Reeta

Girls' name

The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, through Rita

Reeta has been given to 158 babies in the U.S. since 1899. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1954, with 12 recorded.

Babies named Reeta, 1960

1 in 593,000

Reeta over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Reeta: meaning, origin, and history

The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella, through Rita

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Reeta means

Reeta belongs to the name family reached through Reeta → Rita → Margherita. Its meaning is “The traditional Neapolitan pizza, topped with basil, tomatoes and fresh mozzarella”.

Origin, language, and formation

Reeta is used in English and Finnish.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Rita, Margareeta, Greta and Margherita.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Finnish, Reeta is pronounced /ˈreːtɑ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 158 girls were recorded with the name Reeta between 1899 and 1960. Its highest annual count was 12 in 1954; its best national rank was #1,555 in 1899.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

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How common is Reeta?

Reeta had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1960, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1960: 1 in 593,000; 7 of 4,153,934 births
Among girls only: 1 in 289,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1960: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 411,328 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Reeta sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1960 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 411,328 children born in 1960 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Reeta. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Reetas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Reeta was born before 1946 — so the typical Reeta is around 79 today.

Median birth year: 1946; About 79 years old
Biggest decade: 1950s; 27.8% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 65.2%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 51; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1950s — 27.8% of all recorded uses (44).

Is Reeta rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1954 (12)
Years since peak: 71; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 23.4% average annual change
Best rank ever: #1,555; 1899

Spellings of Reeta

Reeta is not the most common spelling — Rita is, with 34.3% against Reeta's 0.02%.

Rita34.3%284,452
Reese5.4%44,775
Etta5.2%43,268
Rena4.7%39,124
Reba4.3%35,431
Greta3.4%27,786
Rhea2.4%19,737
Reyna2.2%18,647

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Reeta by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #1,555; 1899
Peak year: 1954; 12 that year
First recorded: 1899
Last recorded: 1960
All-time count: 158
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Reeta

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Reeve Reeya Reeves Reet Reene Reesa Reef Reeva Rees Reeda Reema Reed Reesha Geeta Reena Ineta Breta Neeta Oveta Sweta Oreta Reecie Ileta Reejh

Sibling names for Reeta

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Marita Jacalyn Luanne Louann Madonna Merry Gayla Nanci

For a brother

Stanton Stanford Lindsey Jerrold Leigh Garth Sandy Dirk

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