Lito — #12708 US boys' name
33 babies named Lito in U.S. Social Security records since 1978, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 11% of names given to boys today.
33% of everyone ever named Lito was born in this single decade.
7 babies were named Lito in 2017 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Lito
The Social Security Administration has registered 33 babies named Lito between 1978 and 2024, spanning 47 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a boy's name, Lito currently holds the #12708 rank among boys for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2017, when 7 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Lito performed strongest in the 2020s, accumulating 11 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Lito shows a stable profile with only moderate drift from its peak decade.
No etymological entry is currently available for Lito in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 33 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Lito at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Lito popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1978
- Peak year (2017)
- 7
- Annual births at peak — across 47 years of records
Currently ranks #12708 among boys.
33 total births across 47 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2017 with 7 births in a single year.
Lito by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2020s
- 11 births that decade — 33% of Lito's all-time total
Lito decade highlights
- Peak decade 11 births
- Runner-up 10 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2020s was Lito's strongest decade
11 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 33% of all-time use.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1978–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.