Rita
#140 most common girls' name of all time · #277 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1880–2025
Rank among girls
#140
Rank overall
#277 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
146 of 146
All-time
285,230
Since 2016
1,783
Peak year
1949 #54
Best rank
#42 1930
Girls
Boys
peak 6,669/yr
Rita is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,285 |
| 2024 | 161 | — | 161 | #1,395 |
| 2023 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,374 |
| 2022 | 178 | — | 178 | #1,322 |
| 2021 | 150 | — | 150 | #1,434 |
| 2020 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,232 |
| 2019 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,345 |
| 2018 | 185 | — | 185 | #1,251 |
| 2017 | 207 | — | 207 | #1,182 |
| 2016 | 210 | — | 210 | #1,189 |
| 2015 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,280 |
| 2014 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,362 |
| 2013 | 182 | — | 182 | #1,289 |
| 2012 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,380 |
| 2011 | 169 | — | 169 | #1,363 |
| 2010 | 176 | — | 176 | #1,336 |
| 2009 | 166 | — | 166 | #1,415 |
| 2008 | 186 | — | 186 | #1,325 |
| 2007 | 210 | — | 210 | #1,199 |
| 2006 | 207 | — | 207 | #1,175 |
| 2005 | 220 | — | 220 | #1,078 |
| 2004 | 216 | — | 216 | #1,067 |
| 2003 | 199 | — | 199 | #1,106 |
| 2002 | 244 | — | 244 | #916 |
| 2001 | 270 | — | 270 | #847 |
| 2000 | 251 | — | 251 | #880 |
| 1999 | 229 | — | 229 | #921 |
| 1998 | 246 | — | 246 | #863 |
| 1997 | 240 | — | 240 | #851 |
| 1996 | 303 | — | 303 | #703 |
| 1995 | 296 | — | 296 | #707 |
| 1994 | 318 | — | 318 | #669 |
| 1993 | 342 | — | 342 | #652 |
| 1992 | 390 | — | 390 | #588 |
| 1991 | 423 | — | 423 | #553 |
| 1990 | 434 | — | 434 | #545 |
| 1989 | 412 | — | 412 | #550 |
| 1988 | 485 | — | 485 | #466 |
| 1987 | 518 | — | 518 | #432 |
| 1986 | 544 | — | 544 | #408 |
| 1985 | 588 | — | 588 | #386 |
| 1984 | 607 | 7 | 614 | #375 |
| 1983 | 592 | — | 592 | #376 |
| 1982 | 709 | — | 709 | #338 |
| 1981 | 855 | — | 855 | #284 |
| 1980 | 840 | 9 | 849 | #296 |
| 1979 | 881 | 5 | 886 | #277 |
| 1978 | 892 | 9 | 901 | #262 |
| 1977 | 802 | — | 802 | #295 |
| 1976 | 859 | — | 859 | #271 |
| 1975 | 883 | — | 883 | #273 |
| 1974 | 992 | — | 992 | #256 |
| 1973 | 1,031 | — | 1,031 | #248 |
| 1972 | 1,199 | 7 | 1,206 | #230 |
| 1971 | 1,418 | 11 | 1,429 | #215 |
| 1970 | 1,590 | 11 | 1,601 | #203 |
| 1969 | 1,736 | — | 1,736 | #184 |
| 1968 | 2,073 | 11 | 2,084 | #159 |
| 1967 | 2,380 | 9 | 2,389 | #146 |
| 1966 | 2,688 | 13 | 2,701 | #135 |
| 1965 | 3,067 | 7 | 3,074 | #126 |
| 1964 | 3,470 | 11 | 3,481 | #122 |
| 1963 | 3,808 | 13 | 3,821 | #115 |
| 1962 | 4,102 | 17 | 4,119 | #110 |
| 1961 | 4,532 | 10 | 4,542 | #105 |
