# Gita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/gita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Sanskrit |
| Meaning | “song” |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Geeta |
| US babies named this | 508 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 508 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 20, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

Borrowed from Sanskrit गीता (gītā, “song”), sometimes in reference to Bhagavad Gita.

## What it means

Gita is grouped under music.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2010 | 6 | 15,629 |
| 2012 | 7 | 13,993 |
| 2013 | 13 | 8,740 |
| 2014 | 5 | 17,440 |
| 2015 | 11 | 9,706 |
| 2016 | 7 | 13,395 |
| 2017 | 8 | 12,012 |
| 2018 | 8 | 11,788 |
| 2019 | 6 | 14,402 |
| 2020 | 7 | 12,610 |
| 2021 | 7 | 12,651 |
| 2022 | 6 | 14,170 |
| 2023 | 5 | 16,006 |
| 2024 | 8 | 11,452 |
| 2025 | 7 | 12,347 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1996 | 3 | 3,795 |
| 2000 | 3 | 3,912 |
| 2002 | 4 | 3,409 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2021 | 3 | 5,581 |
| 2025 | 4 | 4,867 |

## In other languages

- Hindi: गीता
- Russian: Гита

## People named Gita

- Gita Dey, actress, thespian, radio performer (1931-2011)
- Gita Hall, actress, model (1933-2016)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.