Girls' name · since 2009
Ritaj
Ritaj has 172 recorded births since 2009 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2014 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #21,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
172 girls have been named Ritaj since 2009, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Ritaj recorded 172 times among girls since 2009, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2009 to 2024.
- #21,392 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 172 born since 2009
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ritaj ranks #21,392 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 172 born since 2009, peaking in the 2010s.
- #21,392 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 172
- born since 2009
- 2010s
- peak decade
Ritaj's 172 recorded births place it above 70.41% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ritaj's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Ritaj splits its recorded history at 2017: 49% of all births land in the more recent half, 51% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2024 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2014 peak of 19 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Ritaj popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2009–2024
- Peak year (2014)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Ritaj by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (128 births, 74% of the file).
2010s was Ritaj's strongest decade.
128 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 74% of all-time use.
Ritaj births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
128 births
- 2020s 38
2020s
38 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 128 births (74% of all-time use).
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- Ritaj's decade-level peak was the 2010s (128 total births); usage has since declined to 38 in the 2020s -- 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 Ritaj: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2014)
Similar record span (~15 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, 2009–2024 (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 Ritaj 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.