first name
RENITA
of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census
Of the 6,168 people named Renita, 59.5% reported their origin as Black, 28.5% as White and 3.7% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are female (100%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.
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Renita peaked in 1960, when 314 babies got the name.
At least 7,398 babies have been given the name since 1925. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero.
Renita by decade
Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1960s, when it ranked #1,141. The largest share of babies named Renita, 40.6%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).
Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.
Where Renita is most common
Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Renita has been most common in Georgia (2.6×), Mississippi (2.6×), and Virginia (2.5×), and least common in Minnesota (0.32×).
5,155 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.
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2 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Renita, most common first.
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