Girls' name · since 1968
Ritu
Ritu has 341 recorded births since 1968 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2001 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 341
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ritu sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 341 recorded since 1968.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ritu has been recorded 341 times among girls since 1968, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2014.
- #14,865 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 341 born since 1968
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Ritu ranks #14,865 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 341 born since 1968, peaking in the 2000s.
- #14,865 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 341
- born since 1968
- 2000s
- peak decade
Ritu's 341 recorded births place it above 79.43% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Ritu's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Ritu's SSA record in two at 1991 and the more recent half accounts for 52% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 48%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1968, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2001 peak of 16, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Ritu popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2014
- Peak year (2001)
- 16
- Annual births at peak, across 47 years of records
Ritu by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (105 births, 31% of the file).
2000s was Ritu's strongest decade.
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 31% of all-time use.
Ritu births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 12
1960s
12 births
- 1970s
1970s
87 births
- 1980s
1980s
60 births
- 1990s
1990s
55 births
- 2000s
2000s
105 births
- 2010s 22
2010s
22 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 105 births (31% of all-time use).
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- Ritu's decade-level peak was the 2000s (105 total births); usage has since declined to 22 in the 2010s -- 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Ritu: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2001)
Similar record span (~46 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, 1968–2014 (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 Ritu 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.