Recorded 1981–2003 Girls' name Peak 2001 109 births

Bita — girls' name

109 babies named Bita in U.S. Social Security records since 1981, with the highest year being 2001. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1980s381990s432000s28
1990s
Peak decade

39% of everyone ever named Bita was born in this single decade.

2001
Single peak year

10 babies were named Bita in 2001 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Bita

The Social Security Administration has registered 109 babies named Bita between 1981 and 2003, spanning 23 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Bita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2003. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 10 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Bita performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 43 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Bita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 17 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Bita in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Bita in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 109 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Bita at a glance

Last recorded 2003

Total births

109

Since 1981

23 years of records

Peak year

2001

10 births that year

Strongest decade: 1990s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2003

Active since

1981

Recorded for 23 years

Last year on file: 2003

Bita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2003–1981

Last recorded 2003
Peak year (2001)
10
Annual births at peak — across 23 years of records
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Bita by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1990s
Peak decade
1990s
43 births that decade — 39% of Bita's all-time total
1980s381990s432000s28

Bita by state

Where Bita concentrates geographically — total births since 1981

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Bita
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
17 15.6%
California share of Bita's total US births 15.6%

17 of 109 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Bita?
109 babies have been named Bita since 1981. It was last recorded in 2003. The peak year was 2001 with 10 births.
When was Bita most popular?
Bita was most popular in the 1990s decade with 43 total births. The single peak year was 2001.
Where is Bita most popular?
The top states for the name Bita are California (17 births).
How long has the name Bita been used?
Bita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1981, spanning 23 years of data through 2003.
What names are similar to Bita?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Bitha, Bitania, Bithiah, Bitanya, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1981–2003 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.