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Vita

Girls' name · Early 20th-century

Living in the US
~2,600 survival-weighted estimate
2025 rank
#4,352 among girls
Births in 2025
32 4,591 since 1880
Typical age
56 years, median

Vita popularity over time

Vita rank by birth year, 1888–2025Vita ranked #1,136 in 1888 and #4,352 in 2025. Its best rank in the period was #789, in 1929.#1,000#10,000#4,352best #789 in 192918901920195019802010
Rank among US baby names by birth year, 1888–2025. Lower is more popular; the scale is logarithmic so the top of the chart is not compressed.

The high point was 1921: 84 births recorded as Vita. 1888 is the earliest year with at least five recorded births. Vita has ranked inside the top 1,000 in 21 years.

In 2025 it ranked #4,352 with 32 births. Year on year the rank dropped by 836.

Babies named Vita per yearPeaks at 84 births in 1921.84 in 1921018901920195019802010
Recorded US births by year. The peak is labelled; the axis starts at zero.

How many people are named Vita?

An estimated 2,600 living Americans are called Vita. That is out of 4,591 recorded births since 1880.

This is a survival-weighted estimate, not a headcount: every recorded birth year is multiplied by the chance someone born that year is still alive, using the SSA period life table. How the estimate works.

How old is the average Vita?

Median age among living Vitas: 56. More of them were born in the 1950s than in any other decade. By the site’s era rules that makes Vita a early 20th-century name.

Your Vita

Ages of living people named VitaHalf of living Vitas are older than 56 and half younger.median 56020406080100
Estimated living bearers by age today. Each bar is a birth year, weighted by the chance someone born then is still alive.

Where Vita is most common

The name is concentrated in New York, at 2.7× the national rate.

Where Vita is used more than average1 states use the name Vita more than the national average.Alaska: not over-representedAKMaine: not over-representedMEVermont: not over-representedVTNew Hampshire: not over-representedNHWashington: not over-representedWAIdaho: not over-representedIDMontana: not over-representedMTNorth Dakota: not over-representedNDMinnesota: not over-representedMNIllinois: not over-representedILWisconsin: not over-representedWIMichigan: not over-representedMINew York: 2.7× the national rateNYOregon: not over-representedORNevada: not over-representedNVWyoming: not over-representedWYSouth Dakota: not over-representedSDIowa: not over-representedIAIndiana: not over-representedINOhio: not over-representedOHPennsylvania: not over-representedPANew Jersey: not over-representedNJConnecticut: not over-representedCTRhode Island: not over-representedRICalifornia: not over-representedCAUtah: not over-representedUTColorado: not over-representedCONebraska: not over-representedNEMissouri: not over-representedMOKentucky: not over-representedKYWest Virginia: not over-representedWVVirginia: not over-representedVAMaryland: not over-representedMDDelaware: not over-representedDEMassachusetts: not over-representedMAArizona: not over-representedAZNew Mexico: not over-representedNMKansas: not over-representedKSArkansas: not over-representedARTennessee: not over-representedTNNorth Carolina: not over-representedNCSouth Carolina: not over-representedSCDistrict of Columbia: not over-representedDCOklahoma: not over-representedOKLouisiana: not over-representedLAMississippi: not over-representedMSAlabama: not over-representedALGeorgia: not over-representedGAHawaii: not over-representedHITexas: not over-representedTXFlorida: not over-representedFL
Same as national3× or more
Location quotient, 2016–2025. Shaded states use the name more than the country does, relative to their own births. Exact figures are in the table below.
States where Vita is over-represented, 2016–2025. The location quotient compares the state's share of the name with the national share.
StateBirthsvs national rate
New York 45 2.7×

Vita in England and Wales

ONS recorded 8 births named Vita in 2025, ranking it #3,035.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Counts below three are suppressed by ONS.

Notable people named Vita

Ordered by how many Wikipedia language editions have an article about them — a measure of reach, not of importance.
NameKnown forYearsEditions
Vita Sackville-West English writer, poet, and gardener 1892–1962 42
Vita Semerenko Ukrainian biathlete 1986 29
Vita Palamar Ukrainian high jumper 1977 16
Vita Pavlysh Ukrainian shot putter 1969 16
Vita Marissa Indonesian badminton player 1981 13
Vita Andersen Danish author 1942–2021 10
Vita Heine Latvian-Norwegian cyclist 1984 10
Vita Yakymchuk Ukrainian cross-country skier 1980 9
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People and dates from Wikidata (CC0), limited to those with an English Wikipedia article who are known by this name as their first name.

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