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Renita

Pronounced R EH0 N IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 3 syllables
  • Peaked 1960
  • 95 years in use
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How popular is Renita?

Renita is a girls' name, and first appears in 1925. It has been given to 7,398 children — the 1,666th most common girls' name on record.

It is still recorded, but barely: 30 births across the past decade, against a peak of 313 in a single year. That peak was in 1960.

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Characteristics

  • 3 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
R EH0 N IY1 T AH0
Stress pattern:
010
Syllables:
3

Stress digits mark unstressed (0), primary (1) and secondary (2) syllables.

Names like Renita

Same first letter and syllable count, peaking around the same time.

Sibling names for Renita

Names from the same era with a matching rhythm but a different initial.

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Renita?
Renita ranks 1,666th among girls' names in US records, with 7,398 births since 1925. Over the past decade it accounts for 30.
Is Renita a unisex name?
No. Renita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Renita most popular?
1960, when 313 children were given the name. It has been in use for 95 years and is still recorded as of 2024.