Quanita
Quanita is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Quanita Adams, South African stage and screen actress Quanita Bobbs, South African field hockey player Quanitta Underwood, American boxer
Meaning & Origin of Quanita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Quanita is a feminine given name. Notable people with the name include:Quanita Adams, South African stage and screen actress Quanita Bobbs, South African field hockey player Quanitta Underwood, American boxer
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The Story of Quanita
The earliest SSA record of Quanita as a baby girl name dates back to 1959, when 5 babies received it. 1989 was its biggest year on record, with 27 newborns named Quanita — #3,673 in the national rankings. About 40% of every Quanita on record arrived during the 1980s, its defining decade. Quanita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2007, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 547 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1950s to the 2020s.
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About the name Quanita
Quanita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1959 and has accumulated 547 births in the dataset. Quanita's peak popularity came in 1989 when it ranked #3,673. Use the chart and map above to compare Quanita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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