Feminine dossier · first seen 1880

Rita

Name: SSA baby-name counts for Rita
Creator: Social Security Administration

Endangered Down 97.6% from peak

Peak era

1949

Peak rank proxy

6,654

Current vitality

Fragile

Generation

Boomer

1880Peak 19492024

Peak year

1949

Decline from peak

97.6%

2024

159

All-time

284,274

Rita once had enough force to mark a generation, but its current usage is a small remnant of that peak. The name still exists, yet now reads as a timestamp: personal, recognizable, and culturally receding.

Your name peaked in 1949, when 6,654 girls were named Rita.

In 2024, only 159 girls were given the name.

Down 97.6% from its peak.

All told, about 284,274 Americans have been named Rita and recorded by the Social Security Administration since 1880.

Rarity scoreVery uncommon

AssociationBoomer

StabilityHighly era-bound

TrajectoryDown 97.6% from peak

19496,654 girls named Rita

2024159 girls named Rita

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