Zita — #8938 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Zita

The Social Security Administration has registered 2,961 babies named Zita between 1882 and 2024, spanning 143 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Zita currently holds the #8938 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 1922, when 69 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Zita performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 544 births during that ten-year window. Across the 15 decades of recorded activity, Zita shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 121 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Pennsylvania and Ohio. In total, SSA state-level files list Zita in 12 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Zita 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 2,961 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.