Wanita
Wanita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 5 births. Its best rank was 902nd, in 1924.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 50.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192471 births
- Best rank
- #902in 1924
- Since 1899
- 2,533people given the name
The story in the numbers
2,533 girls have been named Wanita in the United States since 1899, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1924, with 71 births.
It is rising: its share of births is at least one and a half times what it was ten years ago.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1942, and the 1920s alone account for 20%. It has spent 2 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Wanita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1890s | 5 | |
| 1900s | 14 | |
| 1910s | 221 | |
| 1920s | 506 | |
| 1930s | 413 | |
| 1940s | 357 | |
| 1950s | 310 | |
| 1960s | 259 | |
| 1970s | 196 | |
| 1980s | 103 | |
| 1990s | 55 | |
| 2000s | 37 | |
| 2010s | 34 | |
| 2020s | 23 |
In 1924, its biggest year
Wanita was the 902nd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1924 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Betty and Margaret. See all of 1924.
Names that rose and fell with Wanita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Lavedapeak 1921
- Lavonepeak 1924
- Charlinepeak 1928
- Junitapeak 1926
- Nadenepeak 1930
- Christenepeak 1925
- Juanitapeak 1924
- Lanellepeak 1924
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.