MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Anita mean?
Anita developed in European naming as a diminutive of Anna, the grace name. In India it is also used independently, without a necessary Sanskrit expansion.
Pronunciation
IAST: anītā
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
अनीता
Letter-by-letter: anītā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਅਨੀਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
অনিতা
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
अनिता
Letter-by-letter: anitā
630,777 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Anita in Indian usage
1,740,975 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (99.6%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 1,734,033 records (99.6%).
- Recorded as male: 6,942 records (0.4%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1910s | 179 |
| 1920s | 1,487 |
| 1930s | 1,201 |
| 1940s | 3,835 |
| 1950s | 23,310 |
| 1960s | 153,907 |
| 1970s | 438,962 |
| 1980s | 699,477 |
| 1990s | 418,513 |
| 2000s | 104 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Uttar Pradesh | 520,988 |
| Bihar | 365,327 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 235,007 |
| Rajasthan | 164,183 |
| Jharkhand | 107,211 |
| Haryana | 87,078 |
| Delhi | 58,086 |
| Odisha | 51,178 |
| Uttarakhand | 38,107 |
| Punjab | 33,305 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 25,651 |
| Karnataka | 15,261 |
| Assam | 10,557 |
| Tripura | 9,137 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 4,362 |
| Chandigarh | 3,356 |
| Maharashtra | 3,295 |
| Goa | 2,837 |
| Meghalaya | 1,429 |
| Sikkim | 1,047 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 889 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 782 |
| Kerala | 612 |
| Manipur | 470 |
| Nagaland | 292 |
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli | 207 |
| Mizoram | 156 |
| Other states | 165 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Anita / F | 12 | 2,278 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Given-name entry (Wikidata): Anita ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Given-name spelling
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Anita; Table_6, C2291 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Anita; Table_6, C2291