Rita is a very popular girls' name that peaked in 1949 and has since faded.
Rita is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #1,287 for girl births in the United States (and #2,433 across all names), given to 174 babies. Rita was first reported in SSA data in 1880 and peaked in 1949 (6,653 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 174 | 174 | #1,287 | — |
| 2024 | 161 | 161 | #1,397 | — |
| 2023 | 164 | 164 | #1,376 | — |
| 2022 | 178 | 178 | #1,323 | — |
| 2021 | 150 | 150 | #1,437 | — |
| 2020 | 185 | 185 | #1,234 | — |
| 2019 | 169 | 169 | #1,348 | — |
| 2018 | 185 | 185 | #1,254 | — |
| 2017 | 207 | 207 | #1,186 | — |
| 2016 | 210 | 210 | #1,190 | — |
| 2015 | 190 | 190 | #1,283 | — |
| 2014 | 171 | 171 | #1,367 | — |
| 2013 | 182 | 182 | #1,291 | — |
| 2012 | 169 | 169 | #1,382 | — |
| 2011 | 169 | 169 | #1,368 | — |
| 2010 | 176 | 176 | #1,341 | — |
| 2009 | 166 | 166 | #1,419 | — |
| 2008 | 186 | 186 | #1,328 | — |
| 2007 | 210 | 210 | #1,202 | — |
| 2006 | 207 | 207 | #1,180 | — |
| 2005 | 220 | 220 | #1,083 | — |
| 2004 | 216 | 216 | #1,072 | — |
| 2003 | 199 | 199 | #1,111 | — |
| 2002 | 244 | 244 | #918 | — |
| 2001 | 270 | 270 | #849 | — |
| 2000 | 251 | 251 | #881 | — |
| 1999 | 229 | 229 | #924 | — |
| 1998 | 246 | 246 | #864 | — |
| 1997 | 240 | — | #854 | — |
| 1996 | 303 | — | #704 | — |
| 1995 | 296 | — | #708 | — |
| 1994 | 318 | — | #671 | — |
| 1993 | 342 | — | #653 | — |
| 1992 | 390 | — | #589 | — |
| 1991 | 423 | — | #553 | — |
| 1990 | 434 | — | #545 | — |
| 1989 | 412 | — | #551 | — |
| 1988 | 485 | — | #466 | — |
| 1987 | 518 | — | #432 | — |
| 1986 | 544 | — | #408 | — |
| 1985 | 588 | — | #386 | — |
| 1984 | 614 | — | #377 | #5,460 |
| 1983 | 592 | — | #376 | — |
| 1982 | 709 | — | #338 | — |
| 1981 | 855 | — | #284 | — |
| 1980 | 849 | — | #297 | #4,423 |
| 1979 | 886 | — | #277 | #6,859 |
| 1978 | 901 | — | #263 | #4,101 |
| 1977 | 802 | — | #295 | — |
| 1976 | 859 | — | #271 | — |
| 1975 | 883 | — | #273 | — |
| 1974 | 992 | — | #256 | — |
| 1973 | 1,031 | — | #248 | — |
| 1972 | 1,206 | — | #230 | #4,347 |
| 1971 | 1,429 | — | #215 | #3,105 |
| 1970 | 1,601 | — | #203 | #3,030 |
| 1969 | 1,736 | — | #184 | — |
| 1968 | 2,084 | — | #159 | #2,695 |
| 1967 | 2,389 | — | #146 | #2,940 |
| 1966 | 2,701 | — | #135 | #2,312 |
| 1965 | 3,074 | — | #126 | #3,487 |
| 1964 | 3,481 | — | #122 | #2,629 |
| 1963 | 3,821 | — | #115 | #2,394 |
| 1962 | 4,119 | — | #110 | #2,022 |
| 1961 | 4,542 | — | #105 | #2,864 |
| 1960 | 5,042 | — | #96 | #2,187 |
| 1959 | 4,959 | — | #98 | #3,538 |
| 1958 | 5,359 | — | #88 | #1,882 |