| 1960 | 5,027 | 15 | 5,042 | #96 |
| 1959 | 4,952 | 7 | 4,959 | #98 |
| 1958 | 5,340 | 19 | 5,359 | #88 |
| 1957 | 6,018 | 16 | 6,034 | #78 |
| 1956 | 6,054 | 8 | 6,062 | #79 |
| 1955 | 6,094 | 17 | 6,111 | #72 |
| 1954 | 6,536 | 15 | 6,551 | #67 |
| 1953 | 6,284 | 6 | 6,290 | #64 |
| 1952 | 6,148 | 12 | 6,160 | #66 |
| 1951 | 6,415 | 11 | 6,426 | #61 |
| 1950 | 6,424 | 14 | 6,438 | #56 |
| 1949 | 6,653 | 16 | 6,669 | #54 |
| 1948 | 5,835 | 10 | 5,845 | #59 |
| 1947 | 5,982 | 17 | 5,999 | #60 |
| 1946 | 5,533 | 13 | 5,546 | #56 |
| 1945 | 4,282 | 9 | 4,291 | #59 |
| 1944 | 4,530 | 10 | 4,540 | #54 |
| 1943 | 5,011 | 15 | 5,026 | #52 |
| 1942 | 4,706 | 15 | 4,721 | #55 |
| 1941 | 3,879 | 20 | 3,899 | #63 |
| 1940 | 3,442 | 14 | 3,456 | #70 |
| 1939 | 3,188 | 16 | 3,204 | #78 |
| 1938 | 3,357 | 8 | 3,365 | #74 |
| 1937 | 3,421 | 12 | 3,433 | #69 |
| 1936 | 3,334 | 21 | 3,355 | #69 |
| 1935 | 3,579 | 12 | 3,591 | #63 |
| 1934 | 3,683 | 15 | 3,698 | #63 |
| 1933 | 3,840 | 18 | 3,858 | #53 |
| 1932 | 4,256 | 28 | 4,284 | #53 |
| 1931 | 4,613 | 30 | 4,643 | #48 |
| 1930 | 5,470 | 21 | 5,491 | #42 |
| 1929 | 4,767 | 17 | 4,784 | #52 |
| 1928 | 4,810 | 22 | 4,832 | #57 |
| 1927 | 5,084 | 19 | 5,103 | #54 |
| 1926 | 5,015 | 13 | 5,028 | #50 |
| 1925 | 5,323 | 16 | 5,339 | #48 |
| 1924 | 5,381 | 12 | 5,393 | #49 |
| 1923 | 5,095 | 6 | 5,101 | #50 |
| 1922 | 4,976 | 8 | 4,984 | #52 |
| 1921 | 5,157 | 11 | 5,168 | #48 |
| 1920 | 4,979 | 13 | 4,992 | #52 |
| 1919 | 4,515 | — | 4,515 | #54 |
| 1918 | 4,447 | 11 | 4,458 | #58 |
| 1917 | 3,870 | — | 3,870 | #63 |
| 1916 | 3,477 | 7 | 3,484 | #67 |
| 1915 | 3,063 | 8 | 3,071 | #71 |
| 1914 | 2,010 | — | 2,010 | #87 |
| 1913 | 1,096 | 5 | 1,101 | #116 |
| 1912 | 636 | — | 636 | #165 |
| 1911 | 403 | — | 403 | #179 |
| 1910 | 333 | — | 333 | #198 |
| 1909 | 295 | — | 295 | #197 |
| 1908 | 255 | — | 255 | #212 |
| 1907 | 266 | — | 266 | #196 |
| 1906 | 203 | — | 203 | #219 |
| 1905 | 188 | — | 188 | #229 |
| 1904 | 166 | — | 166 | #241 |
| 1903 | 174 | — | 174 | #229 |
| 1902 | 148 | — | 148 | #257 |
| 1901 | 135 | — | 135 | #250 |
| 1900 | 162 | — | 162 | #255 |
| 1899 | 147 | — | 147 | #227 |
| 1898 | 146 | — | 146 | #244 |
| 1897 | 117 | — | 117 | #264 |
| 1896 | 109 | — | 109 | #274 |
| 1895 | 105 | — | 105 | #275 |
| 1894 | 104 | — | 104 | #273 |
| 1893 | 95 | — | 95 | #275 |
| 1892 | 87 | — | 87 | #290 |
| 1891 | 65 | — | 65 | #314 |
| 1890 | 54 | — | 54 | #349 |
| 1889 | 75 | — | 75 | #276 |
| 1888 | 52 | — | 52 | #334 |
| 1887 | 40 | — | 40 | #338 |
| 1886 | 28 | — | 28 | #408 |
| 1885 | 31 | — | 31 | #366 |
| 1884 | 24 | — | 24 | #412 |
| 1883 | 15 | — | 15 | #502 |
| 1882 | 21 | — | 21 | #395 |
| 1881 | 20 | — | 20 | #378 |
| 1880 | 19 | — | 19 | #385 |