Rita Name Popularity

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How popular is Rita?

Ranking 1,251st in popularity in the United States for girls in 2018, the name Rita is uncommon.

Although not currently within the top 1000, Rita has seen higher popularity rankings.

Position 42, its highest popularity RANKING, was reached in 1930.

However, the name was bestowed upon the greatest number of babies in 1949 with 6,652 occurrences.

The least number of children given the name Rita was 15 in 1883.

Decidely upward trends in the number of babies given the name Rita occurred roughly during the years 1883-1889, 1890-1893, 1895-1898, 1904-1920, 1940-1943, and 1944-1947, whereas 1930-1934, 1965-1973, 1980-1983, 1986-1989, 1990-1993, and 2000-2003 were years of successive downward movement.

Overall, when compared to its most prominent year, the name's popularity is at an extremely low point.

How popular will Rita be?

The popularity trend for Rita has been moving downward for a while. however, the number of children named Rita lately has remained about the same.

The name Rita is still rare and has recently started to plateu at its present level but may also begin to make a more decisive move up or down.

Relative to what it once was, Rita has fallen out of favor as a given name.

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		Rita (Girl)		Rita (Boy)
Year	%	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank	No. of Babies Given Name	Popul. Rank
2018		184	1,251	< 5	--
2017		207	1,181	< 5	--
2016		209	1,191	< 5	--
2015		189	1,283	< 5	--
2014		170	1,368	< 5	--
2013		182	1,289	< 5	--
2012		169	1,382	< 5	--
2011		169	1,368	< 5	--
2010		176	1,340	< 5	--
2009		166	1,419	< 5	--
2008		186	1,327	< 5	--
2007		209	1,204	< 5	--
2006		207	1,180	< 5	--
2005		219	1,091	< 5	--
2004		215	1,075	< 5	--
2003		199	1,110	< 5	--
2002		244	918	< 5	--
2001		270	848	< 5	--
2000		251	881	< 5	--
1999		228	927	< 5	--
1998		246	864	< 5	--
1997		240	853	< 5	--
1996		303	704	< 5	--
1995		296	709	< 5	--
1994		317	671	< 5	--
1993		341	653	< 5	--
1992		389	589	< 5	--
1991		423	553	< 5	--
1990		434	545	< 5	--
1989		412	551	< 5	--
1988		485	465	< 5	--
1987		518	432	< 5	--
1986		544	408	< 5	--
1985		588	386	< 5	--
1984		606	378	7	5,456
1983		592	376	< 5	--
1982		708	339	< 5	--
1981		855	284	< 5	--
1980		838	298	9	4,419
1979		880	277	5	6,856
1978		892	263	9	4,100
1977		802	295	< 5	--
1976		859	271	< 5	--
1975		883	273	< 5	--
1974		991	256	< 5	--
1973		1,031	248	< 5	--
1972		1,199	230	7	4,345
1971		1,419	215	11	3,106
1970		1,588	203	11	3,029
1969		1,735	184	< 5	--
1968		2,076	159	10	2,876
1967		2,376	146	9	2,940
1966		2,688	135	13	2,311
1965		3,064	126	7	3,489
1964		3,469	122	11	2,630
1963		3,806	115	13	2,394
1962		4,102	110	17	2,019
1961		4,527	105	10	2,859
1960		5,029	96	15	2,188
1959		4,952	98	7	3,528
1958		5,335	88	20	1,824
1957		6,016	78	16	2,073
1956		6,052	79	8	3,161
1955		6,093	72	17	1,961
1954		6,537	67	15	2,100
1953		6,283	64	6	3,725
1952		6,149	66	12	2,352
1951		6,416	61	11	2,473
1950		6,423	56	14	2,099
1949		6,652	54	16	1,927
1948		5,835	59	10	2,579
1947		5,982	60	17	1,901
1946		5,533	56	13	2,122
1945		4,283	59	9	2,546
1944		4,529	55	10	2,439
1943		5,011	52	15	1,975
1942		4,706	55	15	1,929
1941		3,880	63	20	1,577
1940		3,441	70	14	1,970
1939		3,188	78	16	1,780
1938		3,357	74	8	2,822
1937		3,421	69	12	2,174
1936		3,333	69	21	1,498
1935		3,578	63	12	2,221
1934		3,683	63	15	1,913
1933		3,840	53	18	1,694
1932		4,256	53	28	1,318
1931		4,614	48	30	1,276
1930		5,468	42	21	1,640
1929		4,766	52	17	1,910
1928		4,809	57	22	1,637
1927		5,084	54	19	1,857
1926		5,014	50	13	2,406
1925		5,323	48	16	2,068
1924		5,381	49	12	2,598
1923		5,095	50	6	4,159
1922		4,977	52	8	3,477
1921		5,157	48	11	2,768
1920		4,979	52	13	2,430
1919		4,516	54	< 5	--
1918		4,447	58	11	2,668
1917		3,870	63	< 5	--
1916		3,477	67	7	3,449
1915		3,063	71	8	3,017
1914		2,010	87	< 5	--
1913		1,096	116	5	3,182
1912		636	165	< 5	--
1911		403	179	< 5	--
1910		333	198	< 5	--
1909		295	197	< 5	--
1908		255	212	< 5	--
1907		266	196	< 5	--
1906		203	219	< 5	--
1905		188	229	< 5	--
1904		166	242	< 5	--
1903		174	228	< 5	--
1902		148	257	< 5	--
1901		135	249	< 5	--
1900		162	256	< 5	--
1899		147	228	< 5	--
1898		146	244	< 5	--
1897		117	264	< 5	--
1896		109	275	< 5	--
1895		105	275	< 5	--
1894		104	273	< 5	--
1893		95	275	< 5	--
1892		87	291	< 5	--
1891		65	314	< 5	--
1890		54	349	< 5	--
1889		75	276	< 5	--
1888		52	335	< 5	--
1887		40	342	< 5	--
1886		28	414	< 5	--
1885		31	372	< 5	--
1884		24	414	< 5	--
1883		15	514	< 5	--
1882		21	402	< 5	--
1881		20	382	< 5	--
1880		19	385	< 5	--

United States name popularity data is provided by the Social Security Administration and is based on Social Security card applications.

Data for a given year is not made available until well into the next year.

Data reflects what was recorded and has not been edited for errors, so for example the gender associated with a name may be incorrect.

The more babies that are given a particular name, the higher the popularity ranking. If multiple names have the same usage, the tie is broken by assigning popularity rank in alphabetical order. Therefore in the case of names with fewer occurrences, names with the same number of occurrences may have vastly different rankings because they will be interranked alphabetically.

To safeguard privacy, the SSA does not include names with less than 5 occurrences.

Please note, we update the data each May when the SSA releases new figures. All data changes at that time, including previous years, which will change minutely based on new information.