Ritu — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ritu

The Social Security Administration has registered 341 babies named Ritu between 1968 and 2014, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ritu currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2014. The name reached its historical peak in 2001, when 16 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ritu performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ritu shows a clear decline from its mid-century high.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ritu 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 341 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.