MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Sita mean?
The furrow meaning connects with the Ramayana account in which Janaka finds Sita while ploughing the earth. Her discovery in a furrow explains the agricultural image in the epic. Sita marries Rama and accompanies him into exile in the epic.
Pronunciation
IAST: sītā
Meaning themes
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
सीता
Letter-by-letter: sītā
Conventional spelling
Gurmukhi
ਸੀਤਾ
Conventional spelling
Bengali
সীতা
Conventional spelling
Malayalam
സീത
Conventional spelling
Devanagari
सिता
Letter-by-letter: sitā
11,632 records for this spelling. Historical records ↗
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Sita in Indian usage
807,215 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for girls (86.5%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 698,577 records (86.5%).
- Recorded as male: 108,638 records (13.5%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1920s | 4,361 |
| 1930s | 18,651 |
| 1940s | 48,048 |
| 1950s | 90,019 |
| 1960s | 162,107 |
| 1970s | 182,132 |
| 1980s | 191,500 |
| 1990s | 110,016 |
| Other decades | 381 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 244,262 |
| Rajasthan | 162,127 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 155,089 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 68,210 |
| Jharkhand | 49,933 |
| Odisha | 34,702 |
| Haryana | 21,685 |
| Punjab | 18,902 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 13,000 |
| Uttarakhand | 10,730 |
| Delhi | 8,846 |
| Andhra Pradesh | 7,406 |
| Assam | 2,677 |
| Tripura | 1,988 |
| Karnataka | 1,603 |
| Goa | 1,235 |
| Chandigarh | 976 |
| Meghalaya | 743 |
| Sikkim | 704 |
| Maharashtra | 664 |
| Arunachal Pradesh | 573 |
| Manipur | 437 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 227 |
| Nagaland | 197 |
| Mizoram | 114 |
| Other states | 185 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
Recorded abroad
Official births registered in 2025, for the exact spelling shown.
| Jurisdiction | Spelling / recorded sex | Births | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| England & Wales | Sita / F | 5 | 4,201 |
ONS and National Records of Scotland; Crown copyright, Open Government Licence v3. Counts follow each office’s publication rules.
Explore related lists
Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- England & Wales 2025 birth statistics: Exact spelling Sita; Table_6, C4785 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Exact spelling Sita; Table_6, C4785
- Monier-Williams, sītā, p. 1218,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Wiktionary: सीता ↗ (opens in a new tab)
meaning
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.