Girls' name · since 1937
Ritamarie
Ritamarie has 122 recorded births since 1937 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1978 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1937
- 1960s
- peak decade
122 girls have been named Ritamarie since 1937, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Ritamarie has 122 recorded births among girls since 1937, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1960s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1937 to 2000.
- #24,960 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 122 born since 1937
- 1960s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ritamarie ranks #24,960 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 122 born since 1937, peaking in the 1960s.
- #24,960 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 122
- born since 1937
- 1960s
- peak decade
Ritamarie's 122 recorded births place it above 65.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ritamarie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Ritamarie's full recorded timeline at 1961, 53% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 47% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1937, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1978 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Ritamarie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1937–2000
- Peak year (1978)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 64 years of records
Ritamarie by decade
1960s is the heaviest window (31 births, 25% of the file).
1960s was Ritamarie's strongest decade.
31 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 25% of all-time use.
Ritamarie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 5
1930s
5 births
- 1940s
1940s
25 births
- 1950s
1950s
27 births
- 1960s
1960s
31 births
- 1970s
1970s
13 births
- 1980s 10
1980s
10 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1960s at 31 births (25% of all-time use).
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What to do with Ritamarie's data
- Ritamarie's decade-level peak was the 1960s (31 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- 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 Ritamarie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1978)
Similar record span (~63 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, 1937–2000 (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 Ritamarie 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.