Name meaning & stats
Rita
Rita means “pearl” (Romance origin). 168,357 US babies since 1940, peak 1949.
What it means
“pearl”
RomanceWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1949
168,357 US babies were named Rita between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Rita (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Rita is the main spelling
- Rita 100%
- Reita <1%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1949)