# Sita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/sita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “furrow” |
| Pronunciation | /ˈsiːtə/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Seeta, Seetha |
| US babies named this | 482 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 482 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 95, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit सीता (sītā, “furrow”).

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2008 | 5 | 20,068 |
| 2009 | 15 | 8,407 |
| 2011 | 7 | 14,645 |
| 2012 | 12 | 9,642 |
| 2013 | 8 | 13,004 |
| 2015 | 9 | 11,713 |
| 2016 | 9 | 11,667 |
| 2018 | 6 | 15,416 |
| 2019 | 12 | 9,043 |
| 2020 | 12 | 8,887 |
| 2021 | 12 | 8,912 |
| 2022 | 7 | 13,399 |
| 2023 | 11 | 9,523 |
| 2024 | 12 | 8,882 |
| 2025 | 8 | 11,795 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2005 | 3 | 4,798 |
| 2006 | 4 | 4,157 |
| 2009 | 3 | 5,556 |
| 2010 | 5 | 4,012 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2012 | 3 | 5,876 |
| 2013 | 4 | 4,739 |
| 2016 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2018 | 4 | 4,684 |
| 2019 | 4 | 4,686 |
| 2020 | 6 | 3,447 |
| 2022 | 3 | 5,669 |
| 2023 | 5 | 4,056 |
| 2025 | 5 | 4,201 |

## In other languages

- Chinese: 悉多
- Hindi: सीता
- Indonesian: Sinta

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.