Lita

Where Lita comes from

The dictionaries list Lita as a given name — a female given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1888
    First appearance
    #1,136 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1908
    Lita Grey born
    American actress
  3. 1927
    Peak, #696
    109 babies named Lita — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1934
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #993.
  5. 1958
    Lita Ford born
    British musician
In the dictionary
  • A female given name.
Namesakes
  • Lita Grey · American actress, 1908–1995
  • Lita Ford · British musician, born 1958
  • Lita Cabellut · Spanish painter, born 1961
  • Lita Stantic · Argentine film producer, born 1941
  • Lita Roza · British traditional pop singer, 1926–2008

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.