Lanita
#10,917 for girls in 2025, 8 births
- Peak · girls
- 1958 · 113 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 3,721since 1913
Lanita over time
Rank among girls' names. Lanita has never cracked the top 900 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #10,917 | 8 |
| 2024 | #12,161 | 7 |
| 2023 | #12,197 | 7 |
| 2022 | #9,680 | 10 |
| 2021 | #15,251 | 5 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #10,473 | 9 |
| 2018 | #10,545 | 9 |
| 2017 | #8,776 | 12 |
| 2016 | #14,331 | 6 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #14,558 | 6 |
| 2013 | #11,969 | 8 |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 |
| 2011 | #12,153 | 8 |
| 2010 | #12,276 | 8 |
| 2009 | #7,341 | 17 |
| 2008 | #9,476 | 12 |
| 2007 | #6,323 | 21 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #16,462 | 5 |
| 2004 | #8,259 | 13 |
| 2003 | #7,998 | 13 |
| 2002 | #7,444 | 14 |
| 2001 | #6,322 | 17 |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 |
| 1999 | #5,896 | 17 |
| 1998 | #6,073 | 16 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #6,064 | 15 |
| 1995 | #8,766 | 9 |
| 1994 | #6,672 | 13 |
| 1993 | #4,100 | 25 |
| 1992 | #3,091 | 37 |
| 1991 | #2,738 | 43 |
| 1990 | #3,297 | 33 |
| 1989 | #2,879 | 38 |
| 1988 | #2,447 | 44 |
| 1987 | #2,612 | 38 |
| 1986 | #1,952 | 56 |
| 1985 | #2,100 | 50 |
| 1984 | #1,886 | 56 |
| 1983 | #1,858 | 56 |
| 1982 | #2,082 | 49 |
| 1981 | #1,887 | 57 |
| 1980 | #1,657 | 69 |
| 1979 | #1,496 | 79 |
| 1978 | #1,537 | 72 |
| 1977 | #1,345 | 84 |
| 1976 | #1,551 | 65 |
| 1975 | #1,430 | 73 |
| 1974 | #1,323 | 80 |
| 1973 | #1,589 | 58 |
| 1972 | #1,502 | 63 |
| 1971 | #1,586 | 60 |
| 1970 | #1,285 | 84 |
| 1969 | #1,355 | 71 |
| 1968 | #1,473 | 59 |
| 1967 | #1,164 | 83 |
| 1966 | #1,320 | 67 |
| 1965 | #1,145 | 86 |
| 1964 | #1,293 | 74 |
| 1963 | #1,047 | 105 |
| 1962 | #1,126 | 93 |
| 1961 | #1,217 | 82 |
| 1960 | #1,174 | 86 |
| 1959 | #1,208 | 78 |
| 1958 | #973 | 113 |
| 1957 | #1,254 | 70 |
| 1956 | #1,339 | 60 |
| 1955 | #1,167 | 73 |
| 1954 | #1,300 | 58 |
| 1953 | #1,503 | 42 |
| 1952 | #1,487 | 42 |
| 1951 | #1,528 | 38 |
| 1950 | #1,411 | 42 |
| 1949 | #1,512 | 37 |
| 1948 | #1,548 | 36 |
| 1947 | #1,357 | 46 |
| 1946 | #1,439 | 37 |
| 1945 | #1,699 | 24 |
| 1944 | #2,096 | 17 |
| 1943 | #1,342 | 37 |
| 1942 | #1,300 | 38 |
| 1941 | #1,501 | 27 |
| 1940 | #1,745 | 21 |
| 1939 | #1,544 | 24 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,679 | 21 |
| 1936 | #3,103 | 8 |
| 1935 | #2,206 | 14 |
| 1934 | #2,087 | 15 |
| 1933 | #2,868 | 9 |
| 1932 | #2,490 | 12 |
| 1931 | #3,497 | 7 |
| 1930 | #3,055 | 9 |
| 1929 | #2,437 | 13 |
| 1928 | #2,623 | 12 |
| 1927 | #2,859 | 11 |
| 1926 | #2,165 | 17 |
| 1925 | #2,617 | 13 |
| 1924 | #4,002 | 7 |
| 1923 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,655 | 8 |
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| 1918 | #3,869 | 7 |
| 1917 | — | |
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| 1915 | #4,274 | 5 |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 |
| 1913 | #3,187 | 5 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Lanita! It came in at #3,187, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1915–1917, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Lanita
- 1,244 spots since 2024 (#12,161 → #10,917)
- 1,225 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #10,917)
- 1,436 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #10,917)
- Biggest jump: 281 spots in 1958 (#1,254 → #973)
- Biggest drop: 235 spots in 1959 (#973 → #1,208)
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1958 at #973 (113 births)
- Births halved by 1982, 24 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 1 yr · 1958
- Highest: 1 in 17,802 girls born in 1958 were named Lanita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 200,908 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 21.7% of all girls named Lanita (806) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 24 | #2,876 (1914) | #3,552 |
| 1920s | 81 | #2,165 (1926) | #2,908 |
| 1930s | 143 | #1,544 (1939) | #2,408 |
| 1940s | 320 | #1,300 (1942) | #1,554 |
| 1950s | 616 | #973 (1958) | #1,317 |
| 1960s | 806 | #1,047 (1963) | #1,231 |
| 1970s | 718 | #1,285 (1970) | #1,464 |
| 1980s | 513 | #1,657 (1980) | #2,136 |
| 1990s | 226 | #2,738 (1991) | #5,211 |
| 2000s | 141 | #6,322 (2001) | #8,483 |
| 2010s | 89 | #8,776 (2017) | #11,367 |
| 2020s | 44 | #9,680 (2022) | #12,058 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Lanita in 1955
Top girls' names in 1955
More about 1955
girls
1,955,277 girls got a published name in 1955; 1 in 26,785 of them was named Lanita, which outranked 82.7% of the 6,732 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,157Pansy74
- #1,157Stefanie74
- #1,157Vernetta74
- #1,167Lanita73
- #1,167Beatriz73
- #1,167Ellyn73
- #1,167Gaynell73
- #1,175Elia72
- #1,175Jayme72
- #1,175Lilia72
Tied with 7 names at #1,167; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.