How rare is the name Lita?

3,942 people in the United States have the first name Lita, about 1 in 76,619. It ranks #4,644 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

LITA

#4,644

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,942
About
1 in 76,619
This common or more
84.3%
Who bears it

Of the 3,942 people named Lita, 47.4% reported their origin as White, 19.9% as Asian or Pacific Islander and 16.3% as Hispanic or Latino. Virtually all are female (99.5%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Lita peaked in 1960, when 135 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1960
Births that year
135
In 2025*
10 ▼93%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,437 babies have been given the name since 1888. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Lita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1930s, when it ranked #1,721. The largest share of babies named Lita, 31.2%, were born during the baby boom (1946–1964).

1880s#2,63811
1890s#3,9395
1900s#2,79845
1910s#3,062162
1920s#2,112439
1930s#1,721555
1940s#2,564331
1950s#1,911779
1960s#2,200674
1970s#4,783238
1980s#6,273206
1990s#6,747257
2000s#5,975427
2010s#10,628200
2020s#11,034108
Before 19010.4%
Greatest Generation 1901–2711.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.4%
Baby boom 1946–6431.2%
Generation X 1965–8010.6%
Millennials 1981–969.2%
Generation Z 1997–1211.8%
2013 and later5.7%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Where Lita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Lita has been most common in New Mexico (14×), California (3.3×), and New York (2.8×), and least common in Ohio (0.62×).

1,181 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Either side of Lita

#4,642 Ambrose · 3,945#4,643 Giavanna · 3,944#4,645 Eh · 3,941#4,646 Adriano · 3,940

Spelled almost the same

5 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Lita, most common first.

#4,298 Lida · 4,419#18,739 Lito · 572#40,339 Litha · 185#40,593 Litia · 183#51,981 Lit · 110

Also a last name

As a last name, Lita ranks #65,358 of 156,621, with 328 people. See Lita as a last name

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