Mita
Mita is a surname and a given name in both Japanese and Māori, and a given name in Serbian. Notable people with the name include:
Meaning & Origin of Mita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Mita is a surname and a given name in both Japanese and Māori, and a given name in Serbian. Notable people with the name include:
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The Story of Mita
The earliest SSA record of Mita as a baby girl name dates back to 1972, when 7 babies received it. 1982 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Mita — #7,469 in the national rankings. About 52% of every Mita on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Mita last appeared in the published SSA data in 1988, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 62 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1970s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
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About the name Mita
Mita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1972 and has accumulated 62 births in the dataset. Mita's peak popularity came in 1982 when it ranked #7,469. Use the chart and map above to compare Mita'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 .
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