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Baby name
Anita
Girl
Origin of the name
Anita is a Spanish pet form of Ana, that is, Anne, from the Hebrew Hannah, “grace.”
Classic name
215,165births since 1880
1950sgeneration
No. 81rank at its peak, in 1957
Where babies named Anita are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Anita is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Anita is most common in New Mexico (1.9 times), Maine (1.8) and District of Columbia (1.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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