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Baby name
Rita
Girl
Origin of the name
Rita is an Italian short form of Margherita, that is, Margaret. Saint Rita is invoked for impossible causes.
Classic name
284,452births since 1880
1940sgeneration
No. 54rank at its peak, in 1949
Where babies named Rita are born
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The darker the blue, the more common Rita is in the state, compared with its births. White: no births published that year.
Where it is most popular
Compared with the national average, Rita is most common in Rhode Island (2.9 times), Massachusetts (2.5) and New Hampshire (2.5), taking into account all births in each state since 1910.
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