# Tito (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/tito/  
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 | boys |
| Origin | Latin |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 3,376 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 3,376 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 28, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Romance Tito (Spanish Tito, Portuguese Tito, Italian Tito); from Latin Titus,

## 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, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 36 | 3,159 |
| 2012 | 24 | 4,234 |
| 2013 | 28 | 3,741 |
| 2014 | 27 | 3,880 |
| 2015 | 25 | 4,165 |
| 2016 | 19 | 5,108 |
| 2017 | 30 | 3,664 |
| 2018 | 17 | 5,521 |
| 2019 | 24 | 4,322 |
| 2020 | 18 | 5,205 |
| 2021 | 25 | 4,224 |
| 2022 | 19 | 5,193 |
| 2023 | 19 | 5,231 |
| 2024 | 21 | 4,866 |
| 2025 | 25 | 4,239 |

### England and Wales, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2002 | 4 | 2,636 |
| 2006 | 3 | 4,052 |
| 2013 | 3 | 4,685 |
| 2014 | 3 | 4,632 |
| 2017 | 4 | 3,996 |
| 2021 | 4 | 3,990 |
| 2022 | 4 | 4,001 |
| 2024 | 3 | 5,119 |

## People named Tito

- Tito Okello, Former President of Uganda from 29th July 1985 to 26th January 1986.
- Tito Ortiz, American mixed martial artist
- Tito Santana, American professional wrestler
- Adolfo Tito Yllana, Filipino Roman Catholic archbishop
- Tito Paris, Cape Verdean musician
- Tito Colliander, Finnish author (1904–1989)
- Tito García, actor (1931-2003)
- Tito Buss, Brazilian bishop (1925-2013)
- Tito Davison, Chilean film director, screenwriter (1912-1985)
- Tito Livio Ferreira, Brazilian historian, teacher, and journalist
- Frei Tito, Brazilian theologian (1945–1974)
- Tito Gómez, Cuban musician (1920–2000)

## 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.