Unisex name · since 1922
Pita
43 babies named Pita in U.S. Social Security records since 1922, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- 43
- total births
- 1922–1949
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
43 girls have been named Pita since 1922, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Pita has 43 recorded births among girls since 1922, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1922 to 1949.
- 43 total births
- 1922–1949 years on record
- 1920s peak decade
- 63% born in that decade
Data updated Jul 2026
The verdict
43 girls have been named Pita since 1922, peaking in the 1920s, last recorded in 1949.
- 43
- total births
- 1922–1949
- years on record
- 1920s
- peak decade
- 63%
- born in that decade
63% of everyone ever named Pita was born in this single decade.
6 babies were named Pita in 1924 - its busiest year on record.
Pita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Pita's full recorded timeline at 1929, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1922, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1924 peak of 6 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Pita at a glance
Last recorded 1949Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Pita popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1922–1949
- Peak year (1924)
- 6
- Annual births at peak, across 28 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1949.
43 total births across 28 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 6 births in a single year.
Pita popularity over time - boys
11 total births recorded since 2003 (Pita as boys' name)
Unisex use is substantial
The boys' variant of Pita accounts for 20% of total recorded use across both genders.
Pita by decade
Total births in each ten-year window, peak vs trough at a glance
1920s was Pita's strongest decade.
27 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 63% of all-time use.
Pita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s 6
1930s
6 births
- 1940s 10
1940s
10 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 27 births (63% of all-time use).
Pita decade highlights
- Peak decade 27 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
Pita by state
Where Pita concentrates geographically, total births since 1922
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Mexico | | 27 | 62.8% |
27 of 43 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New Mexico 62.8% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New Mexico accounts for 62.8% of all recorded births nationwide - a strong regional concentration for this name.
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What to do with Pita's data
- Pita's usage has stayed within range of its 1920s decade-level peak (27 total births) through the 1940s (10) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- New Mexico records the most Pitas (27 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Mexico names
- Weighing it against an alternative? Put two names side by side. Compare names
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, 1922–1949 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
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NameAlmanac Editorial. "Pita: Baby Name Since 1922 - 43 Births, Peak 1924." NameAlmanac. Accessed via https://namealmanac.com/name/pita. 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 Pita 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.
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