Anitra
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Anitra is a girls' name. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Anitra mean?
Literary name used by Henrik Ibsen
Anitra is a Bedouin chief's daughter in Ibsen's Peer Gynt; Grieg's music for the play includes 'Anitra's Dance'.
Is Anitra a girl's or a boy's name?
Anitra is a girls' name.
How popular is Anitra in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1976, with 596 girls. It first appears in the records in 1923.
Half of all the girls named Anitra in the US since 1880 were born between 1974 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Anitra in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 6 | #14,577 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 6 | #14,816 |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 6 | #14,495 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 17 | #6,386 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 19 | #5,700 |
| 1999 | 20 | #5,213 |
| 1998 | 32 | #3,645 |
| 1997 | 38 | #3,102 |
| 1996 | 36 | #3,232 |
| 1995 | 37 | #3,082 |
| 1994 | 30 | #3,610 |
| 1993 | 44 | #2,720 |
| 1992 | 40 | #2,915 |
| 1991 | 54 | #2,350 |
| 1990 | 59 | #2,169 |
| 1989 | 44 | #2,567 |
| 1988 | 46 | #2,364 |
| 1987 | 47 | #2,274 |
| 1986 | 60 | #1,865 |
| 1985 | 63 | #1,783 |
| 1984 | 76 | #1,502 |
| 1983 | 79 | #1,463 |
| 1982 | 109 | #1,221 |
| 1981 | 95 | #1,319 |
| 1980 | 116 | #1,161 |
| 1979 | 162 | #912 |
| 1978 | 188 | #797 |
| 1977 | 392 | #484 |
| 1976 | 596 | #355 |
| 1975 | 458 | #431 |
| 1974 | 397 | #456 |
| 1973 | 174 | #772 |
| 1972 | 56 | #1,607 |
| 1971 | 46 | #1,877 |
| 1970 | 20 | #3,208 |
| 1969 | 31 | #2,296 |
| 1968 | 29 | #2,246 |
| 1967 | 24 | #2,492 |
| 1966 | 26 | #2,356 |
| 1965 | 14 | #3,401 |
| 1964 | 29 | #2,245 |
| 1963 | 66 | #1,361 |
| 1962 | 48 | #1,626 |
| 1961 | 32 | #2,069 |
| 1960 | 30 | #2,096 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 48 | #1,541 |
| 1957 | 26 | #2,167 |
| 1956 | 11 | #3,695 |
| 1955 | 11 | #3,570 |
| 1954 | 17 | #2,694 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 7 | #4,482 |
| 1951 | 12 | #3,105 |
| 1950 | 10 | #3,422 |
| 1949 | 15 | #2,619 |
| 1948 | 10 | #3,349 |
| 1947 | 16 | #2,529 |
| 1946 | 10 | #3,216 |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 11 | #2,761 |
| 1943 | 6 | #4,195 |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 9 | #2,920 |
| 1938 | 11 | #2,578 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 6 | #3,846 |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 6 | #4,375 |
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Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Anitra: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/anitra, updated 20 October 2026.