Sita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,276 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #10,913 for girls
Sita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “furrow”. In 2025 it ranked 4,276th for girls in the UK (5 babies) and 10,913th for girls in the US (8 babies).
What does Sita mean?
Sanskrit
“furrow”
A female given name from Sanskrit mainly used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Sita a girl's or a boy's name?
Sita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 girls in the UK and 8 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Sita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,276th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 56,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 33% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 5 girls in the UK were named Sita, making it the 4,276th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,274th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Sita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2018. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,200th in England and Wales.
Sita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #4,276 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 5 | #4,251 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 7 | #3,274 |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 3 | #6,108 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Sita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 10,913th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 200,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the US were named Sita, making it the 10,913th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,401st. Its busiest year was 1980, with 17 girls. It first appears in the records in 1960.
Half of all the girls named Sita in the US since 1880 were born between 1980 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Sita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #10,913 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 11 | #8,984 |
| 2022 | 7 | #12,237 |
| 2021 | 12 | #8,459 |
| 2020 | 12 | #8,401 |
| 2019 | 12 | #8,592 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 9 | #10,855 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 8 | #11,964 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,105 |
| 2011 | 7 | #13,339 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 5 | #17,498 |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 5 | #17,163 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,823 |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 14 | #7,438 |
| 2001 | 7 | #12,049 |
| 2000 | 10 | #9,156 |
| 1999 | 7 | #11,378 |
| 1998 | 12 | #7,527 |
| 1997 | 10 | #8,329 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 6 | #11,778 |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 7 | #10,581 |
| 1992 | 6 | #11,730 |
| 1991 | 6 | #11,501 |
| 1990 | 7 | #10,187 |
| 1989 | 12 | #6,525 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 7 | #8,518 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 11 | #5,822 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 8 | #7,407 |
| 1980 | 17 | #4,326 |
| 1979 | 13 | #5,091 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 15 | #4,424 |
| 1976 | 10 | #5,599 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 7 | #6,898 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
| 1972 | 9 | #5,479 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 6 | #7,069 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 6 | #5,890 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 7 | #5,308 |
| 1960 | 5 | #6,389 |
Names like Sita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha, Shreeja, Viha, Priya, Isha, Prisha, Shreya, Shriya, Kridha, Nishtha, Radhika, Dhyana
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and 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, “Sita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/sita, updated 20 October 2026.