How Many People Are Named Ranita?
An estimated 408 people in the United States have the first name Ranita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 44 years old, and Ranita peaked in popularity in 1989 with 22 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Ranita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Ranita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
408
About 1 in 840,084 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
44
years old
Peak Year
1989
22 births
Total Registered
450
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Ranita
Ranita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 450 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Ranita as a female name
Ranked #16,814 in 2009
6 female births in 2009
Peak: 1989 (22 births)
Ranita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Ranita span from the 1950s to the 2000s, covering 6 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 135 babies were registered. While Ranita is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Ranita by Decade
How has Ranita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Ranita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Ranita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Ranita
Other first names starting with R with a similar number of bearers.
Ranita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Ranita?
We estimate approximately 408 people named Ranita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 840,084 Americans share this first name.
Is Ranita a common name?
Ranita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 82.5% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 450 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Ranita most popular?
Ranita reached peak popularity in 1989, when 22 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Ranita is approximately 44 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Ranita a female name?
Ranita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Ranita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Ranita Smith, Ranita Johnson, Ranita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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