How Many People Are Named Lita?
people named Lita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 115,741 people in the US has this name
Based on 4,437 babies named Lita in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
135 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Short form of names ending in lita. This name was brought to the public eye in the 1920s due to Lita Grey (1908-1995), who was the second wife of Charlie Chaplin. Her birth name was Lillita Louise MacMurray.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Lita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Lita alive today is about 50 years old, and 48% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 26 and 68 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Lita first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1960, to 135 babies. In 2025, 10 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Lita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #698, in 1927. In 2025 it ranked #9,832.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #9,832 |
| Best rank | #698 (1927) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,141 in the 1950s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Lita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Lita were born in California than in any other state: about 289 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Lita was given 13.6 times as often in New Mexico, 4.3 times in California and 2.6 times in New York.
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