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Anita

“Variant of Anna — Grace; favor” — Hebrew via Latin origin

Girl's name · #1341 in the US (2025) · Vintage

Anita has appeared in US records since 1880 — best rank #77 (1963) · 215,165 babies named Anita all-time · 1 in 10,000 girls born in 2025.

Around the world: about 1 in 2,100 girls in Poland (2025) · about 1 in 3,900 girls in Canada (2024) · about 1 in 4,200 girls in Switzerland (2024).

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 11 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Famous Anitas

• Anita Ekberg — Swedish actress (1931–2015)
• Anita Desai — Indian novelist, University professor (born 1937)
• Anita Włodarczyk — Polish hammer thrower
• Anita Brookner — English novelist and art historian (1928–2016)
• Anita Borg — American computer scientist (1949-2003)

In stories & tradition

• Anita Diminuta — comics character
• Anita Blake — Anita Blake: Vampire Hunter
• Anita Dendermonde — Goede tijden, slechte tijden

What Anitas become

Among 2,067 notable people named Anita:

Entertainers appear 1.54× more often than among typical names — e.g. Anita Ekberg, Swedish actress (1931–2015).

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