Rito — #10952 US boys' name
1,463 babies named Rito in U.S. Social Security records since 1911, with the highest year being 1988. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 23% of names given to boys today.
12% of everyone ever named Rito was born in this single decade.
26 babies were named Rito in 1988 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Rito
The Social Security Administration has registered 1,463 babies named Rito between 1911 and 2024, spanning 114 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Rito currently holds the #10952 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1988, when 26 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Rito performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 181 births during that ten-year window. Across the 12 decades of recorded activity, Rito shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 453 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Arizona. In total, SSA state-level files list Rito in 3 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Rito in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,463 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Rito at a glance
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Current rank
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Rito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1911
- Peak year (1988)
- 26
- Annual births at peak — across 114 years of records
Currently ranks #10952 among boys.
1,463 total births across 114 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1988 with 26 births in a single year.
Rito by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 181 births that decade — 12% of Rito's all-time total
Rito decade highlights
- Peak decade 181 births
- Runner-up 181 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Rito's strongest decade
181 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 12% of all-time use.
Rito by state
Where Rito concentrates geographically — total births since 1911
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 453 | 31.0% |
| #2 | California | | 256 | 17.5% |
| #3 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.3% |
453 of 1,463 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 3 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Texas 31.0% of nationwide
- California 17.5% of nationwide
- Arizona 0.3% of nationwide
Recorded in 3 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 31.0% of all recorded births nationwide — a strong regional concentration for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1911–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.