Gita
Gita, or Geeta is an Indian feminine given name.
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Nepali
Meaning & Origin of Gita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Gita, or Geeta is an Indian feminine given name.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Hindi
- Marathi
- Bengali
- Nepali
- Czech
- Latvian
The Story of Gita
The earliest SSA record of Gita as a baby girl name dates back to 1942, when 5 babies received it. 1970 was its biggest year on record, with 23 newborns named Gita — #2,938 in the national rankings. About 21% of every Gita on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Gita last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 8 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 501 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Gita
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Gita. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Gita
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About the name Gita
Gita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1942 and has accumulated 501 births in the dataset. Gita's peak popularity came in 1970 when it ranked #2,938. Use the chart and map above to compare Gita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.