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How popular is “Rita” in the USA?

Number of people named “Rita” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Rita” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Rita” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Rita” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Rita” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Rita” by birth year

This chart shows how “Rita” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1880 19 0.0000943 19 100%
1881 20 0.000103795 20 100%
1882 21 0.000094794 21 100%
1883 15 0.000069142 15 100%
1884 24 0.000098578 24 100%
1885 31 0.000128709 31 100%
1886 28 0.000109668 28 100%
1887 40 0.000161687 40 100%
1888 52 0.000173638 52 100%
1889 75 0.000259564 75 100%
1890 54 0.000179163 54 100%
1891 65 0.000226739 65 100%
1892 87 0.000260188 87 100%
1893 95 0.000292107 95 100%
1894 104 0.000307065 104 100%
1895 105 0.000299128 105 100%
1896 109 0.000304909 109 100%
1897 117 0.000337218 117 100%
1898 146 0.000382745 146 100%
1899 147 0.000433329 147 100%
1900 162 0.000359794 162 100%
1901 135 0.000390386 135 100%
1902 148 0.000382693 148 100%
1903 174 0.000456453 174 100%
1904 166 0.000411416 166 100%
1905 188 0.000443478 188 100%
1906 203 0.0004738 203 100%
1907 266 0.000571564 266 100%
1908 255 0.000521847 255 100%
1909 295 0.000577046 295 100%
1910 333 0.000563727 333 100%
1911 403 0.000625506 403 100%
1912 636 0.000643684 636 100%
1913 1101 0.000968244 1096 5 99%
1914 2010 0.001419147 2010 100%
1915 3071 0.00167592 3063 8 99%
1916 3484 0.001801059 3477 7 100%
1917 3870 0.001928491 3870 100%
1918 4458 0.002053327 4447 11 100%
1919 4515 0.002139562 4515 100%
1920 4992 0.002206269 4979 13 99%
1921 5168 0.002213746 5157 11 100%
1922 4984 0.002177222 4976 8 100%
1923 5101 0.002215436 5095 6 100%
1924 5393 0.002264434 5381 12 100%
1925 5339 0.002288174 5323 16 99%
1926 5028 0.002189986 5015 13 99%
1927 5103 0.002200178 5084 19 99%
1928 4832 0.002137166 4810 22 99%
1929 4784 0.002182321 4767 17 99%
1930 5491 0.002469765 5470 21 99%
1931 4643 0.002206342 4613 30 99%
1932 4283 0.002028617 4255 28 99%
1933 3859 0.001930034 3841 18 99%
1934 3698 0.00178061 3683 15 99%
1935 3591 0.001718264 3579 12 99%
1936 3354 0.00161438 3333 21 99%
1937 3433 0.00161123 3421 12 99%
1938 3365 0.001520853 3357 8 100%
1939 3204 0.001454089 3188 16 99%
1940 3456 0.001500857 3442 14 99%
1941 3899 0.001600296 3879 20 99%
1942 4721 0.001728153 4706 15 99%
1943 5026 0.001780654 5011 15 99%
1944 4540 0.001687683 4530 10 100%
1945 4291 0.001617469 4282 9 100%
1946 5546 0.00173567 5533 13 100%
1947 5999 0.001665315 5982 17 99%
1948 5845 0.001692967 5835 10 100%
1949 6670 0.00191404 6654 16 100%
1950 6437 0.00183738 6423 14 100%
1951 6426 0.001744423 6415 11 100%
1952 6160 0.001621904 6148 12 100%
1953 6290 0.001632221 6284 6 100%
1954 6551 0.001645687 6536 15 100%
1955 6111 0.001522012 6094 17 99%
1956 6063 0.001470518 6055 8 100%
1957 6034 0.001435934 6018 16 99%
1958 5360 0.001296595 5341 19 99%
1959 4958 0.001192402 4951 7 100%
1960 5042 0.001213824 5027 15 99%
1961 4544 0.001096975 4534 10 100%
1962 4118 0.001020476 4101 17 99%
1963 3820 0.000965085 3807 13 99%
1964 3481 0.00089541 3470 11 99%
1965 3072 0.000847343 3065 7 100%
1966 2701 0.00077712 2688 13 99%
1967 2389 0.000703703 2380 9 99%
1968 2084 0.000616858 2073 11 99%
1969 1736 0.000499522 1736 100%
1970 1600 0.000443642 1589 11 99%
1971 1430 0.000416624 1419 11 98%
1972 1206 0.000383711 1199 7 99%
1973 1031 0.000341743 1031 100%
1974 993 0.000326645 993 100%
1975 883 0.000292443 883 100%
1976 859 0.000283097 859 100%
1977 802 0.00025248 802 100%
1978 901 0.000283881 892 9 98%
1979 886 0.000266306 881 5 99%
1980 849 0.000246479 840 9 98%
1981 855 0.000247154 855 100%
1982 709 0.000202112 709 100%
1983 592 0.000170933 592 100%
1984 615 0.000176281 608 7 98%
1985 588 0.000164747 588 100%
1986 544 0.000152935 544 100%
1987 518 0.000143665 518 100%
1988 485 0.000131257 485 100%
1989 412 0.000107168 412 100%
1990 434 0.000109805 434 100%
1991 423 0.000108593 423 100%
1992 390 0.000101529 390 100%
1993 341 0.000090444 341 100%
1994 318 0.000085538 318 100%
1995 296 0.000080827 296 100%
1996 303 0.000083078 303 100%
1997 240 0.000066193 240 100%
1998 246 0.00006688 246 100%
1999 228 0.000061724 228 100%
2000 251 0.000066404 251 100%
2001 270 0.000072127 270 100%
2002 244 0.00006527 244 100%
2003 199 0.000052336 199 100%
2004 216 0.000056531 216 100%
2005 220 0.000057219 220 100%
2006 207 0.000052323 207 100%
2007 210 0.00005253 210 100%
2008 186 0.00004732 186 100%
2009 166 0.000043454 166 100%
2010 176 0.000047622 176 100%
2011 169 0.000046203 169 100%
2012 169 0.000046208 169 100%
2013 182 0.000049922 182 100%
2014 171 0.000046137 171 100%
2015 190 0.000051339 190 100%
2016 210 0.000057241 210 100%
2017 207 0.000057883 207 100%
2018 185 0.000052618 185 100%
2019 169 0.00004869 169 100%
2020 185 0.00005538 185 100%
2021 150 0.000044275 150 100%
2022 178 0.000052614 178 100%
2023 164 0.000049529 164 100%
2024 159 0.000047769 159 100%

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