Girls' name · since 1899
Reeta
Reeta has 158 recorded births since 1899 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1954 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #22,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1899
- 1950s
- peak decade
158 girls have been named Reeta since 1899, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Reeta has 158 recorded births among girls since 1899, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1950s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1899 to 1960.
- #22,269 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 158 born since 1899
- 1950s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Reeta ranks #22,269 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 158 born since 1899, peaking in the 1950s.
- #22,269 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 158
- born since 1899
- 1950s
- peak decade
Reeta's 158 recorded births place it above 69.2% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Reeta's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Reeta's full recorded timeline at 1941, 56% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 44% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1917, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1954 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Reeta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1899–1960
- Peak year (1954)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 62 years of records
Reeta by decade
1950s is the heaviest window (44 births, 28% of the file).
1950s was Reeta's strongest decade.
44 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 28% of all-time use.
Reeta births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 6
1890s
6 births
- 1910s 11
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
27 births
- 1930s
1930s
25 births
- 1940s
1940s
38 births
- 1950s
1950s
44 births
- 1960s 7
1960s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 1950s at 44 births (28% of all-time use).
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- Reeta's decade-level peak was the 1950s (44 total births); usage has since declined to 7 in the 1960s -- 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Reeta: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1954)
Similar record span (~61 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, 1899–1960 (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 Reeta 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.