Wanita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- wah-NEE-tuh
- Origin
- Hebrew
Wanita is a girls' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “God is gracious”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Wanita mean?
Hebrew: English phonetic spelling of Juanita, the Spanish pet form of Juana
“God is gracious”
A phonetic English spelling of Juanita, the Spanish pet form of Juana, a feminine form of John.
Is Wanita a girl's or a boy's name?
Wanita is a girls' name.
How popular is Wanita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1924, with 71 girls. It first appears in the records in 1899.
Half of all the girls named Wanita in the US since 1880 were born between 1927 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Wanita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 7 | #12,192 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 5 | #15,246 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 5 | #15,532 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 8 | #12,270 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 7 | #13,918 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 6 | #13,837 |
| 2002 | 6 | #13,589 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 8 | #8,386 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 11 | #6,153 |
| 1985 | 6 | #9,304 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 14 | #4,883 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,253 |
| 1980 | 15 | #4,742 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 11 | #5,530 |
| 1976 | 19 | #3,539 |
| 1975 | 22 | #3,155 |
| 1974 | 19 | #3,426 |
| 1973 | 21 | #3,121 |
| 1972 | 24 | #2,820 |
| 1971 | 22 | #3,062 |
| 1970 | 31 | #2,395 |
| 1969 | 22 | #2,843 |
| 1968 | 19 | #2,969 |
| 1967 | 22 | #2,632 |
| 1966 | 25 | #2,406 |
| 1965 | 20 | #2,743 |
| 1964 | 26 | #2,411 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 31 | #2,112 |
| 1961 | 41 | #1,787 |
| 1960 | 31 | #2,060 |
| 1959 | 24 | #2,338 |
| 1958 | 38 | #1,761 |
| 1957 | 33 | #1,903 |
| 1956 | 28 | #2,057 |
| 1955 | 43 | #1,555 |
| 1954 | 24 | #2,185 |
| 1953 | 29 | #1,871 |
| 1952 | 26 | #1,977 |
| 1951 | 33 | #1,664 |
| 1950 | 32 | #1,652 |
| 1949 | 37 | #1,511 |
| 1948 | 41 | #1,438 |
| 1947 | 25 | #1,945 |
| 1946 | 39 | #1,393 |
| 1945 | 26 | #1,620 |
| 1944 | 35 | #1,363 |
| 1943 | 44 | #1,211 |
| 1942 | 31 | #1,471 |
| 1941 | 46 | #1,087 |
| 1940 | 33 | #1,294 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 30 | #1,343 |
| 1937 | 43 | #1,085 |
| 1936 | 46 | #1,022 |
| 1935 | 41 | #1,084 |
| 1934 | 33 | #1,236 |
| 1933 | 41 | #1,085 |
| 1932 | 36 | #1,192 |
| 1931 | 53 | #953 |
| 1930 | 53 | #1,014 |
| 1929 | 52 | #1,003 |
| 1928 | 47 | #1,097 |
| 1927 | 45 | #1,139 |
| 1926 | 50 | #1,054 |
| 1925 | 51 | #1,064 |
| 1924 | 71 | #893 |
| 1923 | 56 | #1,005 |
| 1922 | 44 | #1,160 |
| 1921 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1920 | 46 | #1,103 |
| 1919 | 35 | #1,297 |
| 1918 | 44 | #1,102 |
| 1917 | 40 | #1,126 |
| 1916 | 25 | #1,485 |
| 1915 | 33 | #1,190 |
| 1914 | 8 | #2,637 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 8 | #2,143 |
| 1911 | 12 | #1,372 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 0 | – |
| 1907 | 7 | #1,638 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 5 | #1,595 |
Nicknames for Wanita
Names like Wanita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loretta, Winona, Anita, Sylvia, Barbara, Ramona, Leona, Regina, Mary, Jane, Martha, Lenora
Names related to Wanita
More Hebrew names
Noah, Isabella, Elijah, James, Jack, Mia, Ava, Jude, Ezra, Benjamin, Isaac, Jacob, Ethan, Daniel, Samuel, Elias
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, “Wanita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/wanita, updated 20 October 2026.