How rare is the name Vita?

3,856 people in the United States have the first name Vita, about 1 in 78,328. It ranks #4,711 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VITA

#4,711

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,856
About
1 in 78,328
This common or more
84.4%
Who bears it

Of the 3,856 people named Vita, 72.7% reported their origin as White, 11.2% as Hispanic or Latino and 9.9% as Black. 98.4% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vita peaked in 1921, when 84 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18882025
Peak year
1921
Births that year
84
In 2025*
32 ▼62%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,591 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.

Vita by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #1,594. The largest share of babies named Vita, 24.5%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,56212
1900s#2,00893
1910s#1,631467
1920s#1,594726
1930s#1,865485
1940s#2,139461
1950s#2,303541
1960s#2,670476
1970s#4,158294
1980s#6,815180
1990s#9,830151
2000s#10,686185
2010s#8,139293
2020s#6,780227
Before 19010.5%
Greatest Generation 1901–2724.5%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.6%
Baby boom 1946–6422%
Generation X 1965–8011.6%
Millennials 1981–965.4%
Generation Z 1997–127.1%
2013 and later9.3%

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 Vita is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vita has been most common in New York (8.5×), New Jersey (1.7×), and Michigan (1.7×), and least common in Texas (0.24×).

1,926 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.

Exactly as common as Vita

1 other first name also has 3,856 people.

#4,711 Cloe · 3,856

Either side of Vita

#4,710 Promise · 3,857#4,711 Cloe · 3,856#4,713 Marshal · 3,855#4,714 Adison · 3,854

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,532 Vito · 9,594#3,186 Vida · 6,808

Also a last name

As a last name, Vita ranks #17,182 of 156,621, with 1,613 people. See Vita as a last name

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