Boys' name · since 1929
Vitus
Vitus has 19 recorded births since 1929 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2010 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #29,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1929
- 2010s
- peak decade
19 boys have been named Vitus since 1929, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vitus has been recorded 19 times among boys since 1929, though it is not among the currently most-used boys names, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1929 to 2016.
- #29,538 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 19 born since 1929
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Vitus ranks #29,538 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 19 born since 1929, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,538 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 19
- born since 1929
- 2010s
- peak decade
Vitus's 19 recorded births place it above 35.01% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Vitus's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Vitus's full recorded timeline at 2010, 68% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 32% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1929, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2010 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Vitus popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1929–2016
- Peak year (2010)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 88 years of records
Vitus by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (13 births, 68% of the file).
2010s was Vitus's strongest decade.
13 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 68% of all-time use.
Vitus births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
6 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 13 births (68% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Vitus: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~87 yrs)
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, 1929–2016 (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 Vitus 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.