Vita
Vita is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 44 births. Its best rank was 796th, in 1929.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 440.00% of girls
- Peak year
- 192184 births
- Best rank
- #796in 1929
- Since 1888
- 4,559people given the name
The story in the numbers
4,559 girls have been named Vita in the United States since 1888, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1921, with 84 births.
This is a comeback. After an early peak the name fell to a fraction of its former share, and it has been climbing again for the past decade.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1950, and the 1920s alone account for 16%. It has spent 21 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among girls, year by year
By decade
| Decade | girls named Vita | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | |
| 1900s | 93 | |
| 1910s | 467 | |
| 1920s | 726 | |
| 1930s | 485 | |
| 1940s | 461 | |
| 1950s | 541 | |
| 1960s | 476 | |
| 1970s | 294 | |
| 1980s | 180 | |
| 1990s | 151 | |
| 2000s | 185 | |
| 2010s | 293 | |
| 2020s | 195 |
In 1921, its biggest year
Vita was the 803rd most given girl’s name that year. The top five girls’ names of 1921 were Mary, Dorothy, Helen, Margaret and Ruth. See all of 1921.
Names that rose and fell with Vita
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Rosariapeak 1923
- Santapeak 1923
- Rosalinepeak 1928
- Marcellapeak 1922
- Carmelpeak 1962
- Vivianpeak 1920
- Virginapeak 1922
- Millicentpeak 1927
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.