How Many People Are Named Anita Dowis?
There are approximately 1 people named Anita Dowis living in the United States today. That makes this name combination very rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans.
This estimate combines SSA birth records for the first name Anita with Census Bureau frequency data for the surname Dowis. Below you will find a breakdown of both names, including popularity trends, gender data, and Census background data where it is available.
Estimated People with This Name
1
1 in 342,754,338 Americans
Combination Rarity
Very Rare
First Name
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Last Name
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Anita: Popularity Over Time
Year-by-year SSA birth registrations for the first name Anita. The peak year was 1957 with 5,831 births. The average person named Anita today is 62 years old.
Ancestry of the First Name Anita
In the 2020 Census, the first name Anita was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (61.54%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (14.04%) and Hispanic (13.66%).
These percentages describe the people who had the first name Anita in the 2020 Census. They do not tell you the deeper origin or meaning of the name itself.
Read this as a snapshot of who already had the name in 2020, not as a trend line. The SSA chart above is still the better way to see how Anita rose or fell over time.
Ancestry of the Dowis Surname
The surname Dowis was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White in the 2020 Census.
This is a self-reported race and ethnicity breakdown for people who had the surname Dowis in the published Census surname tables. It gives useful context around who was recorded with the name, but it does not tell the full family history of every Boone line.
How we calculated this
The first name "Anita" has an estimated frequency of 0.0361% among living Americans, based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024 adjusted for mortality using CDC 2023 life tables.
The surname "Dowis" appears at a rate of 0.20 per 100,000 people in the 2020 U.S. Census.
We do not use the Census first-name snapshot for the main estimate because it is only published once every 10 years. The latest public first-name Census file is from 2020, which is already 6 years old. SSA birth records plus CDC survival data give a better current estimate of how many people with the first name Anita are likely to be alive now.
Multiplying these frequencies against the U.S. population of ~343 million gives 1 estimated people. This assumes first names and last names are statistically independent. Full methodology.
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Anita Dowis: Questions and Answers
How many people are named Anita Dowis?
We estimate approximately 1 people named Anita Dowis are alive in the United States today. The first name Anita is shared by 123,726 Americans, and the surname Dowis is shared by 686.
How rare is the name Anita Dowis?
This name combination is classified as Very Rare, occurring at a rate of about 1 in 342,754,338 Americans. The first name Anita is common and the surname Dowis is very rare.
Is Anita a male or female name?
Anita is predominantly female, with 0.3% of bearers being male and 99.7% female. It peaked in popularity in 1957 and the average bearer today is 62 years old.
What does the Census say about the first name Anita?
In the 2020 Census, the first name Anita was most commonly recorded among people who identified as White (61.54%). The next largest recorded groups were Black (14.04%) and Hispanic (13.66%). These percentages describe the people who had the name in the 2020 Census, not the deeper origin of the name itself.
Where does this data come from?
First name data comes from the Social Security Administration (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables. When available, first-name Census background data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau first-name tables. Surname data comes from the 2020 U.S. Census Bureau. Full methodology.
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