Vita

#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births

Peak · girls
#789
1929 · 79 births
Debut · girls
1888
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
4,591
since 1888

Vita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Vita has never cracked the top 700 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #789, 1929girls
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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#4,35232
2024#3,51644
2023#3,98437
2022#4,04136
2021#3,67841
2020#3,84137
2019#4,77328
2018#5,78521
2017#4,69529
2016#5,44524
2015#4,58430
2014#3,77840
2013#4,64530
2012#4,48632
2011#4,07236
2010#5,77123
2009#5,70924
2008#7,07318
2007#5,09728
2006#5,70923
2005#10,12810
2004#9,89210
2003#6,88516
2002#5,25422
2001#5,57020
2000#7,15814
1999#7,23913
1998#5,58318
1997#5,01020
1996#7,13012
1995#6,25714
1994#6,31914
1993#6,62213
1992#6,65213
1991#5,18118
1990#5,54916
1989#4,84818
1988#9,2447
1987#7,9878
1986#4,72416
1985#5,67812
1984#5,89911
1983#3,68721
1982#4,02519
1981#2,61435
1980#2,74933
1979#3,54122
1978#3,19624
1977#3,17624
1976#2,60230
1975#2,61229
1974#2,55629
1973#2,17136
1972#2,45129
1971#2,37532
1970#2,08139
1969#1,98040
1968#1,83442
1967#1,75143
1966#1,71543
1965#1,88737
1964#1,44361
1963#1,67247
1962#1,42960
1961#1,49956
1960#1,63747
1959#1,59646
1958#1,51250
1957#1,33263
1956#1,31962
1955#1,22967
1954#1,54043
1953#1,29956
1952#1,35151
1951#1,41544
1950#1,20059
1949#1,45240
1948#1,14461
1947#1,30249
1946#1,25747
1945#1,26140
1944#1,51929
1943#1,12451
1942#1,05555
1941#1,01352
1940#1,20337
1939#1,19437
1938#1,01849
1937#1,00249
1936#1,06243
1935#93755
1934#1,14838
1933#1,02446
1932#83068
1931#1,10441
1930#94959
1929#78979
1928#84074
1927#81081
1926#86274
1925#96060
1924#92068
1923#81980
1922#96959
1921#79784
1920#88567
1919#92558
1918#86968
1917#84965
1916#89357
1915#79169
1914#82750
1913#80343
1912#96028
1911#1,07117
1910#1,33512
1909#1,05215
1908#1,5478
1907#1,3849
1906#1,04313
1905#1,23810
1904#1,00113
1903—
1902#1,4387
1901#1,1369
1900#1,3199
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1889#1,1476
1888#1,1366
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First appearance
1888

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

Quietest stretch: 1890–1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

See more about Vita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 836 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #4,352)
  • 511 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #4,352)
  • 232 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #4,352)
  • Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1932 (#1,104 → #830)
  • Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1933 (#830 → #1,024)
Rise & fade · girls
41 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1888
  • Peaked 1929 at #789 (79 births)
  • Births halved by 1934, 5 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 21 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1912–1930
Share of babies · girls
1 in 14,134
  • Highest: 1 in 14,134 girls born in 1929 were named Vita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 15.8% of all girls named Vita (726) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s12#1,136 (1888)#1,142
1890s0——
1900s93#1,001 (1904)#1,240
1910s467#791 (1915)#932
1920s726#789 (1929)#865
1930s485#830 (1932)#1,027
1940s461#1,013 (1941)#1,233
1950s541#1,200 (1950)#1,379
1960s476#1,429 (1962)#1,685
1970s294#2,081 (1970)#2,676
1980s180#2,614 (1981)#5,146
1990s151#5,010 (1997)#6,154
2000s185#5,097 (2007)#6,848
2010s293#3,778 (2014)#4,803
2020s227#3,516 (2024)#3,902

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.

Vita in 1950

girls
#1,200
59 births · 1 in 29,035 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #1,200Vita59
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 29,035 of them was named Vita, which outranked 80.4% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Vita
  1. #1,192Lue60
  2. #1,192Marylee60
  3. #1,192Vernetta60
  4. #1,200Vita59
  5. #1,200Birdie59
  6. #1,200Bunny59
  7. #1,200Coral59
  8. #1,212Adell58
  9. #1,212Carolyne58
  10. #1,212Debera58

Tied with 11 names at #1,200; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,242Mindy#2,013 → #771
  2. ↑ 649Geralyn#1,627 → #978
  3. ↑ 636Kyle#1,512 → #876
  4. ↑ 416Debrah#1,109 → #693
  5. ↑ 405Debbra#1,353 → #948
Fallers
  1. ↓ 241Luana#823 → #1,064
  2. ↓ 231Christene#930 → #1,161
  3. ↓ 216Pearline#785 → #1,001
  4. ↓ 210Ingrid#518 → #728
  5. ↓ 201Dayle#982 → #1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950 →