# Vanita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/vanita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,056 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,056 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 4, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit वनिता (vanitā).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 13 | 5,669 |
| 1986 | 22 | 3,885 |
| 1987 | 16 | 5,071 |
| 1988 | 14 | 5,886 |
| 1989 | 13 | 6,518 |
| 1990 | 14 | 6,452 |
| 1991 | 19 | 5,175 |
| 1992 | 10 | 8,717 |
| 1993 | 10 | 8,704 |
| 1994 | 14 | 6,651 |
| 1995 | 11 | 8,057 |
| 1996 | 6 | 13,455 |
| 1997 | 5 | 16,061 |
| 2000 | 7 | 13,090 |
| 2003 | 5 | 18,299 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 4 | 3,970 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: वनिता

## People named Vanita

- Vanita Gupta, American lawyer

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.