Vanita
Last seen for girls in 2003 at #15,784
- Peak · girls
- 1932 · 33 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,056since 1913
Vanita over time
Rank among girls' names. Vanita has never cracked the top 1,000 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
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| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | — | |
| 2000 | #11,801 | 7 |
| 1999 | — | |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
| 1995 | #7,514 | 11 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #8,052 | 10 |
| 1992 | #8,065 | 10 |
| 1991 | #5,004 | 19 |
| 1990 | #6,131 | 14 |
| 1989 | #6,160 | 13 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 |
| 1987 | #4,857 | 16 |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 |
| 1985 | #5,348 | 13 |
| 1984 | #3,990 | 19 |
| 1983 | #3,151 | 26 |
| 1982 | #2,830 | 32 |
| 1981 | #4,005 | 19 |
| 1980 | #4,327 | 17 |
| 1979 | #3,668 | 21 |
| 1978 | #4,931 | 13 |
| 1977 | #3,486 | 21 |
| 1976 | #2,486 | 32 |
| 1975 | #2,881 | 25 |
| 1974 | #2,757 | 26 |
| 1973 | #3,015 | 22 |
| 1972 | #2,523 | 28 |
| 1971 | #1,709 | 53 |
| 1970 | #2,267 | 34 |
| 1969 | #2,254 | 32 |
| 1968 | #2,538 | 24 |
| 1967 | #2,039 | 33 |
| 1966 | #1,669 | 45 |
| 1965 | #1,829 | 39 |
| 1964 | #1,731 | 45 |
| 1963 | #1,922 | 37 |
| 1962 | #1,989 | 34 |
| 1961 | #1,666 | 46 |
| 1960 | #1,542 | 52 |
| 1959 | #1,741 | 40 |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 |
| 1956 | #1,637 | 42 |
| 1955 | #2,024 | 28 |
| 1954 | #1,702 | 36 |
| 1953 | #1,622 | 37 |
| 1952 | #1,892 | 28 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #1,794 | 28 |
| 1949 | #1,469 | 39 |
| 1948 | #1,708 | 30 |
| 1947 | #1,897 | 26 |
| 1946 | #1,376 | 40 |
| 1945 | #2,237 | 15 |
| 1944 | #2,027 | 18 |
| 1943 | #1,994 | 19 |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 |
| 1941 | #1,882 | 19 |
| 1940 | #2,029 | 16 |
| 1939 | #1,731 | 20 |
| 1938 | #1,547 | 24 |
| 1937 | #1,914 | 17 |
| 1936 | #1,741 | 19 |
| 1935 | #1,845 | 18 |
| 1934 | #1,697 | 20 |
| 1933 | #1,970 | 16 |
| 1932 | #1,268 | 33 |
| 1931 | #1,549 | 24 |
| 1930 | #1,748 | 21 |
| 1929 | #1,704 | 22 |
| 1928 | #2,094 | 17 |
| 1927 | #1,935 | 20 |
| 1926 | #1,830 | 22 |
| 1925 | #1,409 | 33 |
| 1924 | #1,992 | 20 |
| 1923 | #2,587 | 13 |
| 1922 | #2,291 | 16 |
| 1921 | #1,927 | 21 |
| 1920 | #1,584 | 27 |
| 1919 | #1,921 | 19 |
| 1918 | #1,645 | 24 |
| 1917 | #1,708 | 21 |
| 1916 | #2,658 | 11 |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 |
| 1914 | #3,188 | 6 |
| 1913 | #2,540 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Vanita! It came in at #2,540, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1997–1999, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Vanita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2003
- Debuted 1913
- Peaked 1932 at #1,268 (33 births)
- Births halved by 1933, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 31,393 girls born in 1971 were named Vanita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 365,429 girls born in 2003 (0.00%)
- Its best rank, #1,268 in 1932, was only 1 in 32,338 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
- 18.8% of all girls named Vanita (387) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1910s | 97 | #1,645 (1918) | #2,366 |
| 1920s | 211 | #1,409 (1925) | #1,935 |
| 1930s | 212 | #1,268 (1932) | #1,701 |
| 1940s | 239 | #1,376 (1946) | #1,874 |
| 1950s | 343 | #1,512 (1958) | #1,795 |
| 1960s | 387 | #1,542 (1960) | #1,918 |
| 1970s | 275 | #1,709 (1971) | #2,972 |
| 1980s | 191 | #2,830 (1982) | #4,402 |
| 1990s | 89 | #5,004 (1991) | #8,327 |
| 2000s | 12 | #11,801 (2000) | #13,793 |
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.
Vanita in 1958
Top girls' names in 1958
More about 1958
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2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 40,232 of them was named Vanita, which outranked 78.5% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,498Ranae51
- #1,498Regena51
- #1,498Rosalia51
- #1,512Vanita50
- #1,512Alida50
- #1,512Andree50
- #1,512Dessie50
- #1,527Cammie49
- #1,527Candyce49
- #1,527Carri49
Tied with 14 names at #1,512; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.