Given name
Ranita
“a lovely singer; a queenly woman”
Ranita is a variant of Rani. One Hebrew interpretation is “a lovely singer; a queenly woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Ranita is a variant of Rani. One Hebrew interpretation is “a lovely singer; a queenly woman.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Ranita is a variant of Rani. An origin associated with Rani is Hebrew.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ranita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 450
- 0 boys · 450 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 22 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 530 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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