Boys' name · since 1978
Lito
Lito has 38 recorded births since 1978 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #24,134 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,424 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
38 babies have been named Lito since 1978, making it today's #12424 boys' name.
Social Security Administration records show Lito recorded 38 times among boys since 1978, holding rank #12424 nationally today, ahead of 11% of boys, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1978 to 2025.
- #24,134 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- #12,424 of 13,930 2025 SSA year
- 38 born since 1978
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Lito ranks #24,134 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #12,424 of 13,930 among boys' names in 2025. 38 born since 1978, peaking in the 2020s.
- #24,134 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- #12,424 of 13,930
- 2025 SSA year
- 38
- born since 1978
- 2020s
- peak decade
Lito's 38 recorded births place it above 46.76% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Lito compares
38 14th percentile among 13,930 names currently given to boys
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked boys names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Lito's all-time total is 90% below the median boys name, and Liam still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Lito | Median boys name (Takari) | #1 boys name (Liam) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 38 | 369 | 358,536 |
| Peak-year births | 7 | 34 | 22,252 |
Lito's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Lito splits its recorded history at 2017: 61% of all births land in the more recent half, 39% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1978 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 7 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Lito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1978–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 48 years of records
Lito by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (16 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Lito's strongest decade.
16 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Lito births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1980s
1980s
10 births
- 2010s
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
16 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 16 births (42% of all-time use).
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Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1978–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Lito draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.