Zita
#6,838 for girls in 2025, 16 births
- Peak · girls
- 1884 · 11 births
- Debut · girls
- 6 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 2,977since 1882
Zita over time
Rank among girls' names. Zita has never cracked the top 600 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 | #6,838 | 16 |
| 2024 | #8,946 | 11 |
| 2023 | #11,169 | 8 |
| 2022 | #8,032 | 13 |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 |
| 2020 | #7,559 | 14 |
| 2019 | #7,342 | 15 |
| 2018 | #6,792 | 17 |
| 2017 | #7,442 | 15 |
| 2016 | #8,393 | 13 |
| 2015 | #8,447 | 13 |
| 2014 | #5,993 | 21 |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 |
| 2012 | #12,199 | 8 |
| 2011 | #9,723 | 11 |
| 2010 | #13,448 | 7 |
| 2009 | #10,679 | 10 |
| 2008 | #13,832 | 7 |
| 2007 | #12,676 | 8 |
| 2006 | #8,715 | 13 |
| 2005 | #7,500 | 15 |
| 2004 | #8,716 | 12 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 |
| 2002 | — | |
| 2001 | #8,758 | 11 |
| 2000 | #7,158 | 14 |
| 1999 | #14,411 | 5 |
| 1998 | — | |
| 1997 | #13,724 | 5 |
| 1996 | #10,567 | 7 |
| 1995 | #8,079 | 10 |
| 1994 | #8,804 | 9 |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 |
| 1992 | #13,317 | 5 |
| 1991 | #7,987 | 10 |
| 1990 | #7,303 | 11 |
| 1989 | #8,037 | 9 |
| 1988 | — | |
| 1987 | — | |
| 1986 | #10,912 | 5 |
| 1985 | #10,677 | 5 |
| 1984 | #6,291 | 10 |
| 1983 | #10,275 | 5 |
| 1982 | #5,534 | 12 |
| 1981 | #5,885 | 11 |
| 1980 | #7,418 | 8 |
| 1979 | #6,189 | 10 |
| 1978 | #5,214 | 12 |
| 1977 | #7,567 | 7 |
| 1976 | #4,905 | 12 |
| 1975 | #3,404 | 20 |
| 1974 | #2,835 | 25 |
| 1973 | #4,362 | 13 |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 |
| 1971 | #2,801 | 25 |
| 1970 | #3,311 | 19 |
| 1969 | #4,418 | 11 |
| 1968 | #3,456 | 15 |
| 1967 | #3,656 | 13 |
| 1966 | #3,558 | 13 |
| 1965 | #2,293 | 27 |
| 1964 | #3,000 | 18 |
| 1963 | #2,364 | 26 |
| 1962 | #2,539 | 23 |
| 1961 | #2,474 | 24 |
| 1960 | #2,307 | 26 |
| 1959 | #2,021 | 31 |
| 1958 | #2,073 | 29 |
| 1957 | #1,957 | 31 |
| 1956 | #2,389 | 22 |
| 1955 | #1,774 | 35 |
| 1954 | #1,739 | 35 |
| 1953 | #1,586 | 38 |
| 1952 | #2,023 | 25 |
| 1951 | #2,064 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,002 | 23 |
| 1949 | #2,274 | 19 |
| 1948 | #1,648 | 32 |
| 1947 | #1,790 | 29 |
| 1946 | #2,024 | 21 |
| 1945 | #1,795 | 22 |
| 1944 | #1,967 | 19 |
| 1943 | #1,834 | 22 |
| 1942 | #1,559 | 28 |
| 1941 | #1,569 | 25 |
| 1940 | #1,635 | 23 |
| 1939 | #1,350 | 30 |
| 1938 | #1,231 | 35 |
| 1937 | #1,255 | 33 |
| 1936 | #1,445 | 26 |
| 1935 | #1,331 | 30 |
| 1934 | #1,263 | 32 |
| 1933 | #947 | 52 |
| 1932 | #1,237 | 34 |
| 1931 | #1,060 | 44 |
| 1930 | #1,019 | 52 |
| 1929 | #1,015 | 51 |
| 1928 | #1,163 | 43 |
| 1927 | #990 | 59 |
| 1926 | #1,115 | 46 |
| 1925 | #1,020 | 54 |
| 1924 | #1,138 | 47 |
