Lita
Lita was given to 10 girls in 2025, #9,832 among girls’ names; 4,437 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,920 Americans named Lita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (66% of everyone recorded); the median is 58 years old and half are between 27 and 69.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Lita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Lita mean?
Wiktionary, English section
Lita is “a female given name.”
Meaning: Wiktionary, English section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Lita?
#9,832 among girls’ names, 2025
Lita fell from #8,261 in 2015 to #9,832 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 7.8 to 6.2 per million.
135 babies in 1960, the peak
Lita peaked in 1960, when 135 girls were given it, #911 among girls’ names. The 10 births of 2025 are 7% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,832 | 6.2 |
| 2024 | 13 | #8,235 | 8.0 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,487 | 9.3 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,857 | 17.1 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,492 | 14.0 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,219 | 11.8 |
| 2019 | 20 | #6,093 | 11.9 |
| 2018 | 9 | #11,068 | 5.3 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,539 | 18.0 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,801 | 10.2 |
Every recorded year (125)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 14 | #8,261 | 7.8 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,388 | 14.0 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,833 | 16.5 |
| 2012 | 22 | #6,027 | 12.5 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,749 | 10.8 |
| 2010 | 13 | #9,023 | 7.3 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,815 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,270 | 11.6 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,325 | 6.8 |
| 2006 | 28 | #5,037 | 14.7 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,692 | 34.1 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,790 | 31.6 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,908 | 29.0 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,759 | 30.6 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,080 | 44.4 |
| 2000 | 31 | #4,033 | 17.1 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,698 | 8.5 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,566 | 8.5 |
| 1997 | 11 | #8,095 | 6.3 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,586 | 8.0 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,290 | 13.6 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,318 | 13.4 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,382 | 18.2 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,628 | 16.3 |
| 1991 | 38 | #3,013 | 20.3 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,358 | 27.9 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,385 | 26.6 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,830 | 20.8 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,463 | 8.1 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,451 | 10.5 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,987 | 8.7 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,725 | 7.1 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,320 | 7.8 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,632 | 9.4 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,640 | 9.6 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,645 | 9.6 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,972 | 6.9 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,377 | 10.4 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,845 | 12.4 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,782 | 8.9 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,544 | 21.3 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,792 | 11.6 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,481 | 20.6 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,558 | 18.4 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,129 | 23.4 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,289 | 19.4 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,187 | 20.2 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,041 | 21.3 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,838 | 24.8 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,639 | 27.8 |
| 1965 | 59 | #1,441 | 33.4 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,327 | 38.0 |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,214 | 42.5 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,243 | 40.2 |
| 1961 | 90 | #1,163 | 44.6 |
| 1960 | 135 | #911 | 66.8 |
| 1959 | 99 | #1,075 | 48.9 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,023 | 51.7 |
| 1957 | 112 | #982 | 54.8 |
| 1956 | 88 | #1,103 | 43.8 |
| 1955 | 96 | #1,027 | 49.1 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,146 | 38.6 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,203 | 34.6 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,264 | 30.7 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,591 | 20.0 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,342 | 27.4 |
| 1949 | 50 | #1,294 | 29.2 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,479 | 23.0 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,565 | 20.9 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,057 | 13.4 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,243 | 32.1 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,505 | 22.6 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,568 | 20.8 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,895 | 15.5 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,372 | 26.5 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,392 | 26.2 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,334 | 28.3 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,224 | 32.6 |
| 1937 | 53 | #959 | 49.8 |
| 1936 | 49 | #986 | 47.1 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,080 | 40.1 |
| 1934 | 48 | #999 | 46.0 |
| 1933 | 63 | #848 | 62.5 |
| 1932 | 74 | #792 | 69.3 |
| 1931 | 85 | #732 | 79.8 |
| 1930 | 74 | #826 | 65.7 |
| 1929 | 59 | #937 | 52.8 |
| 1928 | 63 | #943 | 54.6 |
| 1927 | 109 | #698 | 91.4 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,158 | 37.1 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,203 | 34.5 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,488 | 25.6 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,804 | 19.1 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,235 | 14.2 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,562 | 23.5 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,925 | 17.5 |
| 1919 | 18 | #2,031 | 15.9 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,731 | 19.9 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,686 | 20.3 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,081 | 15.3 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,500 | 24.4 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,201 | 14.4 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,335 | 30.4 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,521 | 12.5 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,876 | 19.1 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,245 | 35.3 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,880 | 20.2 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,492 | 26.9 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,240 | 15.7 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,275 | 33.9 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,625 | 24.0 |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,512 | 26.7 |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,552 | 23.5 |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,395 | 28.0 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,221 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Lita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Lita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 125 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Lita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Lita, and how old are they?
2,920 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 66% of the 4,437 Americans ever recorded as Lita. The median Lita alive today is 58 years old; half are between 27 and 69.
The 2020 Census counted 3,942 people named Lita (3,924 women and girls, 18 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,100 born in the U.S. The Census count is 27% above that prediction. Possible reasons: the Census counts people born abroad, whom SSA’s files leave out, and it records the name people give, which SSA may have recorded under another spelling or as part of a compound name.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 208 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,110 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 432 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 395 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 516 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 252 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Lita born?
The states with the most babies named Lita are California, New York and Texas, with 66% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| California | 394 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| New York | 262 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Texas | 120 | not ranked | 0.4× |
| Illinois | 106 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| New Mexico | 87 | not ranked | 3.1× |
| Pennsylvania | 65 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Ohio | 34 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Michigan | 20 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Kentucky | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Tennessee | 13 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Lita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Lita is most over-represented in California: since 1910 it was given 1.1 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Lita with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Lita
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Lita and names like it
- Compare Lita and NadineBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1960sLita peaked in 1960.
- California’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Lita since 1910.
- The top names of 1960The year the most babies were named Lita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Lita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with LMost given first.