Is Lanita a boy or girl name?

Lanita is a girl’s name. Of the 3,721 Americans recorded with the name since 1880, 100.0% were girls and 0.0% were boys.

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Lanita

Recorded 1913–2025 · United States

Lanita was most popular in 1958, when 113 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,632 that year. In 2025 it ranked #18,449, with 8 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 3,721 people named Lanita.

Lanita over time

Births per year. The dot marks Lanita’s peak in 1958. Gaps are years the SSA suppressed, which it does for any name given to fewer than five babies.

Is Lanita a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Across the whole record Lanita is a girl’s name — 100.0% of the 3,721 Americans given it were girls and 0.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 100% girls and 0% boys.

Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.

Names that peaked alongside Lanita

Where Lanita is most concentrated

How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.

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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org