Senita

Girls' name

Literal meaning not recorded

Senita has been given to 166 babies in the U.S. since 1953. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1969, with 13 recorded.

Babies named Senita, 1990

1 in 790,000

Senita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Senita: meaning, origin, and history

Literal meaning not recorded

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Senita means

Senita is a given name.

Origin, language, and formation

Senita is used in Faroese.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 166 girls were recorded with the name Senita between 1953 and 1990. Its highest annual count was 13 in 1969; its best national rank was #4,138 in 1969.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Senita?

Senita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1990, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1990: 1 in 790,000; 5 of 3,949,959 births
Among girls only: 1 in 379,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1990: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 547,582 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Senita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1990 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 547,582 children born in 1990 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Senita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Senitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Senita was born before 1976 — so the typical Senita is around 49 today.

Median birth year: 1976; About 49 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 34.9% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 89.8%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 166; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 34.9% of all recorded uses (58).

Is Senita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1969 (13)
Years since peak: 56; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 21.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #4,138; 1969

Spellings of Senita

Senita is not the most common spelling — Anita is, with 40.9% against Senita's 0.03%.

Anita40.9%215,165
Sonia12.7%66,747
Bonita7.2%37,842
Selina3.7%19,225
Renata2.8%14,610
Nita2.7%14,268
Benita2.6%13,669
Kenia1.9%10,216

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Senita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,138; 1969
Peak year: 1969; 13 that year
First recorded: 1953
Last recorded: 1990
All-time count: 166
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Senita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Senai Seniya Sennie Aelita Talita Senora Senia Seniah Senaya Armita Seniyah Anvita Senya Senovia Senorita Seneca Verita Corita Ishita Elnita Julita Lucita Senna Senta

Sibling names for Senita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marnie Charla Richelle Nichelle Aretha Brigette Nicolle Janeen

For a brother

Jacques Judd Douglass Alfonzo Kraig Kelley Edwardo Brant

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