Lanita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- luh-NEE-ta
- Origin
- Modern
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Lanita is a girls' name of Modern origin. In 2025 it ranked 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
Where does Lanita come from?
Modern: La- prefix + Nita, or Lana + -ita
Is Lanita a girl's or a boy's name?
Lanita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lanita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,913among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Lanita, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1958, with 113 girls. It first appears in the records in 1913.
Half of all the girls named Lanita in the US since 1880 were born between 1957 and 1981, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lanita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 7 | #12,156 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 10 | #9,674 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 9 | #10,467 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 12 | #8,772 |
| 2016 | 6 | #14,326 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 6 | #14,552 |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 17 | #7,338 |
| 2008 | 12 | #9,472 |
| 2007 | 21 | #6,319 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 5 | #16,455 |
| 2004 | 13 | #8,254 |
| 2003 | 13 | #7,993 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 17 | #6,317 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 17 | #5,890 |
| 1998 | 16 | #6,068 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 15 | #6,059 |
| 1995 | 9 | #8,761 |
| 1994 | 13 | #6,666 |
| 1993 | 25 | #4,095 |
| 1992 | 37 | #3,086 |
| 1991 | 43 | #2,732 |
| 1990 | 33 | #3,292 |
| 1989 | 38 | #2,873 |
| 1988 | 44 | #2,442 |
| 1987 | 38 | #2,610 |
| 1986 | 56 | #1,951 |
| 1985 | 50 | #2,099 |
| 1984 | 56 | #1,886 |
| 1983 | 56 | #1,857 |
| 1982 | 49 | #2,082 |
| 1981 | 57 | #1,887 |
| 1980 | 69 | #1,657 |
| 1979 | 79 | #1,496 |
| 1978 | 72 | #1,537 |
| 1977 | 84 | #1,345 |
| 1976 | 65 | #1,551 |
| 1975 | 73 | #1,430 |
| 1974 | 80 | #1,323 |
| 1973 | 58 | #1,589 |
| 1972 | 63 | #1,502 |
| 1971 | 60 | #1,586 |
| 1970 | 84 | #1,285 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 59 | #1,473 |
| 1967 | 83 | #1,164 |
| 1966 | 67 | #1,320 |
| 1965 | 86 | #1,145 |
| 1964 | 74 | #1,293 |
| 1963 | 105 | #1,047 |
| 1962 | 93 | #1,126 |
| 1961 | 82 | #1,216 |
| 1960 | 86 | #1,173 |
| 1959 | 78 | #1,207 |
| 1958 | 113 | #972 |
| 1957 | 70 | #1,253 |
| 1956 | 60 | #1,338 |
| 1955 | 73 | #1,166 |
| 1954 | 58 | #1,299 |
| 1953 | 42 | #1,502 |
| 1952 | 42 | #1,486 |
| 1951 | 38 | #1,527 |
| 1950 | 42 | #1,410 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 36 | #1,547 |
| 1947 | 46 | #1,356 |
| 1946 | 37 | #1,438 |
| 1945 | 24 | #1,698 |
| 1944 | 17 | #2,095 |
| 1943 | 37 | #1,341 |
| 1942 | 38 | #1,300 |
| 1941 | 27 | #1,501 |
| 1940 | 21 | #1,745 |
| 1939 | 24 | #1,544 |
| 1938 | 24 | #1,547 |
| 1937 | 21 | #1,679 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 14 | #2,205 |
| 1934 | 15 | #2,086 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 12 | #2,488 |
| 1931 | 7 | #3,495 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 13 | #2,436 |
| 1928 | 12 | #2,622 |
| 1927 | 11 | #2,858 |
| 1926 | 17 | #2,164 |
| 1925 | 13 | #2,616 |
| 1924 | 7 | #4,000 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 8 | #3,653 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 0 | – |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 7 | #3,867 |
| 1917 | 0 | – |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 5 | #4,272 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
Names like Lanita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Angela Melissa Diana Rebecca Lisa Linda Monica Lana Maria Christina Teresa Cassandra
More Modern names
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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, “Lanita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lanita, updated 20 October 2026.