RITA is ranked as the 215th most popular given name in the United States with an
estimated population of 315,902.
This name is in the 99th percentile, this means that nearly 0%
of all the first names are more popular.
There are 99.07 people named RITA for every 100,000 Americans.
This name is most often used as a first name, 99% of the time.
Based on the analysis of 100 years worth of data from the Social Security Administration's
(SSA)
Baby Names database, the estimated population of people named RITA is 178,972.
The SSA data also shows that RITA is used as a girl's name 100% of the time.
The race and Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name
RITA is
74.6% White,
10.6% Hispanic origin,
10.3% Black,
2.5% Asian or Pacific Islander,
1.5% Two or More Races,
and 0.6% American Indian or Alaskan Native.
These figures should be considered only as a rough estimate.
The purpose of this graph is to compare the name's specific race and
Hispanic origin distribution to the distribution
in the general population of the US.
The vertical blue bars represent the race distribution of people that have the name.
The yellow horizontal lines represent the race distribution of the general population.
The amount by which the blue bars extend past the yellow horizontal lines determines
how likely a person with the name will be part of a given race or Hispanic origin group.
On this basis, the people with the name RITA have a higher likelyhood of being White and a lower likelyhood of being Hispanic origin.
Ethnic and Cultural Name Categories
The first name RITA is included in the following name categories:
US feminine baby name - Social Security Administration
Common Swedish feminine given name - SCB Data
English feminine given name
Spanish hypocoristics feminine given name
English surname
latvian feminine given name
Common US surname - Census Bureau Data
Common US feminine given name - Census Bureau Data
Race & Hispanic origin distribution of the people with the name RITA
The state with the most people named
RITA is
California where
38,371 people have this name.
New York is the state where you are most
likely to meet a person named RITA, as
150.57 in every 100,000
New Yorkers
have this name.
Highest percentile rank of any state for this name is
99th, this rank was reached in the states of
New York.
New York is the state with the biggest
positive difference between the actual state population and the
projected state population based on the national average.
(where the blue bar extends past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
4 more
people than projected.
The state with the biggest negative difference is
Utah
(where the blue bar does not extend past the yellow vertical line)
with a difference of
0 fewer
people than projected.
Midwest States
State stats for the first name RITA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Illinois
10,671
82.84
99.6%
Indiana
6,577
99.7
99.3%
Iowa
3,669
118.08
99.2%
Kansas
2,412
83.06
98.4%
Michigan
10,439
105.34
99.7%
Minnesota
6,353
116.42
99.5%
Missouri
2,273
75.93
98.5%
Nebraska
1,820
96.73
98.0%
North Dakota
587
79.38
94.6%
Ohio
10,710
92.37
99.5%
South Dakota
707
82.92
95.2%
Wisconsin
7,640
132.7
99.5%
West States
State stats for the first name RITA
State
Pop.
Prop/100k
%Rank
Alaska
510
69.18
94.2%
Arizona
5,973
88.74
99.1%
California
38,371
98.89
99.8%
Colorado
3,390
63.3
98.8%
Hawaii
849
59.8
98.3%
Idaho
968
59.23
97.0%
Montana
800
78.17
96.3%
Nevada
2,293
80.76
98.7%
New Mexico
2,059
98.71
98.2%
Oregon
2,331
58.7
98.5%
Utah
919
31.24
96.9%
Washington
5,677
80.39
99.5%
Wyoming
494
84.61
95.0%
Northeast States
State stats for the first name RITA
Shown are the top 20 most likely full names that have RITA as a first name.
The length of the bars represents an estimate of the the number of people with the name expressed as
a percentage of all the people named RITA.
The most popular full name is RITA Smith.
0.65% of all the people named RITA
have this family name.
There are 28673 last
names associated with this first name.