Ritu
Girl · RIH-too · Sanskrit
Ritu is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “season”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ritu mean?
Sanskrit: from Sanskrit rtu 'season'
“season”
Hindu tradition divides the year into six ritus, or seasons.
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Is Ritu a girl's or a boy's name?
Ritu is a girls' name.
How popular is Ritu in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2001, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1968.
Half of all the girls named Ritu in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 2002, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ritu in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 9 | #10,949 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 6 | #14,956 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 6 | #15,236 |
| 2008 | 9 | #11,594 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 11 | #9,897 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 7 | #12,754 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,500 |
| 2002 | 16 | #6,692 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 12 | #8,020 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #13,511 |
| 1995 | 5 | #13,380 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 5 | #13,435 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 0 | – |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 5 | #11,320 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 14 | #4,962 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 12 | #5,426 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 9 | #6,046 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 12 | #4,719 |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 7 | #5,972 |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
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