Ritu is a rare variant of Rita that was most common in the 2000s and has all but disappeared.
Ritu is a girl name. It last appears in U.S. records in 2014. Ritu was first reported in SSA data in 1968 and peaked in 2001 (16 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | 9 | #11,753 |
| 2012 | 6 | 6 | #16,452 |
| 2010 | 7 | 7 | #14,660 |
| 2009 | 6 | 6 | #16,848 |
| 2008 | 9 | 9 | #12,391 |
| 2007 | 8 | 8 | #13,664 |
| 2006 | 11 | 11 | #10,462 |
| 2005 | 8 | 8 | #12,773 |
| 2004 | 7 | 7 | #13,883 |
| 2003 | 12 | 12 | #8,946 |
| 2002 | 16 | 16 | #6,975 |
| 2001 | 16 | 16 | #6,906 |
| 2000 | 12 | 12 | #8,435 |
| 1999 | 5 | 5 | #16,325 |
| 1998 | 12 | 12 | #7,921 |
| 1996 | 5 | — | #15,317 |
| 1995 | 5 | — | #15,211 |
| 1994 | 7 | — | #11,496 |
| 1993 | 5 | — | #15,236 |
| 1992 | 5 | — | #14,996 |
| 1991 | 6 | — | #12,724 |
| 1990 | 5 | — | #14,691 |
| 1988 | 5 | — | #13,383 |
| 1987 | 5 | — | #12,763 |
| 1986 | 5 | — | #12,342 |
| 1985 | 5 | — | #12,020 |
| 1984 | 7 | — | #8,907 |
| 1982 | 8 | — | #8,033 |
| 1981 | 14 | — | #5,177 |
| 1980 | 11 | — | #6,218 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #5,664 |
| 1978 | 12 | — | #5,466 |
| 1977 | 10 | — | #6,225 |
| 1976 | 9 | — | #6,459 |
| 1975 | 8 | — | #6,982 |
| 1974 | 12 | — | #4,946 |
| 1972 | 5 | — | #9,276 |
| 1971 | 8 | — | #6,457 |
| 1970 | 11 | — | #4,996 |
| 1969 | 7 | — | #6,448 |
| 1968 | 5 | — | #7,910 |