Girls' name · since 1885
Rittie
Rittie has 25 recorded births since 1885 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1885 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #43,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1885
- 1900s
- peak decade
Rittie is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 25 have been recorded since 1885.
Rittie has 25 recorded births among girls since 1885, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1900s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1885 to 1907.
- #43,326 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 25 born since 1885
- 1900s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Rittie ranks #43,326 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 25 born since 1885, peaking in the 1900s.
- #43,326 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 25
- born since 1885
- 1900s
- peak decade
Rittie's 25 recorded births place it above 39.95% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Rittie's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Rittie splits its recorded history at 1902: 60% of all births land in the more recent half, 40% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1885 (5 births).
Rittie popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1885–1907
- Peak year (1885)
- 5
- Annual births at peak, across 23 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1907.
25 total births across 23 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1885 with 5 births in a single year.
Rittie by decade
1900s is the heaviest window (15 births, 60% of the file).
1900s was Rittie's strongest decade.
15 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 60% of all-time use.
Rittie births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1880s
1880s
10 births
- 1900s
1900s
15 births
What this shows Peak: 1900s at 15 births (60% of all-time use).
Rittie decade highlights
- Peak decade 15 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Rittie: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1885)
Similar record span (~22 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, 1885–1907 (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 Rittie 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.
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