Vita
Vita was given to 32 girls in 2025, #4,453 among girls’ names; 4,591 Americans have been recorded with it since 1888 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,520 Americans named Vita and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (55% of everyone recorded); the median is 55 years old and half are between 23 and 70.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Vita by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
What does Vita mean?
Wiktionary, Dutch section
Vita is “a female given name”
Borrowed from Latin Vita, feminine of Vitus.
/ˈvi.taː/
Meaning: Wiktionary, Dutch section, as of Sep 25, 2026 (CC BY‑SA 4.0).
How popular is Vita?
#4,453 among girls’ names, 2025
Vita rose from #4,717 in 2015 to #4,453 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born rose from 16.8 to 19.9 per million.
84 babies in 1921, the peak
Vita peaked in 1921, when 84 girls were given it, #803 among girls’ names. The 32 births of 2025 are 38% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,453 | 19.9 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,570 | 27.2 |
| 2023 | 37 | #4,037 | 23.1 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,100 | 21.9 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,730 | 25.0 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,907 | 22.9 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,898 | 16.7 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,991 | 12.3 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,799 | 16.8 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,604 | 13.5 |
Every recorded year (127)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per million girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 30 | #4,717 | 16.8 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,839 | 22.4 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,744 | 17.1 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,592 | 18.2 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,144 | 20.5 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,965 | 12.9 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,882 | 13.1 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,393 | 9.5 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,222 | 14.6 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,890 | 12.1 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,879 | 5.4 |
| 2004 | 10 | #10,649 | 5.4 |
| 2003 | 16 | #7,187 | 8.8 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,435 | 12.2 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,805 | 11.1 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,557 | 7.7 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,690 | 7.3 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,787 | 10.2 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,218 | 11.5 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,558 | 6.8 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,625 | 8.0 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,648 | 7.8 |
| 1993 | 13 | #7,025 | 7.2 |
| 1992 | 13 | #7,051 | 7.1 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,388 | 9.6 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,823 | 8.4 |
| 1989 | 18 | #5,040 | 9.8 |
| 1988 | 7 | #10,352 | 3.9 |
| 1987 | 8 | #8,755 | 4.6 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,956 | 9.3 |
| 1985 | 12 | #6,022 | 7.0 |
| 1984 | 11 | #6,280 | 6.5 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,803 | 12.6 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,161 | 11.2 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,655 | 21.0 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,798 | 19.9 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,662 | 13.7 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,278 | 15.7 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,263 | 15.7 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,661 | 20.5 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,679 | 19.9 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,612 | 19.8 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,220 | 24.7 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,521 | 19.1 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,423 | 19.2 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,118 | 22.3 |
| 1969 | 40 | #2,002 | 23.7 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,852 | 25.6 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,782 | 26.0 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,734 | 25.4 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,913 | 21.0 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,461 | 32.2 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,681 | 24.4 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,443 | 30.5 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,517 | 27.7 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,653 | 23.2 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,615 | 22.7 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,525 | 24.9 |
| 1957 | 63 | #1,342 | 30.8 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,327 | 30.9 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,244 | 34.3 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,557 | 22.1 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,310 | 29.8 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,366 | 27.5 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,432 | 24.4 |
| 1950 | 59 | #1,210 | 34.4 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,467 | 23.4 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,155 | 35.9 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,315 | 27.6 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,273 | 29.9 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,277 | 30.6 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,543 | 21.9 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,141 | 36.6 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,063 | 40.7 |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,018 | 43.0 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,217 | 32.4 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,218 | 33.7 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,030 | 44.4 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,016 | 46.1 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,080 | 41.3 |
| 1935 | 55 | #945 | 52.5 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,165 | 36.4 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,037 | 45.6 |
| 1932 | 68 | #845 | 63.7 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,126 | 38.5 |
| 1930 | 59 | #955 | 52.4 |
| 1929 | 79 | #796 | 70.8 |
| 1928 | 74 | #844 | 64.2 |
| 1927 | 81 | #815 | 67.9 |
| 1926 | 74 | #865 | 62.4 |
| 1925 | 60 | #968 | 49.3 |
| 1924 | 68 | #928 | 54.4 |
| 1923 | 80 | #824 | 66.3 |
| 1922 | 59 | #977 | 49.1 |
| 1921 | 84 | #803 | 68.1 |
| 1920 | 67 | #893 | 55.9 |
| 1919 | 58 | #931 | 51.3 |
| 1918 | 68 | #874 | 58.7 |
| 1917 | 65 | #857 | 60.1 |
| 1916 | 57 | #902 | 54.6 |
| 1915 | 69 | #797 | 70.1 |
| 1914 | 50 | #841 | 65.7 |
| 1913 | 43 | #809 | 68.9 |
| 1912 | 28 | #976 | 50.2 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,109 | 40.6 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,416 | 30.3 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,100 | 43.2 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,669 | 23.9 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,509 | 28.3 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,098 | 44.0 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,294 | 34.3 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,047 | 47.2 |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,587 | 26.5 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,220 | 37.6 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,423 | 30.0 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,274 | 33.6 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,273 | 33.6 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Vita a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Vita has been recorded only for girls: SSA lists no boys with the name in 127 years of records (it lists a name only in years with 5 or more babies of a sex).
Girls and boys named Vita: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Vita, and how old are they?
2,520 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 55% of the 4,591 Americans ever recorded as Vita. The median Vita alive today is 55 years old; half are between 23 and 70.
The 2020 Census counted 3,856 people named Vita (3,795 women and girls, 61 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 2,587 born in the U.S. The Census count is 49% 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 | 243 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 784 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 492 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 240 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 324 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 426 |
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 Vita born?
The states with the most babies named Vita are New York, California and Illinois, with 82% of its births recorded by state since 1910.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | 1,285 | #1,823 | 3.4× |
| California | 150 | not ranked | 0.5× |
| Illinois | 142 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Michigan | 125 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| New Jersey | 94 | not ranked | 0.7× |
| Pennsylvania | 43 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Texas | 35 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Massachusetts | 26 | not ranked | 0.2× |
| Missouri | 16 | not ranked | 0.1× |
| Connecticut | 5 | not ranked | 0.1× |
Where Vita is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Vita is most over-represented in New York: since 1910 it was given 3.4 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 Vita with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 2 names spelled alike, given to 4,977 babies since 1880, Vita is the most given (92% of them). In 2025 it was given to 32 of their 32 babies (100%), again the most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Vita
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 Vita and names like it
- Compare Vita and ViettaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sVita peaked in 1921.
- New York’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Vita since 1910.
- Dutch namesWiktionary’s origin for Vita: every such name, by how often it is given.
- The top names of 1921The year the most babies were named Vita.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Vita alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with VMost given first.