girl's name

Arita

  • Origin Latvian
  • Gender Girl
  • Letters 5
  • Births on record 228

Arita is a girl's name. In 1987 it was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

  • Arita is a name of Latvian origin.
  • Peaked in 1932, when 10 babies were given the name.
  • It has largely dropped out of use.
  • First appears in US birth records in 1918.

Arita over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1910s to 1980s. The striped bar is the 1980s, still in progress — it covers 1980 to 1987, not a full ten years.

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'10 '20 '30 '40 '50 '60 '70 '80
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Births named Arita by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1910s 10
1920s 28
1930s 34
1940s 38
1950s 39
1960s 41
1970s 17
1980s (to 1987) 13

How popular is Arita?

In 1987, Arita was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Where Arita is used

France #6,246 5 in 2010
England & Wales #6,715 3 in 2014
United States #9,187 7 in 1987

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Arita

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Arita also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Arita over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Arita

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Arita — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Arita

How popular is the name Arita?

In 1987, Arita was given to 7 babies in the United States. It was given to fewer than five babies in the most recent year of published US data.

Is Arita a girl's or a boy's name?

Arita is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

When was Arita most popular?

Arita peaked in 1932, when 10 babies were given the name. It has largely dropped out of use.