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How popular is “Anita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Anita” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Anita” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Anita” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Anita” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Anita” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Anita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Anita” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 16 0.000079411 16 100%
1881 23 0.000119364 23 100%
1882 20 0.00009028 20 100%
1883 27 0.000124455 27 100%
1884 36 0.000147868 36 100%
1885 34 0.000141164 34 100%
1886 40 0.000156669 40 100%
1887 41 0.000165729 41 100%
1888 59 0.000197012 59 100%
1889 69 0.000238799 69 100%
1890 68 0.000225613 68 100%
1891 66 0.000230227 66 100%
1892 82 0.000245234 82 100%
1893 119 0.000365903 119 100%
1894 107 0.000315923 107 100%
1895 126 0.000358954 126 100%
1896 139 0.000388829 139 100%
1897 144 0.000415037 144 100%
1898 198 0.000519065 198 100%
1899 142 0.00041859 142 100%
1900 176 0.000390887 176 100%
1901 184 0.000532081 184 100%
1902 163 0.000421479 163 100%
1903 202 0.000529906 202 100%
1904 190 0.000470897 190 100%
1905 209 0.000493015 209 100%
1906 215 0.000501808 215 100%
1907 242 0.000519994 242 100%
1908 277 0.000566869 277 100%
1909 291 0.000569222 291 100%
1910 338 0.000572192 338 100%
1911 381 0.00059136 381 100%
1912 540 0.000546524 540 100%
1913 562 0.000494235 562 100%
1914 720 0.000508351 720 100%
1915 1116 0.000609029 1116 100%
1916 1339 0.000692198 1339 100%
1917 1581 0.000787841 1573 8 99%
1918 1482 0.0006826 1482 100%
1919 1504 0.000712713 1504 100%
1920 1941 0.000857846 1934 7 99%
1921 1932 0.000827584 1924 8 99%
1922 1768 0.000772337 1761 7 99%
1923 1876 0.000814773 1868 8 99%
1924 1853 0.000778045 1853 100%
1925 1764 0.00075601 1764 100%
1926 1617 0.000704297 1617 100%
1927 1639 0.000706661 1629 10 99%
1928 1734 0.000766938 1725 9 99%
1929 1990 0.00090778 1977 13 99%
1930 2194 0.000986827 2183 11 99%
1931 2092 0.000994113 2080 12 99%
1932 2112 0.001000336 2098 14 99%
1933 1917 0.000958765 1905 12 99%
1934 1791 0.000862378 1784 7 99%
1935 1942 0.000929231 1932 10 99%
1936 2319 0.001116204 2304 15 99%
1937 2721 0.001277063 2714 7 99%
1938 2644 0.001194988 2636 8 99%
1939 2603 0.001181334 2588 15 99%
1940 2848 0.001236817 2828 20 99%
1941 2753 0.001129934 2741 12 99%
1942 3008 0.001101098 2998 10 99%
1943 2961 0.001049048 2952 9 99%
1944 2831 0.001052385 2825 6 100%
1945 2776 0.001046398 2768 8 99%
1946 4043 0.001265293 4027 16 99%
1947 4196 0.001164804 4187 9 100%
1948 3626 0.001050248 3615 11 99%
1949 3603 0.001033926 3589 14 99%
1950 3579 0.001021591 3573 6 100%
1951 3792 0.001029389 3785 7 100%
1952 4142 0.001090573 4134 8 100%
1953 4414 0.001145409 4408 6 100%
1954 4419 0.001110104 4408 11 100%
1955 4727 0.001177312 4717 10 100%
1956 5518 0.001338334 5505 13 100%
1957 5831 0.001387625 5811 20 99%
1958 5787 0.001399887 5775 12 100%
1959 5492 0.00132083 5475 17 99%
1960 5654 0.001361158 5638 16 99%
1961 5524 0.001333558 5503 21 99%
1962 5539 0.001372612 5522 17 99%
1963 5485 0.001385731 5471 14 99%
1964 4922 0.001266075 4909 13 99%
1965 4032 0.001112138 4017 15 99%
1966 3881 0.001116624 3872 9 100%
1967 3527 0.001038912 3518 9 99%
1968 3060 0.000905751 3046 14 99%
1969 2931 0.000843375 2919 12 99%
1970 2908 0.000806319 2895 13 99%
1971 2691 0.00078401 2685 6 100%
1972 2239 0.000712378 2230 9 99%
1973 1996 0.000661609 1986 10 99%
1974 1946 0.000640132 1936 10 99%
1975 1727 0.000571969 1722 5 99%
1976 1508 0.000496984 1508 100%
1977 1521 0.00047883 1512 9 99%
1978 1229 0.000387224 1221 8 99%
1979 1150 0.000345657 1139 11 98%
1980 1151 0.000334155 1151 100%
1981 1063 0.000307281 1056 7 99%
1982 1016 0.000289627 1011 5 99%
1983 905 0.000261309 899 6 99%
1984 863 0.000247366 863 100%
1985 746 0.000209016 738 8 98%
1986 750 0.000210847 745 5 99%
1987 743 0.000206068 737 6 98%
1988 723 0.000195668 718 5 99%
1989 686 0.000178439 677 9 97%
1990 648 0.000163948 642 6 98%
1991 580 0.000148899 580 100%
1992 547 0.000142401 547 100%
1993 491 0.000130229 491 100%
1994 438 0.000117816 438 100%
1995 400 0.000109225 400 100%
1996 394 0.000108028 394 100%
1997 407 0.000112253 407 100%
1998 351 0.000095427 351 100%
1999 321 0.000086901 321 100%
2000 314 0.000083071 314 100%
2001 297 0.00007934 297 100%
2002 266 0.000071156 266 100%
2003 245 0.000064434 245 100%
2004 266 0.000069617 266 100%
2005 223 0.000058 223 100%
2006 212 0.000053587 212 100%
2007 211 0.000052781 211 100%
2008 238 0.00006055 238 100%
2009 199 0.000052092 199 100%
2010 174 0.000047081 174 100%
2011 181 0.000049483 181 100%
2012 151 0.000041287 151 100%
2013 151 0.000041419 151 100%
2014 164 0.000044248 164 100%
2015 148 0.00003999 148 100%
2016 175 0.000047701 175 100%
2017 188 0.00005257 188 100%
2018 172 0.000048921 172 100%
2019 191 0.000055028 191 100%
2020 138 0.00004131 138 100%
2021 153 0.00004516 153 100%
2022 168 0.000049658 168 100%
2023 153 0.000046207 153 100%
2024 149 0.000044765 149 100%

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