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Girl name#153 of girl names

Rita

Pronounced R IY1 T AH0 (ARPABET)

  • 2 syllables
  • Peaked 1949
  • 145 years in use
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How popular is Rita?

Rita is a girls' name, and has been in the record since the data starts in 1880. It has been given to 286,411 children — the 153rd most common girls' name on record.

Its use has been broadly flat across the past two decades. Its best single year was 1949, when 6,686 children were given it.

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1949Girls: 6,686Boys: 16

Characteristics

  • 2 syllables
Phonetic detail
Pronunciations:
R IY1 T AH0
Stress pattern:
10
Syllables:
2

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

Names like Rita

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

Sibling names for Rita

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

Frequently asked questions

How popular is the name Rita?
Rita ranks 153rd among girls' names in US records, with 286,411 births since 1880. Over the past decade it accounts for 1,797.
Is Rita a unisex name?
No. Rita is recorded almost entirely as a girls' name; births to the other gender are too few to register as a share.
When was Rita most popular?
1949, when 6,686 children were given the name. It has been in use for 145 years and is still recorded as of 2024.