Vanita
Vanita is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
Meaning & Origin of Vanita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vanita is both a surname and a feminine given name. Notable people with the surname include:
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The Story of Vanita
The earliest SSA record of Vanita as a baby girl name dates back to 1913, when 7 babies received it. 1971 was its biggest year on record, with 53 newborns named Vanita — #1,709 in the national rankings. Vanita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2003, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 2K Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1910s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Vanita
Vanita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1913 and has accumulated 2K births in the dataset. Vanita's peak popularity came in 1971 when it ranked #1,709. Use the chart and map above to compare Vanita'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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