How Many People Are Named Lanita?
people named Lanita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 110,004 people in the US has this name
Based on 3,721 babies named Lanita in Social Security records from 1913 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
113 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lanita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lanita alive today is about 52 years old, and 51% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 42 and 65 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lanita first appears in the records in 1913 and was given most often in 1958, to 113 babies. In 2025, 8 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1913 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lanita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #973, in 1958. In 2025 it ranked #11,478.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #11,478 |
| Best rank | #973 (1958) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,238 in the 1960s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lanita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lanita were born in Texas than in any other state: about 296 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lanita was given 5.9 times as often in Oklahoma, 4.7 times in Texas and 2 times in Illinois.
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