| 1957 | 6,034 | — | #78 | #2,074 |
| 1956 | 6,062 | — | #79 | #3,156 |
| 1955 | 6,111 | — | #72 | #1,960 |
| 1954 | 6,551 | — | #67 | #2,098 |
| 1953 | 6,290 | — | #64 | #3,724 |
| 1952 | 6,160 | — | #66 | #2,351 |
| 1951 | 6,426 | — | #61 | #2,471 |
| 1950 | 6,438 | — | #56 | #2,097 |
| 1949 | 6,669 | — | #54 | #1,927 |
| 1948 | 5,845 | — | #59 | #2,580 |
| 1947 | 5,999 | — | #60 | #1,901 |
| 1946 | 5,546 | — | #56 | #2,123 |
| 1945 | 4,291 | — | #59 | #2,546 |
| 1944 | 4,540 | — | #54 | #2,437 |
| 1943 | 5,026 | — | #52 | #1,976 |
| 1942 | 4,721 | — | #55 | #1,929 |
| 1941 | 3,899 | — | #63 | #1,578 |
| 1940 | 3,456 | — | #70 | #1,970 |
| 1939 | 3,204 | — | #78 | #1,779 |
| 1938 | 3,365 | — | #74 | #2,822 |
| 1937 | 3,433 | — | #69 | #2,174 |
| 1936 | 3,355 | — | #69 | #1,498 |
| 1935 | 3,591 | — | #63 | #2,221 |
| 1934 | 3,698 | — | #63 | #1,913 |
| 1933 | 3,858 | — | #53 | #1,694 |
| 1932 | 4,284 | — | #53 | #1,318 |
| 1931 | 4,643 | — | #48 | #1,276 |
| 1930 | 5,491 | — | #42 | #1,641 |
| 1929 | 4,784 | — | #52 | #1,912 |
| 1928 | 4,832 | — | #57 | #1,637 |
| 1927 | 5,103 | — | #54 | #1,857 |
| 1926 | 5,028 | — | #50 | #2,406 |
| 1925 | 5,339 | — | #48 | #2,069 |
| 1924 | 5,393 | — | #49 | #2,598 |
| 1923 | 5,101 | — | #50 | #4,158 |
| 1922 | 4,984 | — | #52 | #3,477 |
| 1921 | 5,168 | — | #48 | #2,767 |
| 1920 | 4,992 | — | #52 | #2,430 |
| 1919 | 4,515 | — | #54 | — |
| 1918 | 4,458 | — | #58 | #2,668 |
| 1917 | 3,870 | — | #63 | — |
| 1916 | 3,484 | — | #67 | #3,449 |
| 1915 | 3,071 | — | #71 | #3,017 |
| 1914 | 2,010 | — | #87 | — |
| 1913 | 1,101 | — | #116 | #3,182 |
| 1912 | 636 | — | #165 | — |
| 1911 | 403 | — | #179 | — |
| 1910 | 333 | — | #198 | — |
| 1909 | 295 | — | #197 | — |
| 1908 | 255 | — | #212 | — |
| 1907 | 266 | — | #196 | — |
| 1906 | 203 | — | #219 | — |
| 1905 | 188 | — | #229 | — |
| 1904 | 166 | — | #242 | — |
| 1903 | 174 | — | #228 | — |
| 1902 | 148 | — | #257 | — |
| 1901 | 135 | — | #249 | — |
| 1900 | 162 | — | #256 | — |
| 1899 | 147 | — | #228 | — |
| 1898 | 146 | — | #244 | — |
| 1897 | 117 | — | #264 | — |
| 1896 | 109 | — | #275 | — |
| 1895 | 105 | — | #275 | — |
| 1894 | 104 | — | #273 | — |
| 1893 | 95 | — | #275 | — |
| 1892 | 87 | — | #291 | — |
| 1891 | 65 | — | #314 | — |
| 1890 | 54 | — | #349 | — |
| 1889 | 75 | — | #276 | — |
| 1888 | 52 | — | #335 | — |
| 1887 | 40 | — | #342 | — |
| 1886 | 28 | — | #414 | — |
| 1885 | 31 | — | #372 | — |
| 1884 | 24 | — | #414 | — |
| 1883 | 15 | — | #514 | — |
| 1882 | 21 | — | #402 | — |
| 1881 | 20 | — | #382 | — |
| 1880 | 19 | — | #385 | — |