Ritta — girls' name
159 babies named Ritta in U.S. Social Security records since 1917, with the highest year being 1924. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
32% of everyone ever named Ritta was born in this single decade.
10 babies were named Ritta in 1924 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Ritta
The Social Security Administration has registered 159 babies named Ritta between 1917 and 2001, spanning 85 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ritta currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2001. The name reached its historical peak in 1924, when 10 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Ritta performed strongest in the 1950s, accumulating 51 births during that ten-year window. Across the 7 decades of recorded activity, Ritta shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.
No etymological entry is currently available for Ritta 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 159 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.
Ritta at a glance
Last recorded 2001Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Ritta popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–1917
- Peak year (1924)
- 10
- Annual births at peak — across 85 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2001.
159 total births across 85 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1924 with 10 births in a single year.
Ritta by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1950s
- 51 births that decade — 32% of Ritta's all-time total
Ritta decade highlights
- Peak decade 51 births
- Runner-up 41 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1950s was Ritta's strongest decade
51 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 32% of all-time use.
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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, 1917–2001 (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.