# Lita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/lita/  
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 | not recorded |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 4,437 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 4,437 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 59, 1996 to 2025 |

## 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 19 | 6,752 |
| 2012 | 22 | 6,030 |
| 2013 | 29 | 4,835 |
| 2014 | 25 | 5,390 |
| 2015 | 14 | 8,265 |
| 2016 | 18 | 6,804 |
| 2017 | 31 | 4,541 |
| 2018 | 9 | 11,073 |
| 2019 | 20 | 6,097 |
| 2020 | 19 | 6,223 |
| 2021 | 23 | 5,496 |
| 2022 | 28 | 4,860 |
| 2023 | 15 | 7,492 |
| 2024 | 13 | 8,240 |
| 2025 | 10 | 9,835 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 10 | 1,728 |
| 2002 | 5 | 2,868 |
| 2003 | 8 | 2,191 |
| 2004 | 5 | 3,197 |
| 2005 | 5 | 3,382 |
| 2006 | 3 | 5,061 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 4 | 4,524 |
| 2011 | 3 | 5,785 |
| 2014 | 5 | 4,003 |
| 2017 | 3 | 5,765 |
| 2025 | 3 | 5,927 |

## People named Lita

- Lita Grey, American actress (1908–1995)
- Lita Ford, British musician
- Lita Stantic, Argentine film producer (born 1941)
- Lita Roza, British traditional pop singer (1926–2008)

## 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.