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Girl name

Jarita

100% girls · last recorded 1998

Jarita has been given to about 206 people in the United States since 1880. It was most common in 1970, which makes it a boomer-era name.

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Origin—
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Pronunciation—
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Living in the US≈ 194
Median age today48 years

Popularity, 1880–2025

Babies named Jarita per year · US Social Security Administration
18802025
  • Peak year1970 · 14
  • Born in 20250
  • All time206

How popular is Jarita?

Its best year was 1970, when 14 babies were given the name, ranking 4121st. The typical living American called Jarita is about 48 years old today.

Names that sound like Jarita

Phonetic similarity, 0–1
  1. Marita0.88
  2. Sarita0.88
  3. Anita0.75
  4. Juanita0.75
  5. Danita0.75
  6. Jaunita0.75
  7. Marietta0.73
  8. Rita0.70

Middle names for Jarita

Ranked by flow score
  1. Jarita Rose0.85
  2. Jarita Louise0.85
  3. Jarita Pearl0.84
  4. Jarita Quinn0.84
  5. Jarita Nell0.84
  6. Jarita Wren0.83

Sibling names for Jarita

Same era, comparable use, no clash
  1. Aprilsister · 0.60
  2. Melissasister · 0.59
  3. Larasister · 0.58
  4. Brianbrother · 0.55
  5. Ericbrother · 0.55
  6. Shawnbrother · 0.55

Where Jarita is strongest

Share of 2025 births by state

    With a common surname

    Flow score against the most-used American surnames · try your own
    1. Jarita White0.80
    2. Jarita Reyes0.80
    3. Jarita Nguyen0.80
    4. Jarita Moore0.80
    5. Jarita Lee0.80
    6. Jarita Hill0.80

    How to read these numbers

    Every score on this page is explained
    1. Phonetic similarity0–1
    2. Middle-name flow0–1
    3. Sibling fit0–1
    4. Living population estimatemethod
    5. PronunciationCMU dictionary

    Sources for Jarita

    Every figure on this page is public record
    1. United States1880–2025

    Source: US Social Security Administration, national and state name files, 2025 release. Etymology researched and written by our editors. Living-population and median-age figures are our own estimates, described in the methodology.