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Vanita

Girls' name · Late 20th-century · Sanskrit origin

Living in the US
~1,400 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
Unranked no births recorded
Births in 2025
0 2,056 since 1880
Typical age
60 years, median

Vanita popularity over time

Vanita rank by birth year, 1913–2003Vanita ranked #2,540 in 1913 and #15,784 in 2003. Its best rank in the period was #1,268, in 1932.#10,000#15,784best #1,268 in 193219201940196019802000
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1913–2003. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

Vanita was used most in 1971, when 53 babies were given the name. It first clears the SSA reporting threshold in 1913. The name last cleared the reporting threshold in 2003.

Babies named Vanita per yearPeaks at 53 births in 1971.53 in 1971019201940196019802000
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Vanita?

An estimated 1,400 living Americans are called Vanita. SSA has recorded 2,056 births under the name since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Vanita?

Median age among living Vanitas: 60. The 1960s produced the largest surviving cohort. By the site’s era rules that makes Vanita a late 20th-century name.

Your Vanita

Ages of living people named VanitaHalf of living Vanitas are older than 60 and half younger.median 60020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where the name Vanita comes from

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता.

Etymology summarised from Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0. Wiktionary entry.

See how Sanskrit names are used in American and British births on the Sanskrit names page.

Notable people named Vanita

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Vanita Jagdeo Borade Indian conservationist 1975 12
Vanita Gupta American lawyer 1974 8
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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