Gita
- #11,932 for girls in 2025, 7 births
- Peak · girls
- 1970 · 23 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 508since 1942
Gita over time
girls
Rank among girls' names. Gita has never cracked the top 2,000 here.
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #11,932 | 7 |
| 2024 | #11,122 | 8 |
| 2023 | #15,194 | 5 |
| 2022 | #13,592 | 6 |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 |
| 2020 | #12,142 | 7 |
| 2019 | #13,799 | 6 |
| 2018 | #11,427 | 8 |
| 2017 | #11,615 | 8 |
| 2016 | #12,876 | 7 |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 |
| 2014 | #16,513 | 5 |
| 2013 | #8,580 | 13 |
| 2012 | #13,483 | 7 |
| 2011 | — | |
| 2010 | #14,959 | 6 |
| 2009 | — | |
| 2008 | — | |
| 2007 | #15,491 | 6 |
| 2006 | #9,286 | 12 |
| 2005 | — | |
| 2004 | — | |
| 2003 | #15,784 | 5 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #13,521 | 6 |
| 2000 | #15,031 | 5 |
| 1999 | #12,688 | 6 |
| 1998 | #9,260 | 9 |
| 1997 | #6,844 | 13 |
| 1996 | #11,807 | 6 |
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| 1990 | #12,958 | 5 |
| 1989 | #9,681 | 7 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #6,788 | 10 |
| 1986 | — | |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #9,144 | 6 |
| 1983 | #6,212 | 10 |
| 1982 | #7,469 | 8 |
| 1981 | #6,804 | 9 |
| 1980 | #5,912 | 11 |
| 1979 | #8,061 | 7 |
| 1978 | #7,649 | 7 |
| 1977 | #6,340 | 9 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #6,484 | 8 |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 |
| 1973 | #6,080 | 8 |
| 1972 | #4,793 | 11 |
| 1971 | #4,810 | 11 |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 |
| 1969 | #3,619 | 15 |
| 1968 | #3,789 | 13 |
| 1967 | #4,300 | 10 |
| 1966 | #3,740 | 12 |
| 1965 | #4,202 | 10 |
| 1964 | #5,474 | 7 |
| 1963 | #4,539 | 9 |
| 1962 | #5,860 | 6 |
| 1961 | #6,567 | 5 |
| 1960 | #3,688 | 12 |
| 1959 | #4,625 | 8 |
| 1958 | — | |
| 1957 | #4,918 | 7 |
| 1956 | — | |
| 1955 | #4,069 | 9 |
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| 1952 | #5,563 | 5 |
| 1951 | #4,833 | 6 |
| 1950 | #4,738 | 6 |
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| 1942 | #4,622 | 5 |
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First appearance
1942
The first year at least five girls were named Gita! It came in at #4,622, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1942–1949, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Gita is popular in 2025
No state had 5 or more girls named Gita in 2025, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
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Momentum · girls
Holding steady
- 810 spots since 2024 (#11,122 → #11,932)
- 210 spots since 2020 (#12,142 → #11,932)
- 2,451 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #11,932)
Rise & fade · girls
28 yrs to peak
- Debuted 1942
- Peaked 1970 at #2,938 (23 births)
- Births halved by 1971, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 76,006
- Highest: 1 in 76,006 girls born in 1970 were named Gita (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 229,610 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1970s
- 20.9% of all girls named Gita (106) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1940s | 5 | #4,622 (1942) | #4,622 |
| 1950s | 41 | #4,069 (1955) | #4,791 |
| 1960s | 99 | #3,619 (1969) | #4,578 |
| 1970s | 106 | #2,938 (1970) | #5,742 |
| 1980s | 73 | #5,912 (1980) | #7,992 |
| 1990s | 39 | #6,844 (1997) | #10,711 |
| 2000s | 34 | #9,286 (2006) | #13,823 |
| 2010s | 71 | #8,580 (2013) | #12,526 |
| 2020s | 40 | #11,122 (2024) | #12,698 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
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