Girls' name · since 1972
Mita
62 babies named Mita in U.S. Social Security records since 1972, with the highest year being 1982. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 62
- total births
- 1972–1988
- years on record
- 1970s
- peak decade
- 52%
- born in that decade
62 girls have been named Mita since 1972, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Mita recorded 62 times among girls since 1972, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 1970s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1972 to 1988.
- 62 total births
- 1972–1988 years on record
- 1970s peak decade
- 52% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
Mita's 62 recorded births place it above 55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Mita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Mita's SSA record in two at 1981 and the more recent half accounts for 48% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 52%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1978, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1982 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Mita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1972–1988
- Peak year (1982)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 17 years of records
Mita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1970s was Mita's strongest decade.
32 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Mita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s
1970s
32 births
- 1980s
1980s
30 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 32 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Mita's usage has stayed within range of its 1970s decade-level peak (32 total births) through the 1980s (30) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
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Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Data Sources
Data as of July 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, 1972–1988 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac. "Mita: Baby Name Since 1972 - 62 Births, Peak 1982." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/mita. Licensed CC BY-SA 4.0.
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 Mita 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 July 2026.