143 | |
| 1940s | 320 | |
| 1950s | 616 | |
| 1960s | 806 | |
| 1970s | 718 | |
| 1980s | 513 | |
| 1990s | 226 | |
| 2000s | 141 | |
| 2010s | 89 | |
| 2020s | 36 |
In 1958, its biggest year
Lanita was the 974th most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1958 were Mary, Susan, Linda, Karen and Patricia. See all of 1958.
Names that rose and fell with Lanita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Donnettapeak 1962
- Charlapeak 1969
- Janeanpeak 1962
- Ranaepeak 1962
- Lianepeak 1959
- Andrapeak 1959
- Shariepeak 1962
- Rochellepeak 1969
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.