Girls' name · since 1953
Jarita
Since 1953, U.S. Social Security records show 206 babies named Jarita, peaking in 1970. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jarita sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 206 recorded since 1953.
Jarita has 206 recorded births among girls since 1953, 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 1953 to 1998.
- #19,523 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 206 born since 1953
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Jarita ranks #19,523 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 206 born since 1953, peaking in the 1970s.
- #19,523 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 206
- born since 1953
- 1970s
- peak decade
Jarita's 206 recorded births place it above 72.97% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Jarita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Jarita's SSA record in two at 1978 and the more recent half accounts for 50% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 50%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1953, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1970 peak of 14, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Jarita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1953–1998
- Peak year (1970)
- 14
- Annual births at peak, across 46 years of records
Jarita by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (78 births, 38% of the file).
1970s was Jarita's strongest decade.
78 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 38% of all-time use.
Jarita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1950s 20
1950s
20 births
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
78 births
- 1980s
1980s
72 births
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 78 births (38% of all-time use).
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- Jarita's decade-level peak was the 1970s (78 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 1990s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Jarita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1970)
Similar record span (~45 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, 1953–1998 (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 Jarita 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.