Ronita — girls' name

What the Data Says About Ronita

The Social Security Administration has registered 713 babies named Ronita between 1940 and 1999, spanning 60 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Ronita currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 1999. The name reached its historical peak in 1974, when 31 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Ronita performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 195 births during that ten-year window. Across the 6 decades of recorded activity, Ronita shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Ohio, which accounts for 10 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Alabama. In total, SSA state-level files list Ronita in 2 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Ronita 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 713 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.