Vanita
Vanita is absent from the 2024 data, which means fewer than five births. It has never entered the top 1,000.
- Rank in 2024
- —fewer than 5 births
- Births in 2024
- 0not in the data
- Peak year
- 197153 births
- Best rank
- —never in the top 1,000
- Since 1913
- 2,056people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,056 girls have been named Vanita in the United States since 1913, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1971, with 53 births.
The name has all but left use: none recorded in 2024, against 53 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1958, and the 1960s alone account for 19%.
By decade
| Decade | girls named Vanita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 97 | |
| 1920s | 211 | |
| 1930s | 212 | |
| 1940s | 239 | |
| 1950s | 343 | |
| 1960s | 387 | |
| 1970s | 275 | |
| 1980s | 191 | |
| 1990s | 89 | |
| 2000s | 12 |
In 1971, its biggest year
Vanita was outside the top 1,000 that year. The top five girls’ names of 1971 were Jennifer, Michelle, Lisa, Kimberly and Amy. See all of 1971.
Names that rose and fell with Vanita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lavettapeak 1965
- Ermelindapeak 1964
- Lareepeak 1958
- Thomasinapeak 1966
- Lauricepeak 1954
- Vernitapeak 1961
- Andreepeak 1960
- Jeanicepeak 1960
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.