Anita
Below 5 births
2025 SSA
About Anita
Once a Top 100 name, this Spanish diminutive of Ana still retains some of her Latin flair. A notable namesake is noted attorney Anita Hill, another is the great jazz singer Anita O'Day. Plus there's Disney cred via the lead human character in 101 Dalmatians.
Anita is also given to boys.
Pronounced uh-NEE-tuh.
As of October 2026, Anita ranked #7222 in US births in 1990 SSA, peaked at #1520 in 1940.
Popularity & trends
Data table
| Year | US rank · boys | Births · boys | US rank · girls | Births · girls |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | — | 0 | #1,399 | 164 |
| 2015 | — | 0 | #1,521 | 148 |
| 2016 | — | 0 | #1,353 | 175 |
| 2017 | — | 0 | #1,257 | 188 |
| 2018 | — | 0 | #1,319 | 172 |
| 2019 | — | 0 | #1,228 | 191 |
| 2020 | — | 0 | #1,534 | 138 |
| 2021 | — | 0 | #1,415 | 153 |
| 2022 | — | 0 | #1,373 | 168 |
| 2023 | — | 0 | #1,451 | 153 |
| 2024 | — | 0 | #1,463 | 149 |
| 2025 | — | 0 | #1,342 | 165 |
World rankings
Anita for girls
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Anita on lists
Famous Anitas
- Anita Faye HillGirl
American attorney and academic, accuser in the Clarence Thomas sexual harassment case
- Anita Denise BakerGirl
American singer,songwriter
- (Kerstin) Anita Marianne EkbergGirl
Swedish actress
- Anita O'Day (born Anita Belle Colton)Girl
American jazz singer
- (Corinne) Anita LoosGirl
American playwright and novelist
- Ana Maria de Jesus "Anita" Ribeiro di GaribaldiGirl
Brazilian revolutionary
- Anita Jane BryantGirl
American singer and anti,gay activist
- Anita PallenbergGirl
Italian actress, model and fashion designer
- Anita "Anna" Sergeyevna TsoyGirl
Russian singer,songwriter
- Anita Mazumdar DesaiGirl
Indian novelist
- Anita Mui (YimGirl
fong), Hong Kong singer and actress
- Anita Yuen (WingGirl
yi), actress and Miss Hong Kong 1990
- (Nadia) Anita Louise NallGirl
American Olympic swimmer
- Anita Jean KerrGirl
American singer
- Anitta (born Larissa de Macedo Machado)Girl
Brazilian singer
- Anita Leocadia PrestesGirl
Historian daughter of Brazilian revolutionary Luis Carlos Prestes and German revolutionary Olga Benario
- Anita Lucia RoddickGirl
British businesswoman and activist, and founder of The Body Shop
Anita in pop culture
- Anita DearlyGirl
character in book/movie "101 Dalmatians"
- Anita BlakeGirl
main character in Laurell K. Hamilton's "Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter" book series
- Anita BoyardGirl
character in the movie "Gang in Blue"
- Anita "Needy" LesnickiGirl
character in the movie "Jennifer's Body"
- Anita RoyGirl
character on British soap "Hollyoaks"
- "AnitaGirl
" composition by the first Brazilian female composer, Francisca Edwiges "Chiquinha" Gonzaga
- Santa Anita ParkGirl
a thoroughbred racetrack in Arcadia, California