Rita
#1,285 for girls in 2025, 174 births · Last seen for boys in 1984 at #4,973
Given to girls 99.7% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1930 · 5,470 births
- Debut · girls
- 19 births
- In top 100 · girls
- 47 yrsof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 284,452since 1880
Rita over time
Rank among girls' names. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #1,285 | 174 | — | |
| 2024 | #1,395 | 161 | — | |
| 2023 | #1,373 | 164 | — | |
| 2022 | #1,322 | 178 | — | |
| 2021 | #1,432 | 150 | — | |
| 2020 | #1,231 | 185 | — | |
| 2019 | #1,345 | 169 | — | |
| 2018 | #1,250 | 185 | — | |
| 2017 | #1,182 | 207 | — | |
| 2016 | #1,188 | 210 | — | |
| 2015 | #1,280 | 190 | — | |
| 2014 | #1,362 | 171 | — | |
| 2013 | #1,289 | 182 | — | |
| 2012 | #1,379 | 169 | — | |
| 2011 | #1,363 | 169 | — | |
| 2010 | #1,336 | 176 | — | |
| 2009 | #1,414 | 166 | — | |
| 2008 | #1,325 | 186 | — | |
| 2007 | #1,199 | 210 | — | |
| 2006 | #1,173 | 207 | — | |
| 2005 | #1,078 | 220 | — | |
| 2004 | #1,067 | 216 | — | |
| 2003 | #1,105 | 199 | — | |
| 2002 | #916 | 244 | — | |
| 2001 | #846 | 270 | — | |
| 2000 | #880 | 251 | — | |
| 1999 | #921 | 229 | — | |
| 1998 | #862 | 246 | — | |
| 1997 | #850 | 240 | — | |
| 1996 | #703 | 303 | — | |
| 1995 | #707 | 296 | — | |
| 1994 | #669 | 318 | — | |
| 1993 | #652 | 342 | — | |
| 1992 | #588 | 390 | — | |
| 1991 | #553 | 423 | — | |
| 1990 | #545 | 434 | — | |
| 1989 | #549 | 412 | — | |
| 1988 | #466 | 485 | — | |
| 1987 | #432 | 518 | — | |
| 1986 | #408 | 544 | — | |
| 1985 | #386 | 588 | — | |
| 1984 | #375 | 607 | #4,973 | 7 |
| 1983 | #376 | 592 | — | |
| 1982 | #338 | 709 | — | |
| 1981 | #284 | 855 | — | |
| 1980 | #296 | 840 | #4,134 | 9 |
| 1979 | #277 | 881 | #6,056 | 5 |
| 1978 | #262 | 892 | #3,857 | 9 |
| 1977 | #295 | 802 | — | |
| 1976 | #271 | 859 | — | |
| 1975 | #272 | 883 | — | |
| 1974 | #256 | 992 | — | |
| 1973 | #248 | 1,031 | — | |
| 1972 | #230 | 1,199 | #3,963 | 7 |
| 1971 | #215 | 1,418 | #2,973 | 11 |
| 1970 | #203 | 1,590 | #2,891 | 11 |
| 1969 | #184 | 1,736 | — | |
| 1968 | #159 | 2,073 | #2,576 | 11 |
| 1967 | #146 | 2,380 | #2,760 | 9 |
| 1966 | #135 | 2,688 | #2,216 | 13 |
| 1965 | #126 | 3,067 | #3,244 | 7 |
| 1964 | #122 | 3,470 | #2,546 | 11 |
| 1963 | #115 | 3,808 | #2,300 | 13 |
| 1962 | #110 | 4,102 | #1,962 | 17 |
| 1961 | #105 | 4,532 | #2,706 | 10 |
| 1960 | #96 | 5,027 | #2,121 | 15 |
| 1959 | #98 | 4,952 | #3,290 | 7 |
| 1958 | #88 | 5,340 | #1,838 | 19 |
| 1957 | #78 | 6,018 | #2,019 | 16 |
| 1956 | #79 | 6,054 | #2,969 | 8 |
| 1955 | #72 | 6,094 | #1,902 | 17 |
| 1954 | #67 | 6,536 | #2,044 | 15 |
| 1953 | #64 | 6,284 | #3,425 | 6 |
| 1952 | #66 | 6,148 | #2,251 | 12 |
| 1951 | #61 | 6,415 | #2,367 | 11 |
| 1950 | #56 | 6,424 | #2,019 | 14 |
| 1949 | #54 | 6,653 | #1,872 | 16 |
| 1948 | #59 | 5,835 | #2,443 | 10 |
| 1947 | #60 | 5,982 | #1,850 | 17 |
| 1946 | #56 | 5,533 | #2,030 | 13 |
| 1945 | #59 | 4,282 | #2,393 | 9 |
| 1944 | #54 | 4,530 | #2,309 | 10 |
| 1943 | #52 | 5,011 | #1,910 | 15 |
| 1942 | #55 | 4,706 | #1,867 | 15 |
| 1941 | #63 | 3,879 | #1,532 | 20 |
| 1940 | #70 | 3,442 | #1,894 | 14 |
| 1939 | #78 | 3,188 | #1,712 | 16 |
| 1938 | #74 | 3,357 | #2,646 | 8 |
| 1937 | #69 | 3,421 | #2,088 | 12 |
| 1936 | #69 | 3,334 | #1,463 | 21 |
| 1935 | #63 | 3,579 | #2,127 | 12 |
| 1934 | #63 | 3,683 | #1,860 | 15 |
| 1933 | #53 | 3,840 | #1,644 | 18 |
| 1932 | #53 | 4,256 | #1,286 | 28 |
| 1931 | #48 | 4,613 | #1,253 | 30 |
| 1930 | #42 | 5,470 | #1,602 | 21 |
| 1929 | #52 | 4,767 | #1,848 | 17 |
| 1928 | #57 | 4,810 | #1,611 | 22 |
