How Many People Are Named Sita?
An estimated 451 people in the United States have the first name Sita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 30 years old, and Sita peaked in popularity in 1980 with 17 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Sita 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 Sita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
451
About 1 in 759,987 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Very Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
30
years old
Peak Year
1980
17 births
Total Registered
474
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Sita
Sita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 474 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Sita as a female name
Ranked #8,859 in 2024
12 female births in 2024
Peak: 1980 (17 births)
Sita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Sita span from the 1960s to the 2020s, covering 7 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 1980s, when 91 babies were registered. While Sita is less common than at its peak in the 1980s, it remains a well-established name with steady registrations.
Sita by Decade
How has Sita 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.
Sita by State
Sita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Sita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Sita
Other first names starting with S with a similar number of bearers.
Sita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Sita?
We estimate approximately 451 people named Sita 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 759,987 Americans share this first name.
Is Sita a common name?
Sita is classified as "Very Rare" and is more popular than 83.6% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 474 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Sita most popular?
Sita reached peak popularity in 1980, when 17 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Sita is approximately 30 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Sita a female name?
Sita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Sita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Sita Smith, Sita Johnson, Sita 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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