Given name
Ritesh
“god of seasons”
Ritesh is used as a given name. One English interpretation is “god of seasons.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “god of seasons.”
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ritesh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 171
- 171 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2012
- 13 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 boys is 9 in 2015. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 13 in 2012. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,439 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.
People named Ritesh
- Riteish DeshmukhIndian actor, television-presenter and movie-producer (born 1978)
- Ritesh ThapaNepalese footballerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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