Girls' name · since 1960
Dita
24 babies named Dita in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1972. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #43,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
24 girls have been named Dita since 1960, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Dita has 24 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 1973.
- #43,549 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 24 born since 1960
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Dita ranks #43,549 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 24 born since 1960, peaking in the 1970s.
- #43,549 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 24
- born since 1960
- 1970s
- peak decade
Dita's 24 recorded births place it above 39.32% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Dita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Dita splits its recorded history at 1972: 58% of all births land in the more recent half, 42% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 1960 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1972 peak of 9 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Dita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–1973
- Peak year (1972)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 14 years of records
Dita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (14 births, 58% of the file).
1970s was Dita's strongest decade.
14 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 58% of all-time use.
Dita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s
1960s
10 births
- 1970s
1970s
14 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 14 births (58% of all-time use).
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Dita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1972)
Similar record span (~13 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1960–1973 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Dita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.