How Many People Are Named Ritu?
people named Ritu are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 1,032,582 people in the US has this name
Based on 341 babies named Ritu in Social Security records from 1968 to 2014, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
16 births
Trend
Last year given
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Means "season, period" in Sanskrit.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Ritu in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Ritu alive today is about 34 years old, and 55% are between 30 and 59. Half of them were between 23 and 46 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Ritu first appears in the records in 1968 and was given most often in 2001, to 16 babies. The last year it was given to at least 5 babies of one sex was 2014.
Babies given the name each year, 1968 to 2014
🏆 Rank History
Ritu has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #4,945, in 1974.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | Not ranked |
| Best rank | #4,945 (1974) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #9,863 in the 2000s |
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