| 1927 | #54 | 5,084 | #1,796 | 19 |
| 1926 | #50 | 5,015 | #2,302 | 13 |
| 1925 | #48 | 5,323 | #2,012 | 16 |
| 1924 | #49 | 5,381 | #2,473 | 12 |
| 1923 | #50 | 5,095 | #3,822 | 6 |
| 1922 | #52 | 4,976 | #3,252 | 8 |
| 1921 | #48 | 5,157 | #2,632 | 11 |
| 1920 | #52 | 4,979 | #2,336 | 13 |
| 1919 | #54 | 4,515 | — | |
| 1918 | #58 | 4,447 | #2,543 | 11 |
| 1917 | #63 | 3,870 | — | |
| 1916 | #67 | 3,477 | #3,177 | 7 |
| 1915 | #71 | 3,063 | #2,829 | 8 |
| 1914 | #87 | 2,010 | — | |
| 1913 | #116 | 1,096 | #2,821 | 5 |
| 1912 | #165 | 636 | — | |
| 1911 | #179 | 403 | — | |
| 1910 | #198 | 333 | — | |
| 1909 | #197 | 295 | — | |
| 1908 | #212 | 255 | — | |
| 1907 | #196 | 266 | — | |
| 1906 | #219 | 203 | — | |
| 1905 | #229 | 188 | — | |
| 1904 | #241 | 166 | — | |
| 1903 | #228 | 174 | — | |
| 1902 | #257 | 148 | — | |
| 1901 | #247 | 135 | — | |
| 1900 | #255 | 162 | — | |
| 1899 | #227 | 147 | — | |
| 1898 | #244 | 146 | — | |
| 1897 | #263 | 117 | — | |
| 1896 | #273 | 109 | — | |
| 1895 | #275 | 105 | — | |
| 1894 | #271 | 104 | — | |
| 1893 | #275 | 95 | — | |
| 1892 | #288 | 87 | — | |
| 1891 | #313 | 65 | — | |
| 1890 | #348 | 54 | — | |
| 1889 | #275 | 75 | — | |
| 1888 | #333 | 52 | — | |
| 1887 | #337 | 40 | — | |
| 1886 | #406 | 28 | — | |
| 1885 | #365 | 31 | — | |
| 1884 | #409 | 24 | — | |
| 1883 | #499 | 15 | — | |
| 1882 | #389 | 21 | — | |
| 1881 | #374 | 20 | — | |
| 1880 | #375 | 19 | — | |
In the first year the SSA published name data, Rita was already there! It came in at #375, and was given to 19 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1880–1883, when fewer than 22 girls a year got the name.
See more about Rita
- 110 spots since 2024 (#1,395 → #1,285)
- 54 spots since 2020 (#1,231 → #1,285)
- 5 spots since 2015 (#1,280 → #1,285)
- Biggest jump: 90 spots in 1884 (#499 → #409)
- Biggest drop: 189 spots in 2003 (#916 → #1,105)
- Debuted 1880
- Peaked 1930 at #42 (5,470 births)
- Births halved by 1966, 36 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: 47 yrs · run 1914–1960
- Top 1,000: 123 yrs · run 1880–2002
- Highest: 1 in 206 girls born in 1930 were named Rita (0.49%)
- Latest: 1 in 9,237 girls born in 2025 (0.01%)
- 21.2% of all girls named Rita (60,265) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 325 | #275 (1889) | #376 |
| 1890s | 1,029 | #227 (1899) | #278 |
| 1900s | 1,992 | #196 (1907) | #228 |
| 1910s | 23,850 | #54 (1919) | #106 |
| 1920s | 50,587 | #48 (1925) | #51 |
| 1930s | 38,741 | #42 (1930) | #61 |
| 1940s | 49,853 | #52 (1943) | #58 |
| 1950s | 60,265 | #56 (1950) | #73 |
| 1960s | 32,883 | #96 (1960) | #130 |
| 1970s | 10,547 | #203 (1970) | #253 |
| 1980s | 6,150 | #284 (1981) | #391 |
| 1990s | 3,221 | #545 (1990) | #705 |
| 2000s | 2,169 | #846 (2001) | #1,100 |
| 2010s | 1,828 | #1,182 (2017) | #1,297 |
| 2020s | 1,012 | #1,231 (2020) | #1,340 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Rita in 1978
Top girls' names in 1978
Top boys' names in 1978
More about 1978
girls
1,531,859 girls got a published name in 1978; 1 in 1,717 of them was named Rita, which outranked 97.7% of the 11,475 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,641,837 boys got a published name in 1978; 1 in 182,426 of them was named Rita, which outranked 43.0% of the 6,762 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #3,614Zahir10
- #3,614Zaire10
- #3,614Zalman10
- #3,857Rita9
- #3,857Abdur9
- #3,857Adewale9
- #3,857Agostino9
- #4,157Abimael8
- #4,157Adrean8
- #4,157Airrion8
Tied with 299 names at #3,857; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.