Girls' name · since 1960
Sita
482 babies named Sita in U.S. Social Security records since 1960, with the highest year being 1980. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #12,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,113 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 482
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sita currently ranks #11113 among girls' names in America, with 482 babies recorded since 1960.
Sita has 482 recorded births among girls since 1960, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #11113 as of the latest data, more common than 36% of girls, busiest in the 1980s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1960 to 2025.
- #12,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #11,113 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 482 born since 1960
- 1980s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Sita ranks #12,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #11,113 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 482 born since 1960, peaking in the 1980s.
- #12,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #11,113 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 482
- born since 1960
- 1980s
- peak decade
Sita's 482 recorded births place it above 83.21% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Sita compares
482 Top 46% higher than 54% of 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Sita's all-time total is 28% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Sita | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 482 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Sita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Sita's full recorded timeline at 1993, 54% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 46% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1960, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1980 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Sita popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1960–2025
- Peak year (1980)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 66 years of records
Sita by decade
1980s is the heaviest window (91 births, 19% of the file).
1980s was Sita's strongest decade.
91 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 19% of all-time use.
Sita births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 24
1960s
24 births
- 1970s
1970s
90 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
68 births
- 2000s
2000s
84 births
- 2010s
2010s
63 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 1980s at 91 births (19% of all-time use).
Sita by state
Where Sita concentrates geographically, total births since 1960
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 7 | 1.5% |
7 of 482 births nationwide.
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What to do with Sita's data
- Sita's usage has stayed within range of its 1980s decade-level peak (91 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Sitas (7 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Sita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1980)
Similar record span (~65 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, 1960–2025 (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 Sita 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.