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Rita
Rank in 2024
#1,398
Born in 2024
159
Peak year
1949 · #54
Origin
Romance languages, Sanskrit
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 159 girls were named Rita, about 1 in every 10,146.
- It peaked in 1949 with 6,654 babies, ranked #54.
- It appears in the very first year of records, 1880.
- 284,274 girls have been named Rita since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Rita per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- 3.3Greatest1901–27
- 3.6Silent1928–45
- 2.9Boomers1946–64
- 0.9Gen X1965–80
- 0.3Millennials1981–96
- 0.1Gen Z1997–12
- 0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 66,690 babies, 3.26 per 1,000. Silent: 74,167 babies, 3.59 per 1,000. Boomers: 105,208 babies, 2.94 per 1,000. Gen X: 23,330 babies, 0.91 per 1,000. Millennials: 7,816 babies, 0.28 per 1,000. Gen Z: 3,397 babies, 0.12 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 2,150 babies, 0.11 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Romance (Italian Rita, Spanish Rita). A shortening of Italian Margherita, and Spanish Margarita, cognates of English Margaret. An Italian Saint Rita was canonized in 1900. The English name came into regular use in early twentieth century. ==== Alternative forms ==== Reta, Reeta ==== Proper noun ==== Rita (plural Ritas) A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish. Coordinate terms: Margarita, Margaret, Margot, Margo ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Translations =====
- A female given name from the Romance languages, Italian, or Spanish.
- A female given name from Sanskrit.
- Origin
- Romance languages, Sanskrit
- Say it
- Not recorded
From Wiktionary’s entry for Rita, CC BY-SA 4.0.