Anita

Where Anita comes from

From Spanish Anita, diminutive of Ana (“Ann”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Anita
  • Spanish
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #421 among girls — 16 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1937
    Anita Desai born
    Indian novelist, University professor
  3. 1963
    Peak, #77
    5,473 babies named Anita — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1971
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #127.
  5. 1985
    Anita Włodarczyk born
    Polish hammer thrower
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Spanish.
Namesakes
  • Anita Desai · Indian novelist, University professor, born 1937
  • Anita Włodarczyk · Polish hammer thrower, born 1985
  • Anita Brookner · English novelist and art historian, 1928–2016
  • Anita Borg · American computer scientist, 1949–2003
  • Anita Loos · American actress and writer, 1889–1981

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.