How Many People Are Named Vita?

2,553

people named Vita are alive in the United States today (estimate)

About 1 in 133,875 people in the US has this name

Based on 4,591 babies named Vita in Social Security records from 1888 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.

Popularity Rank

#5,752

💎💎 Very Rare

Rank Among Girl Names

#3,228

See the top 100

Peak Year

1921

84 births

Trend

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Stable (last 10 years)

📖 Name Origin & Meaning

Origin: Ancient Roman, Italian, Lithuanian, Latvian, Danish
Gender: Primarily Female

Meaning:

Feminine form of VITUS.

Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.

Related & Similar Names

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⚧ Gender Distribution

Female
100.0%
Male
0.0%

All of the babies given the name Vita in the records were girls.

👥 Age Distribution

The average person named Vita alive today is about 48 years old, and 43% are 60 or older. Half of them were between 22 and 70 in 2025.

Under 30 762
29.8%
30 to 59 689
27%
60 and over 1,102
43.2%

📈 Popularity Over Time

Vita first appears in the records in 1888 and was given most often in 1921, to 84 babies. In 2025, 32 babies got the name.

Babies given the name each year, 1888 to 2025

🏆 Rank History

Vita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #796, in 1929. In 2025 it ranked #4,453.

Girls
Rank in 2025#4,453
Best rank#796 (1929)
Years in the top 100None
Rank in its biggest decade#874 in the 1920s

📍 State-Wise Distribution

People named Vita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).

More people named Vita were born in New York than in any other state: about 526 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Vita was given 7.7 times as often in New York, 1.7 times in Michigan and 1.7 times in New Jersey.

New York 526
California 142
Illinois 73
Michigan 45
New Jersey 30
Pennsylvania 29
Texas 23
Massachusetts 5
Missouri 4
Connecticut 2

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