Meaning and history
Short form of Margherita and other names ending in rita. Saint Rita, born Margherita Lotti, was a 15th-century nun from Cascia, Italy, and another famous bearer was the American actress Rita Hayworth (1918–1987).
20062006: 207 births, rank #1,173
2007: 210 births, rank #1,199
2008: 186 births, rank #1,325
2009: 166 births, rank #1,414
2010: 176 births, rank #1,336
20112011: 169 births, rank #1,363
2012: 169 births, rank #1,379
2013: 182 births, rank #1,289
2014: 171 births, rank #1,362
2015: 190 births, rank #1,280
20162016: 210 births, rank #1,188
2017: 207 births, rank #1,182
2018: 185 births, rank #1,250
2019: 169 births, rank #1,345
2020: 185 births, rank #1,231
20212021: 150 births, rank #1,432
2022: 178 births, rank #1,322
2023: 164 births, rank #1,373
2024: 161 births, rank #1,395
20252025: 174 births, rank #1,285
Rita moved from #849 to #918 for girls between 2001 and 2002. Its highest annual birth count came in 1949, with 6,653 births.