Renita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- reh-NEE-ta
- Origin
- Latin
Renita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “born again”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Renita mean?
Latin: probably an elaboration of Renata or Renée with the -ita ending
“born again”
Is Renita a girl's or a boy's name?
Renita is a girls' name.
How popular is Renita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1960, with 314 girls. It first appears in the records in 1925.
Half of all the girls named Renita in the US since 1880 were born between 1960 and 1979, the years shaded on the chart below.
Renita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 5 | #16,210 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 5 | #16,863 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 5 | #16,985 |
| 2009 | 9 | #11,454 |
| 2008 | 14 | #8,525 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 5 | #16,092 |
| 2003 | 11 | #9,043 |
| 2002 | 10 | #9,476 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 14 | #6,830 |
| 1998 | 14 | #6,714 |
| 1997 | 18 | #5,413 |
| 1996 | 24 | #4,301 |
| 1995 | 20 | #4,841 |
| 1994 | 36 | #3,163 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 53 | #2,428 |
| 1991 | 75 | #1,871 |
| 1990 | 83 | #1,751 |
| 1989 | 90 | #1,560 |
| 1988 | 97 | #1,426 |
| 1987 | 112 | #1,257 |
| 1986 | 113 | #1,219 |
| 1985 | 139 | #1,060 |
| 1984 | 118 | #1,153 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 148 | #994 |
| 1981 | 152 | #964 |
| 1980 | 152 | #977 |
| 1979 | 139 | #1,015 |
| 1978 | 102 | #1,221 |
| 1977 | 112 | #1,131 |
| 1976 | 99 | #1,160 |
| 1975 | 129 | #963 |
| 1974 | 164 | #818 |
| 1973 | 176 | #763 |
| 1972 | 188 | #742 |
| 1971 | 188 | #772 |
| 1970 | 207 | #724 |
| 1969 | 240 | #640 |
| 1968 | 227 | #644 |
| 1967 | 203 | #680 |
| 1966 | 210 | #670 |
| 1965 | 200 | #695 |
| 1964 | 208 | #718 |
| 1963 | 242 | #649 |
| 1962 | 254 | #633 |
| 1961 | 302 | #577 |
| 1960 | 314 | #550 |
| 1959 | 309 | #554 |
| 1958 | 299 | #566 |
| 1957 | 237 | #635 |
| 1956 | 209 | #663 |
| 1955 | 159 | #749 |
| 1954 | 106 | #935 |
| 1953 | 87 | #1,033 |
| 1952 | 60 | #1,224 |
| 1951 | 51 | #1,302 |
| 1950 | 67 | #1,122 |
| 1949 | 47 | #1,334 |
| 1948 | 22 | #2,069 |
| 1947 | 19 | #2,278 |
| 1946 | 13 | #2,738 |
| 1945 | 6 | #4,023 |
| 1944 | 6 | #4,052 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 6 | #4,122 |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 12 | #2,417 |
| 1938 | 9 | #2,938 |
| 1937 | 8 | #3,145 |
| 1936 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
Names like Renita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rebecca, Regina, Monica, Diana, Melissa, Angela, Amanda, Paula, Christina, Maria, Teresa, Priscilla
Names related to Renita
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Renita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/renita, updated 20 October 2026.