| 1923 | #941 | 61 |
| 1922 | #879 | 69 |
| 1921 | #905 | 67 |
| 1920 | #1,087 | 47 |
| 1919 | #1,026 | 49 |
| 1918 | #885 | 65 |
| 1917 | #849 | 65 |
| 1916 | #893 | 57 |
| 1915 | #874 | 56 |
| 1914 | #919 | 41 |
| 1913 | #1,308 | 19 |
| 1912 | #1,003 | 26 |
| 1911 | #1,300 | 13 |
| 1910 | #1,335 | 12 |
| 1909 | #1,015 | 16 |
| 1908 | #809 | 23 |
| 1907 | #990 | 15 |
| 1906 | #917 | 16 |
| 1905 | #900 | 17 |
| 1904 | #1,251 | 9 |
| 1903 | #836 | 17 |
| 1902 | #936 | 14 |
| 1901 | #795 | 17 |
| 1900 | #833 | 20 |
| 1899 | #935 | 12 |
| 1898 | #790 | 18 |
| 1897 | #982 | 11 |
| 1896 | #872 | 14 |
| 1895 | #858 | 14 |
| 1894 | #812 | 14 |
| 1893 | #955 | 10 |
| 1892 | #908 | 11 |
| 1891 | #1,213 | 6 |
| 1890 | #1,099 | 7 |
| 1889 | #687 | 14 |
| 1888 | — | |
| 1887 | #693 | 11 |
| 1886 | — | |
| 1885 | — | |
| 1884 | #640 | 11 |
| 1883 | — | |
| 1882 | #813 | 6 |
| 1881 | — | |
| 1880 | — | |
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 1954
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Illinois#798 · 1 in 16,614
Best ever in a state: #327 in Missouri, 1912.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Illinois | #798 | 6 | 1 in 16,614 |
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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 Zita
- 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)
- Debuted 1882
- Peaked 1884 at #640 (11 births)
- Births halved by 1885, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 30 yrs · run 1892–1903
- 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%)
- 18.3% of all girls named Zita (544) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 42 | #640 (1884) | #708 |
| 1890s | 117 | #790 (1898) | #942 |
| 1900s | 164 | #795 (1901) | #928 |
| 1910s | 403 | #849 (1917) | #1,039 |
| 1920s | 544 | #879 (1922) | #1,025 |
| 1930s | 368 | #947 (1933) | #1,214 |
| 1940s | 240 | #1,559 (1942) | #1,810 |
| 1950s | 292 | #1,586 (1953) | #1,963 |
| 1960s | 196 | #2,293 (1965) | #3,007 |
| 1970s | 164 | #2,801 (1971) | #4,365 |
| 1980s | 65 | #5,534 (1982) | #8,129 |
| 1990s | 71 | #7,303 (1990) | #10,323 |
| 2000s | 100 | #7,158 (2000) | #9,745 |
| 2010s | 130 | #5,993 (2014) | #9,001 |
| 2020s | 81 | #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 1954
Top girls' names in 1954
More about 1954
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1,941,915 girls got a published name in 1954; 1 in 55,483 of them was named Zita, which outranked 73.8% of the 6,625 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #1,702Wannetta36
- #1,702Willette36
- #1,702Zenobia36
- #1,739Zita35
- #1,739Adria35
- #1,739Belia35
- #1,739Betsey35
- #1,769Adella34
- #1,769Alethia34
- #1,769Bernie34
Tied with 29 names at #1,739; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.