as a First Name
Originally a short form of Margarita, the Spanish form of Margaret, but now commonly used as an independent given name. Its popularity in the 1940s and 50s was influenced no doubt by the fame of the American film star Rita Hayworth (1918–87).
| 207th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 295,508
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- Rhode Island
- has the most people named Rita per capita
- 1930
- marked the height of its popularity
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66%
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55+
30%
30-54
30-54
3%
13-29
13-29
1%
0-12
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