Lita

#9,457 for girls in 2025, 10 births

Peak · girls
#696
1927 · 109 births
Debut · girls
1888
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,437
since 1888

Lita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Lita has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201961peak #696, 1927girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#9,45710
2024#7,96713
2023#7,24715
2022#4,79328
2021#5,39823
2020#6,08319
2019#5,98620
2018#10,5459
2017#4,47731
2016#6,66318
2015#8,00814
2014#5,31025
2013#4,75529
2012#5,89522
2011#6,56419
2010#8,70113
2009#5,70924
2008#6,13022
2007#9,00713
2006#4,95328
2005#2,67063
2004#2,78158
2003#2,88553
2002#2,74555
2001#2,07580
2000#3,98331
1999#6,48415
1998#6,36015
1997#7,74211
1996#6,39214
1995#4,21724
1994#4,23824
1993#3,35133
1992#3,58130
1991#2,98938
1990#2,34553
1989#2,37149
1988#2,80337
1987#5,31214
1986#4,34718
1985#4,86015
1984#5,53912
1983#5,14813
1982#4,52716
1981#4,53216
1980#4,51716
1979#5,75111
1978#4,24216
1977#3,76119
1976#4,61413
1975#2,51631
1974#3,69517
1973#2,45530
1972#2,52328
1971#2,10739
1970#2,26734
1969#2,17134
1968#2,02435
1967#1,82141
1966#1,63247
1965#1,43759
1964#1,31972
1963#1,21182
1962#1,23479
1961#1,16290
1960#909135
1959#1,07599
1958#1,018104
1957#981112
1956#1,10088
1955#1,02696
1954#1,14075
1953#1,19965
1952#1,25657
1951#1,58336
1950#1,33347
1949#1,28950
1948#1,47339
1947#1,54537
1946#2,02421
1945#1,23242
1944#1,48630
1943#1,55629
1942#1,86021
1941#1,35532
1940#1,37430
1939#1,32731
1938#1,21936
1937#95053
1936#97949
1935#1,07342
1934#99348
1933#84563
1932#79074
1931#72885
1930#82474
1929#93259
1928#93663
1927#696109
1926#1,14844
1925#1,19642
1924#1,47532
1923#1,78223
1922#2,18617
1921#1,54329
1920#1,88921
1919#1,98918
1918#1,69023
1917#1,65222
1916#2,02816
1915#1,47524
1914#2,12511
1913#1,30819
1912#2,3607
1911#1,7928
1910#1,20714
1909#1,7637
1908#1,4399
1907#2,0615
1906#1,22910
1905#1,5387
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1903#1,4407
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1893#1,4375
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1889#1,2795
1888#1,1366
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First appearance
1888

The first year at least five girls were named Lita! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1889–1902, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

See more about Lita
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 1,490 spots since 2024 (#7,967 → #9,457)
  • 3,374 spots since 2020 (#6,083 → #9,457)
  • 1,449 spots since 2015 (#8,008 → #9,457)
  • Biggest jump: 452 spots in 1927 (#1,148 → #696)
  • Biggest drop: 269 spots in 1938 (#950 → #1,219)
Rise & fade · girls
39 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1927 at #696 (109 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 7 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 12 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 12 yrs · run 1927–1934
Share of babies · girls
1 in 10,940
  • Highest: 1 in 10,940 girls born in 1927 were named Lita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 160,727 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1950s
  • 17.6% of all girls named Lita (779) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s11#1,136 (1888)#1,208
1890s5#1,437 (1893)#1,437
1900s45#1,229 (1906)#1,578
1910s162#1,207 (1910)#1,763
1920s439#696 (1927)#1,378
1930s555#728 (1931)#973
1940s331#1,232 (1945)#1,519
1950s779#981 (1957)#1,171
1960s674#909 (1960)#1,492
1970s238#2,107 (1971)#3,393
1980s206#2,371 (1989)#4,396
1990s257#2,345 (1990)#4,770
2000s427#2,075 (2001)#4,294
2010s200#4,477 (2017)#6,690
2020s108#4,793 (2022)#6,824

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Lita in 1961

girls
#1,162
90 births · 1 in 22,428 girls

Top girls' names in 1961

  1. #1Mary47,682
  2. #2Lisa42,720
  3. #3Susan37,532
  4. #4Linda35,597
  5. #5Karen34,707
  6. #6Patricia28,889
  7. #7Donna28,679
  8. #8Cynthia24,393
  9. #9Sandra24,153
  10. #10Deborah24,107
  11. #1,162Lita90
More about 1961

girls

2,018,495 girls got a published name in 1961; 1 in 22,428 of them was named Lita, which outranked 84.6% of the 7,527 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Lita
  1. #1,155Kelle91
  2. #1,155Margret91
  3. #1,155Sherilyn91
  4. #1,162Lita90
  5. #1,162Jena90
  6. #1,162Leslee90
  7. #1,162Pamella90
  8. #1,168Adriene89
  9. #1,168Francisca89
  10. #1,168Gregory89

Tied with 5 names at #1,162; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1960
Risers
  1. ↑ 997Corinna#1,811 → #814
  2. ↑ 789Sabra#1,637 → #848
  3. ↑ 745Velvet#1,286 → #541
  4. ↑ 601Johnna#1,043 → #442
  5. ↑ 600Damita#1,597 → #997
Fallers
  1. ↓ 317Sheena#980 → #1,297
  2. ↓ 253Lita#909 → #1,162
  3. ↓ 241Jannette#970 → #1,211
  4. ↓ 229Francisca#939 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 214Andra#822 → #1,036

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1961 →