Riitta

given name · Finnish · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Riitta is a given name, with more bearers in Finland than in any other country, where it is the 65th most common given name. It appears chiefly in Finnish and English, written in the Latin script. Recorded meaning: Medieval vernacular form of Swedish Brita, from Birgitta (“Bridget”).

rarermore common
  • FIFinland1 in 153◐
  • SESweden1 in 6.5K
  • USUnited States1 in 2.5M

carrying the name, one hue, darker where it is more common. Hover a country for its figure.

≈38K ●

across 6 countries

Sources
79 ●

9.1K records

Official registry-verified

1 in 153 ◐

Finland

Meaning & origin●

Medieval vernacular form of Swedish Brita, from Birgitta (“Bridget”).

Sources 3

Attested across 23 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world●

Sorted by bearers counted by national registers, records where none counts.

Where Riitta is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
FI Finland#6536,497△5.8K rec.1 in 15346KRiitta79
SE Sweden#8951,564827 rec.1 in 6.5K1.6KRiitta36
GB United Kingdom—197178 rec.——Riitta28
AU Australia—176158 rec.——Riitta26
DE Germany—143126 rec.—1Riitta34
US United States—1321.6K rec.1 in 2.5M132Riitta73
NO Norway—8318 rec.—64Riitta5
CA Canada—8273 rec.——Riitta20
ES Spain—5138 rec.——Riitta12
BR Brazil—4618 rec.——Riitta10
TR Türkiye—3537 rec.——Riitta3
EE Estonia—2810 rec.—listedRiitta3

Roughly 36K people in Finland bear this name (about 1 in 153). Estimates project the name's share of our records onto national population, so each is only as good as the record base beside it — the Basis column gives that base; rows marked △ rest on fewer records than the estimate itself and are order-of-magnitude at best.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table. How that works.

Languages●

  • Finnish182K96%
  • English2.4K1%
  • Chinese1.5K1%
  • Portuguese7421%
  • Spanish5451%
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Languages in which the name is recorded
NameRecordsNote
Finnish182,40496%
English2,3551%
Chinese1,5201%
Portuguese7421%
Spanish5451%

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Riitta is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • French given name441 records spelled Riitta3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Finland, France, United States, Sweden

    Also written Riittà

  • Russian given name237 records spelled Riitta17 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Finland

    Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Polish

    Also written Ритта, Рітта, Ritta, Риитта, Рийтта

38 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Over time●

05001K1.5K200020052010201520201.2K · 1999

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Riitta in SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023), Sweden, 1999–2020
Yearrecords
19991,249
20001,243
20011,232
20021,226
20031,209
20041,204
20051,195
20061,187
20071,174
20081,169
20091,165
20101,158
20111,144
20121,131
20131,123
20141,112
20151,107
20161,097
20171,084
20181,061
20191,041
20201,031

SE SCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023) — 22 years between 1999–2020. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

12001400160018002000Rita, b. 1381Mercedes of Orléans, b. 1860Rita Levi-Montalcini, b. 1909Rita Johnson, b. 1913Rita Pavone, b. 1945Rita Marley, b. 1946Mia Martini, b. 1947Rita Wilson, b. 1956Rita Ora, b. 1990
  • Ritab. 1381ITnot in their usual nameItalian Augustinian nun
  • Mercedes of Orléansb. 1860ESnot in their usual nameQueen consort of Spain
  • Rita Levi-Montalcinib. 1909ITnot in their usual nameItalian neurologist (1909–2012)
  • Rita Johnsonb. 1913USnot in their usual nameactress (1913-1965)
  • Rita Pavoneb. 1945ITnot in their usual nameItalian actress and singer (1945-)
  • Rita Marleyb. 1946CUnot in their usual nameJamaican musician
  • Mia Martinib. 1947ITnot in their usual nameItalian singer (1947–1995)
  • Rita Wilsonb. 1956USnot in their usual nameAmerican actress, singer and producer
  • Rita Orab. 1990GBnot in their usual nameEnglish-Albanian singer and actress
  • Rita PatelINnot in their usual namecricketer

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Attested in 15 sources across 10 countries.

Official registers attesting Riitta
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
FI FinlandDVV — Nimipalvelu (Finnish name service, per-name lookup)—46K#61
FI FinlandDVV — Etunimitilasto (Finnish given names register)—36K—
SE SwedenSkatteverket — Sök hur många som har ett visst namn (living population)—1.6K#1,251
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)19991.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20001.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20011.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20021.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20031.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20041.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20051.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20061.2K—
SE SwedenSCB — Namnstatistik (to 2023)20071.2K—

Reference works 3

  • Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 34 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Riitta?
We estimate roughly 38 thousand people bear Riitta (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.
In which country does Riitta have the most bearers?
We estimate about 36 thousand people bear Riitta in Finland, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled riitta.
Where is Riitta most common?
Riitta is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 153 people carrying it.
How common is Riitta compared with other names?
In Finland, Riitta is the 65th most common given name of 51,554 given names recorded there.
Is Riitta a male or female name?
Riitta is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What does the name Riitta mean?
Recorded meaning: Medieval vernacular form of Swedish Brita, from Birgitta (“Bridget”).
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About this data

● measured from records◐ inferred from the name graph○ machine-generated

Data snapshot . Figures are rebuilt periodically and will change.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Riitta” — the 65th most common given name in Finland. Data snapshot 2026-09-12.

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