Vita
#4,352 for girls in 2025, 32 births
- Peak · girls
- 1929 · 79 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 4,591since 1888
Vita over time
Rank among girls' names. Vita has never cracked the top 700 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | |
|---|---|---|
| rank | births | |
| 2025 | #4,352 | 32 |
| 2024 | #3,516 | 44 |
| 2023 | #3,984 | 37 |
| 2022 | #4,041 | 36 |
| 2021 | #3,678 | 41 |
| 2020 | #3,841 | 37 |
| 2019 | #4,773 | 28 |
| 2018 | #5,785 | 21 |
| 2017 | #4,695 | 29 |
| 2016 | #5,445 | 24 |
| 2015 | #4,584 | 30 |
| 2014 | #3,778 | 40 |
| 2013 | #4,645 | 30 |
| 2012 | #4,486 | 32 |
| 2011 | #4,072 | 36 |
| 2010 | #5,771 | 23 |
| 2009 | #5,709 | 24 |
| 2008 | #7,073 | 18 |
| 2007 | #5,097 | 28 |
| 2006 | #5,709 | 23 |
| 2005 | #10,128 | 10 |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 |
| 2003 | #6,885 | 16 |
| 2002 | #5,254 | 22 |
| 2001 | #5,570 | 20 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #7,239 | 13 |
| 1998 | #5,583 | 18 |
| 1997 | #5,010 | 20 |
| 1996 | #7,130 | 12 |
| 1995 | #6,257 | 14 |
| 1994 | #6,319 | 14 |
| 1993 | #6,622 | 13 |
| 1992 | #6,652 | 13 |
| 1991 | #5,181 | 18 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 |
| 1988 | #9,244 | 7 |
| 1987 | #7,987 | 8 |
| 1986 | #4,724 | 16 |
| 1985 | #5,678 | 12 |
| 1984 | #5,899 | 11 |
| 1983 | #3,687 | 21 |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 |
| 1981 | #2,614 | 35 |
| 1980 | #2,749 | 33 |
| 1979 | #3,541 | 22 |
| 1978 | #3,196 | 24 |
| 1977 | #3,176 | 24 |
| 1976 | #2,602 | 30 |
| 1975 | #2,612 | 29 |
| 1974 | #2,556 | 29 |
| 1973 | #2,171 | 36 |
| 1972 | #2,451 | 29 |
| 1971 | #2,375 | 32 |
| 1970 | #2,081 | 39 |
| 1969 | #1,980 | 40 |
| 1968 | #1,834 | 42 |
| 1967 | #1,751 | 43 |
| 1966 | #1,715 | 43 |
| 1965 | #1,887 | 37 |
| 1964 | #1,443 | 61 |
| 1963 | #1,672 | 47 |
| 1962 | #1,429 | 60 |
| 1961 | #1,499 | 56 |
| 1960 | #1,637 | 47 |
| 1959 | #1,596 | 46 |
| 1958 | #1,512 | 50 |
| 1957 | #1,332 | 63 |
| 1956 | #1,319 | 62 |
| 1955 | #1,229 | 67 |
| 1954 | #1,540 | 43 |
| 1953 | #1,299 | 56 |
| 1952 | #1,351 | 51 |
| 1951 | #1,415 | 44 |
| 1950 | #1,200 | 59 |
| 1949 | #1,452 | 40 |
| 1948 | #1,144 | 61 |
| 1947 | #1,302 | 49 |
| 1946 | #1,257 | 47 |
| 1945 | #1,261 | 40 |
| 1944 | #1,519 | 29 |
| 1943 | #1,124 | 51 |
| 1942 | #1,055 | 55 |
| 1941 | #1,013 | 52 |
| 1940 | #1,203 | 37 |
| 1939 | #1,194 | 37 |
| 1938 | #1,018 | 49 |
| 1937 | #1,002 | 49 |
| 1936 | #1,062 | 43 |
| 1935 | #937 | 55 |
| 1934 | #1,148 | 38 |
| 1933 | #1,024 | 46 |
| 1932 | #830 | 68 |
| 1931 | #1,104 | 41 |
| 1930 | #949 | 59 |
| 1929 | #789 | 79 |
| 1928 | #840 | 74 |
| 1927 | #810 | 81 |
| 1926 | #862 | 74 |
| 1925 | #960 | 60 |
| 1924 | #920 | 68 |
| 1923 | #819 | 80 |
| 1922 | #969 | 59 |
| 1921 | #797 | 84 |
| 1920 | #885 | 67 |
| 1919 | #925 | 58 |
| 1918 | #869 | 68 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #791 | 69 |
| 1914 | #827 | 50 |
| 1913 | #803 | 43 |
| 1912 | #960 | 28 |
| 1911 | #1,071 | 17 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,052 | 15 |
| 1908 | #1,547 | 8 |
| 1907 | #1,384 | 9 |
| 1906 | #1,043 | 13 |
| 1905 | #1,238 | 10 |
| 1904 | #1,001 | 13 |
| 1903 | — | |
| 1902 | #1,438 | 7 |
| 1901 | #1,136 | 9 |
| 1900 | #1,319 | 9 |
| 1899 | — | |
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| 1890 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 |
| 1888 | #1,136 | 6 |
| 1887 | — | |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | — | |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | — | |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
The first year at least five girls were named Vita! It came in at #1,136, and was given to 6 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1890–1899, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.
Where Vita is popular in 1929
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- New York#281 · 1 in 2,927
- New Jersey#372 · 1 in 5,835
- Michigan#425 · 1 in 6,005
- Louisiana#475 · 1 in 4,286
Best ever in a state: #247 in New York, 1926.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| New York | #281 | 33 | 1 in 2,927 |
| New Jersey | #372 | 5 | 1 in 5,835 |
| Michigan | #425 | 7 | 1 in 6,005 |
| Louisiana | #475 | 5 | 1 in 4,286 |
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Vita
- 836 spots since 2024 (#3,516 → #4,352)
- 511 spots since 2020 (#3,841 → #4,352)
- 232 spots since 2015 (#4,584 → #4,352)
- Biggest jump: 274 spots in 1932 (#1,104 → #830)
- Biggest drop: 194 spots in 1933 (#830 → #1,024)
- Debuted 1888
- Peaked 1929 at #789 (79 births)
- Births halved by 1934, 5 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 21 yrs · run 1912–1930
- Highest: 1 in 14,134 girls born in 1929 were named Vita (0.01%)
- Latest: 1 in 50,227 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 15.8% of all girls named Vita (726) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 12 | #1,136 (1888) | #1,142 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 93 | #1,001 (1904) | #1,240 |
| 1910s | 467 | #791 (1915) | #932 |
| 1920s | 726 | #789 (1929) | #865 |
| 1930s | 485 | #830 (1932) | #1,027 |
| 1940s | 461 | #1,013 (1941) | #1,233 |
| 1950s | 541 | #1,200 (1950) | #1,379 |
| 1960s | 476 | #1,429 (1962) | #1,685 |
| 1970s | 294 | #2,081 (1970) | #2,676 |
| 1980s | 180 | #2,614 (1981) | #5,146 |
| 1990s | 151 | #5,010 (1997) | #6,154 |
| 2000s | 185 | #5,097 (2007) | #6,848 |
| 2010s | 293 | #3,778 (2014) | #4,803 |
| 2020s | 227 | #3,516 (2024) | #3,902 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Vita in 1929
Top girls' names in 1929
More about 1929
girls
1,116,561 girls got a published name in 1929; 1 in 14,134 of them was named Vita, which outranked 85.0% of the 5,277 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).