How rare is the name Vito?

9,594 people in the United States have the first name Vito, about 1 in 31,481. It ranks #2,532 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

VITO

#2,532

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
9,594
About
1 in 31,481
This common or more
80.1%
Who bears it

Of the 9,594 people named Vito, 87.8% reported their origin as White, 8% as Hispanic or Latino and 1.5% as Asian or Pacific Islander. Virtually all are male (99.7%). These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Vito peaked in 1925, when 316 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18982025
Peak year
1925
Births that year
316
In 2025*
117 ▼63%
Recorded as
almost entirely male

At least 15,052 babies have been given the name since 1898. 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.

Vito by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1920s, when it ranked #746. The largest share of babies named Vito, 26.8%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1890s#3,9395
1900s#1,771116
1910s#8211,596
1920s#7462,817
1930s#9741,534
1940s#1,2701,200
1950s#1,4231,385
1960s#1,4961,399
1970s#1,8121,154
1980s#2,235958
1990s#3,329721
2000s#4,155734
2010s#3,991837
2020s#3,577596
Before 19010.1%
Greatest Generation 1901–2726.8%
Silent Generation 1928–4518%
Baby boom 1946–6417.8%
Generation X 1965–8012.5%
Millennials 1981–969%
Generation Z 1997–127.7%
2013 and later8.1%

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 Vito is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Vito has been most common in New York (6.2×), New Jersey (4.5×), and Illinois (2.4×), and least common in Texas (0.06×).

12,302 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 Vito

1 other first name also has 9,594 people.

#2,532 Hoang · 9,594

Either side of Vito

#2,531 Lissette · 9,600#2,532 Hoang · 9,594#2,534 Jaycee · 9,592#2,535 Landyn · 9,582

Spelled almost the same

One first name in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Vito, most common first.

#4,711 Vita · 3,856

Also a last name

As a last name, Vito ranks #16,914 of 156,621, with 1,644 people. See Vito as a last name

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