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2025 data, released 8 May 2026

2025 data, released 8 May 2026

Renita

Renita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 552nd with 314 babies. More babies were named Renita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

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Rank in 2025
Not rankedgirls
Babies in 2025
0girls
Girls and boys
No babies recorded in the last five years2021–2025
Peak year
1960314 babies
Total since 1880
7,398babies recorded

Renita popularity since 1880

0125250375500 1900192019401960198020002020
Girls Babies per year, US, from Social Security records. Years with fewer than 5 babies show as zero.
YearRank (girls)Babies (girls)
2025——
2020——
2010#19,2275
2000#7,94013
1990#1,76783
1980#980152
1970#724207
1960#552314
1950#1,13167
1940——
1930——
1920——
1910——
1900——
1890——
1880——

How popular is Renita, counting every spelling?

Renita has no other common spelling that sounds the same.

How old are people named Renita?

About 6,600 people born in the US named Renita are alive today, with a median age of 57; half are between 46 and 65. That makes Renita a name most people associate with older generations.

0–910–1920–2930–3940–4950–5960–6970–7980–8990+
Estimated people alive in the US with the name, by age, mid-2026. The darker bar holds the median age.

Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.

Renita by state

How common Renita was among girls born in each state in 1958–1962, around its peak. It is notably more common than nationally in Kentucky (2.9×), Oklahoma (2.5×), Tennessee (2.4×), Alabama (2.3×), Virginia (2.3×). In 24 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.

Alaska: fewer than 5 a yearAK–Maine: fewer than 5 a yearME–Wisconsin: 0.02 per 1,000 babiesWI0.02Vermont: fewer than 5 a yearVT–New Hampshire: fewer than 5 a yearNH–Washington: 0.04 per 1,000 babiesWA0.04Idaho: fewer than 5 a yearID–Montana: fewer than 5 a yearMT–North Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearND–Minnesota: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesMN0.06Illinois: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesIL0.14Michigan: 0.12 per 1,000 babiesMI0.12New York: 0.06 per 1,000 babiesNY0.06Massachusetts: fewer than 5 a yearMA–Oregon: fewer than 5 a yearOR–Nevada: fewer than 5 a yearNV–Wyoming: fewer than 5 a yearWY–South Dakota: fewer than 5 a yearSD–Iowa: fewer than 5 a yearIA–Indiana: 0.24 per 1,000 babiesIN0.24Ohio: 0.14 per 1,000 babiesOH0.14Pennsylvania: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesPA0.08New Jersey: fewer than 5 a yearNJ–Connecticut: fewer than 5 a yearCT–Rhode Island: fewer than 5 a yearRI–California: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesCA0.11Utah: fewer than 5 a yearUT–Colorado: fewer than 5 a yearCO–Nebraska: fewer than 5 a yearNE–Missouri: 0.21 per 1,000 babiesMO0.21Kentucky: 0.42 per 1,000 babiesKY0.42West Virginia: 0.19 per 1,000 babiesWV0.19Virginia: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesVA0.33Maryland: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesMD0.11Delaware: fewer than 5 a yearDE–Arizona: fewer than 5 a yearAZ–New Mexico: fewer than 5 a yearNM–Kansas: 0.11 per 1,000 babiesKS0.11Arkansas: 0.33 per 1,000 babiesAR0.33Tennessee: 0.35 per 1,000 babiesTN0.35North Carolina: 0.25 per 1,000 babiesNC0.25South Carolina: fewer than 5 a yearSC–District of Columbia: 0.08 per 1,000 babiesDC0.08Oklahoma: 0.36 per 1,000 babiesOK0.36Louisiana: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesLA0.26Mississippi: 0.26 per 1,000 babiesMS0.26Alabama: 0.34 per 1,000 babiesAL0.34Georgia: 0.29 per 1,000 babiesGA0.29Hawaii: fewer than 5 a yearHI–Texas: 0.23 per 1,000 babiesTX0.23Florida: 0.16 per 1,000 babiesFL0.16
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex, Renita, girls, 1958–1962. Darker means more common.

Names with a similar history

These names rose and fell in step with Renita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Renita, they share its era and feel.

Questions about the name Renita

How popular is the name Renita?

Renita was not among the names given to 5 or more girls in 2025. Its best year was 1960, when it ranked 552nd with 314 babies. More babies were named Renita in the 1960s than in any other decade.

Is Renita a boy or girl name?

No babies were given the name in 2021–2025. Historically it was given to 7,398 girls and 0 boys.

Where was Renita most popular?

In 1958–1962, Renita was most common in Kentucky (0.42 per 1,000 girls), followed by Oklahoma and Tennessee.