Rita is a girl's name of Spanish origin. Its meaning is not recorded in the standard references we check — we would rather tell you that plainly than guess. In 2024 it was given to 159 girls in the United States.
Rita belongs to the Spanish and Portuguese tradition. Its roots are documented, even though its precise meaning is not recorded in the standard references — an honest gap we prefer to a confident guess.
In the United States, Rita first appears in Social Security records in 1880. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #42 in 1930, and in 2024 159 babies received the name — 284,274 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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The meaning of Rita is not recorded in the standard references we check. Rather than repeat an unsourced claim, we leave it open — its Spanish origin is documented, but its exact meaning is not.
Rita is a girl name. In 2024, 159 babies received the name in the US.
Rita comes from the Spanish, Portuguese, German, Italian and Scandinavian tradition.
Rita first appears in US records in 1880. Its best-ever ranking was #42 in 1930, and 159 babies were given the name in 2024.
Meaning and origin for this page were checked against this source. US popularity figures are from the Social Security Administration's public baby-names data. If you spot an error, write to [email protected] — accuracy is the whole point of this site, and corrections are made fast.
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