Renita
Last seen for girls in 2019 at #11,356
- Peak · girls
- 1960 · 314 births
- Debut · girls
- 7 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 7,398since 1925
Renita over time
Rank among girls' names. Renita has never cracked the top 500 here.
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 | — | |
| 2024 | — | |
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| 2022 | — | |
| 2021 | — | |
| 2020 | — | |
| 2019 | #11,356 | 8 |
| 2018 | — | |
| 2017 | — | |
| 2016 | #16,215 | 5 |
| 2015 | — | |
| 2014 | — | |
| 2013 | — | |
| 2012 | #16,869 | 5 |
| 2011 | #13,347 | 7 |
| 2010 | #16,992 | 5 |
| 2009 | #11,459 | 9 |
| 2008 | #8,529 | 14 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 |
| 2004 | #16,099 | 5 |
| 2003 | #9,048 | 11 |
| 2002 | #9,482 | 10 |
| 2001 | #7,317 | 14 |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 |
| 1999 | #6,836 | 14 |
| 1998 | #6,719 | 14 |
| 1997 | #5,417 | 18 |
| 1996 | #4,306 | 24 |
| 1995 | #4,846 | 20 |
| 1994 | #3,168 | 36 |
| 1993 | #3,052 | 38 |
| 1992 | #2,433 | 53 |
| 1991 | #1,877 | 75 |
| 1990 | #1,755 | 83 |
| 1989 | #1,564 | 90 |
| 1988 | #1,427 | 97 |
| 1987 | #1,257 | 112 |
| 1986 | #1,219 | 113 |
| 1985 | #1,060 | 139 |
| 1984 | #1,153 | 118 |
| 1983 | #1,169 | 112 |
| 1982 | #994 | 148 |
| 1981 | #964 | 152 |
| 1980 | #977 | 152 |
| 1979 | #1,015 | 139 |
| 1978 | #1,221 | 102 |
| 1977 | #1,131 | 112 |
| 1976 | #1,160 | 99 |
| 1975 | #963 | 129 |
| 1974 | #818 | 164 |
| 1973 | #763 | 176 |
| 1972 | #742 | 188 |
| 1971 | #772 | 188 |
| 1970 | #724 | 207 |
| 1969 | #640 | 240 |
| 1968 | #644 | 227 |
| 1967 | #680 | 203 |
| 1966 | #670 | 210 |
| 1965 | #695 | 200 |
| 1964 | #718 | 208 |
| 1963 | #649 | 242 |
| 1962 | #633 | 254 |
| 1961 | #577 | 302 |
| 1960 | #550 | 314 |
| 1959 | #554 | 309 |
| 1958 | #566 | 299 |
| 1957 | #636 | 237 |
| 1956 | #664 | 209 |
| 1955 | #750 | 159 |
| 1954 | #936 | 106 |
| 1953 | #1,034 | 87 |
| 1952 | #1,225 | 60 |
| 1951 | #1,303 | 51 |
| 1950 | #1,123 | 67 |
| 1949 | #1,335 | 47 |
| 1948 | #2,070 | 22 |
| 1947 | #2,279 | 19 |
| 1946 | #2,739 | 13 |
| 1945 | #4,025 | 6 |
| 1944 | #4,054 | 6 |
| 1943 | — | |
| 1942 | #4,124 | 6 |
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| 1939 | #2,417 | 12 |
| 1938 | #2,940 | 9 |
| 1937 | #3,146 | 8 |
| 1936 | #2,857 | 9 |
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| 1925 | #4,028 | 7 |
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The first year at least five girls were named Renita! It came in at #4,028, and was given to 7 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1926–1935, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Renita is popular in 1925
No state had 5 or more girls named Renita in 1925, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.
See more about Renita
- Not published in 2025; last seen 2019
- Biggest jump: 186 spots in 1955 (#936 → #750)
- Biggest drop: 197 spots in 1976 (#963 → #1,160)
- Debuted 1925
- Peaked 1960 at #550 (314 births)
- Births halved by 1975, 15 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 25 yrs · run 1954–1975
- Highest: 1 in 6,439 girls born in 1960 were named Renita (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 209,796 girls born in 2019 (0.00%)
- 32.4% of all girls named Renita (2,400) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1920s | 7 | #4,028 (1925) | #4,028 |
| 1930s | 38 | #2,417 (1939) | #2,840 |
| 1940s | 119 | #1,335 (1949) | #2,947 |
| 1950s | 1,584 | #554 (1959) | #879 |
| 1960s | 2,400 | #550 (1960) | #646 |
| 1970s | 1,504 | #724 (1970) | #931 |
| 1980s | 1,233 | #964 (1981) | #1,178 |
| 1990s | 375 | #1,755 (1990) | #4,041 |
| 2000s | 108 | #7,317 (2001) | #10,036 |
| 2010s | 30 | #11,356 (2019) | #14,956 |
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.
Renita in 1925
Top girls' names in 1925
More about 1925
girls
1,217,384 girls got a published name in 1925; 1 in 173,912 of them was named Renita, which outranked 30.2% of the 5,771 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #3,664Wynette8
- #3,664Zephyr8
- #3,664Zillah8
- #4,028Renita7
- #4,028Adalene7
- #4,028Adamae7
- #4,028Ader7
- #4,426Adam6
- #4,426Adena6
- #4,426Adene6
Tied with 397 names at #4,028; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.