Recorded 1968–2015 Girls' name Peak 1976 190 births

Geeta — girls' name

190 babies named Geeta in U.S. Social Security records since 1968, with the highest year being 1976. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

1960s111970s801980s671990s102000s172010s5
1970s
Peak decade

42% of everyone ever named Geeta was born in this single decade.

1976
Single peak year

13 babies were named Geeta in 1976 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Geeta

The Social Security Administration has registered 190 babies named Geeta between 1968 and 2015, spanning 48 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Geeta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 13 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Geeta performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 80 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Geeta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Geeta in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Geeta 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 190 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.

Geeta at a glance

Last recorded 2015

Total births

190

Since 1968

48 years of records

Peak year

1976

13 births that year

Strongest decade: 1970s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2015

Active since

1968

Recorded for 48 years

Last year on file: 2015

Geeta popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1968

Last recorded 2015
Peak year (1976)
13
Annual births at peak — across 48 years of records
468101214 201520001989198419811978197519711968 5

Geeta by decade

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

Peak: 1970s
Peak decade
1970s
80 births that decade — 42% of Geeta's all-time total
1960s111970s801980s671990s102000s172010s5

Geeta by state

Where Geeta concentrates geographically — total births since 1968

Geographically diffuse
Top 1 states by recorded births for the name Geeta
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 New York
6 3.2%
New York share of Geeta's total US births 3.2%

6 of 190 births nationwide.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Geeta?
190 babies have been named Geeta since 1968. It was last recorded in 2015. The peak year was 1976 with 13 births.
When was Geeta most popular?
Geeta was most popular in the 1970s decade with 80 total births. The single peak year was 1976.
Where is Geeta most popular?
The top states for the name Geeta are New York (6 births).
How long has the name Geeta been used?
Geeta has been recorded in Social Security data since 1968, spanning 48 years of data through 2015.
What names are similar to Geeta?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Geena, Geet, Geetika, Geethika, and 3 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, 1968–2015 (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.