Zita

#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births

Peak · girls
#640
1884 · 11 births
Debut · girls
1882
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
2,977
since 1882

Zita over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Zita has never cracked the top 600 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201891peak #640, 1884girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

Show data table
Yeargirls
rankbirths
2025#6,83816
2024#8,94611
2023#11,1698
2022#8,03213
2021#6,17419
2020#7,55914
2019#7,34215
2018#6,79217
2017#7,44215
2016#8,39313
2015#8,44713
2014#5,99321
2013#10,23510
2012#12,1998
2011#9,72311
2010#13,4487
2009#10,67910
2008#13,8327
2007#12,6768
2006#8,71513
2005#7,50015
2004#8,71612
2003#9,67110
2002—
2001#8,75811
2000#7,15814
1999#14,4115
1998—
1997#13,7245
1996#10,5677
1995#8,07910
1994#8,8049
1993#8,7199
1992#13,3175
1991#7,98710
1990#7,30311
1989#8,0379
1988—
1987—
1986#10,9125
1985#10,6775
1984#6,29110
1983#10,2755
1982#5,53412
1981#5,88511
1980#7,4188
1979#6,18910
1978#5,21412
1977#7,5677
1976#4,90512
1975#3,40420
1974#2,83525
1973#4,36213
1972#3,06221
1971#2,80125
1970#3,31119
1969#4,41811
1968#3,45615
1967#3,65613
1966#3,55813
1965#2,29327
1964#3,00018
1963#2,36426
1962#2,53923
1961#2,47424
1960#2,30726
1959#2,02131
1958#2,07329
1957#1,95731
1956#2,38922
1955#1,77435
1954#1,73935
1953#1,58638
1952#2,02325
1951#2,06423
1950#2,00223
1949#2,27419
1948#1,64832
1947#1,79029
1946#2,02421
1945#1,79522
1944#1,96719
1943#1,83422
1942#1,55928
1941#1,56925
1940#1,63523
1939#1,35030
1938#1,23135
1937#1,25533
1936#1,44526
1935#1,33130
1934#1,26332
1933#94752
1932#1,23734
1931#1,06044
1930#1,01952
1929#1,01551
1928#1,16343
1927#99059
1926#1,11546
1925#1,02054
1924#1,13847
1923#94161
1922#87969
1921#90567
1920#1,08747
1919#1,02649
1918#88565
1917#84965
1916#89357
1915#87456
1914#91941
1913#1,30819
1912#1,00326
1911#1,30013
1910#1,33512
1909#1,01516
1908#80923
1907#99015
1906#91716
1905#90017
1904#1,2519
1903#83617
1902#93614
1901#79517
1900#83320
1899#93512
1898#79018
1897#98211
1896#87214
1895#85814
1894#81214
1893#95510
1892#90811
1891#1,2136
1890#1,0997
1889#68714
1888—
1887#69311
1886—
1885—
1884#64011
1883—
1882#8136
1881—
1880—
First appearance
1882

The first year at least five girls were named Zita! It came in at #813, and was given to 6 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1883, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Zita is popular in 1891

The SSA only publishes names by state from 1910 on.

See more about Zita
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 2,108 spots since 2024 (#8,946 → #6,838)
  • 721 spots since 2020 (#7,559 → #6,838)
  • 1,609 spots since 2015 (#8,447 → #6,838)
  • Biggest jump: 389 spots in 1914 (#1,308 → #919)
  • Biggest drop: 415 spots in 1904 (#836 → #1,251)
Rise & fade · girls
2 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1882
  • Peaked 1884 at #640 (11 births)
  • Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 30 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1892–1903
Share of babies · girls
1 in 11,729
  • Highest: 1 in 11,729 girls born in 1884 were named Zita (0.01%)
  • Latest: 1 in 100,454 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 18.3% of all girls named Zita (544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s42#640 (1884)#708
1890s117#790 (1898)#942
1900s164#795 (1901)#928
1910s403#849 (1917)#1,039
1920s544#879 (1922)#1,025
1930s368#947 (1933)#1,214
1940s240#1,559 (1942)#1,810
1950s292#1,586 (1953)#1,963
1960s196#2,293 (1965)#3,007
1970s164#2,801 (1971)#4,365
1980s65#5,534 (1982)#8,129
1990s71#7,303 (1990)#10,323
2000s100#7,158 (2000)#9,745
2010s130#5,993 (2014)#9,001
2020s81#6,174 (2021)#8,120

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.

Zita in 1891

girls
#1,213
6 births · 1 in 30,914 girls

Top girls' names in 1891

  1. #1Mary11,704
  2. #2Anna5,099
  3. #3Margaret3,065
  4. #4Elizabeth3,059
  5. #5Emma2,884
  6. #6Florence2,716
  7. #7Ethel2,689
  8. #8Minnie2,428
  9. #9Helen2,417
  10. #10Bertha2,372
  11. #1,213Zita6
More about 1891

girls

185,482 girls got a published name in 1891; 1 in 30,914 of them was named Zita, which outranked 20.9% of the 1,533 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 20.7% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Zita
  1. #1,093Zepha7
  2. #1,093Zilpha7
  3. #1,093Zollie7
  4. #1,213Zita6
  5. #1,213Agusta6
  6. #1,213Alba6
  7. #1,213Albertha6
  8. #1,332Adina5
  9. #1,332Affie5
  10. #1,332Albena5

Tied with 118 names at #1,213; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1890
Risers
  1. ↑ 588Aurore#1,338 → #750
  2. ↑ 588Zelpha#1,338 → #750
  3. ↑ 499Leva#1,338 → #839
  4. ↑ 499Vira#1,338 → #839
  5. ↑ 483Sister#1,210 → #727
Fallers
  1. ↓ 574Prudie#758 → #1,332
  2. ↓ 571Delila#642 → #1,213
  3. ↓ 541Elmina#791 → #1,332
  4. ↓ 541Tinnie#791 → #1,332
  5. ↓ 520Dorcas#693 → #1,213

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1891 →