Sita
Meaning
furrow (heroine of the Ramayana, wife of Rama)
The story
Sita is Sanskrit, the furrow, the line a plough draws in the earth, and it belongs to one of the most revered women in Hindu tradition: Sita of the Ramayana, born of the earth itself, wife of Rama, the epic's model of steadfastness whose trials still structure debates about duty and devotion. Naming a daughter Sita places her inside a story told for well over two thousand years across India and Southeast Asia. It is rare in US records since 1890, as most classical Indian names are, living in diaspora families and occasionally among Western parents drawn to the epic. Few names of any origin carry this much literature in four letters. The epic association is foundational, but individual families may emphasize different parts of her long tradition.
Popularity, 1890–2024
Shape drawn from US Social Security baby-name records. Sita has stayed rare in US records the whole time: no peak decade to name.
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Popularity in Brazil
48 people · the #68,557 first name in Brazil · median age 62
Source: IBGE, Censo Demográfico 2022
When you meet Sita
Most people given the name Sita in the United States were born between 1980 and 2019. The Sita you meet today is most often in her 20s or 30s.
Estimated from US Social Security birth registrations and typical lifespans; a rough guide, not a rule.
The Sita deep dive
Whether you’re naming a baby or exploring your own name’s history, this is a personal letter, not a list: where Sita truly comes from, how it traveled, and what a century of records reveals. If you have grown a tree on nametree, it also considers how Sita fits with your family’s names and surname.
Where Sita travels
Nepali · the heroine of the Ramayana, born at Janakpur in Nepal's Mithila plains, which makes the name home-ground heritage for Nepali families rather than a borrowing; a grandmother-generation classic
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