Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Lita

#2,669 most common girls' name of all time · #4,553 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#2,669
Rank overall
#4,553 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
125 of 146
All-time
4,437
Since 2016
186
Peak year
1960 #911
Best rank
#700 1927
Girls Boys peak 135/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Lita first appears in 1888. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 10 — 10 #9,490
2024 13 — 13 #7,990
2023 15 — 15 #7,271
2022 28 — 28 #4,805
2021 23 — 23 #5,410
2020 19 — 19 #6,098
2019 20 — 20 #5,994
2018 9 — 9 #10,584
2017 31 — 31 #4,484
2016 18 — 18 #6,671
2015 14 — 14 #8,027
2014 25 — 25 #5,320
2013 29 — 29 #4,763
2012 22 — 22 #5,909
2011 19 — 19 #6,581
2010 13 — 13 #8,723
2009 24 — 24 #5,719
2008 22 — 22 #6,145
2007 13 — 13 #9,028
2006 28 — 28 #4,961
2005 63 — 63 #2,675
2004 58 — 58 #2,786
2003 53 — 53 #2,889
2002 55 — 55 #2,748
2001 80 — 80 #2,079
2000 31 — 31 #3,994
1999 15 — 15 #6,505
1998 15 — 15 #6,384
1997 11 — 11 #7,772
1996 14 — 14 #6,416
1995 24 — 24 #4,230
1994 24 — 24 #4,256
1993 33 — 33 #3,357
1992 30 — 30 #3,592
1991 38 — 38 #2,995
1990 53 — 53 #2,350
1989 49 — 49 #2,377
1988 37 — 37 #2,812
1987 14 — 14 #5,352
1986 18 — 18 #4,373
1985 15 — 15 #4,875
1984 12 — 12 #5,571
1983 13 — 13 #5,175
1982 16 — 16 #4,553
1981 16 — 16 #4,560
1980 16 — 16 #4,538
1979 11 — 11 #5,797
1978 16 — 16 #4,269
1977 19 — 19 #3,773
1976 13 — 13 #4,633
1975 31 — 31 #2,528
1974 17 — 17 #3,719
1973 30 — 30 #2,464
1972 28 — 28 #2,537
1971 39 — 39 #2,115
1970 34 — 34 #2,272
1969 34 — 34 #2,177
1968 35 — 35 #2,032
1967 41 — 41 #1,828
1966 47 — 47 #1,633
1965 59 — 59 #1,438
1964 72 — 72 #1,321
1963 82 — 82 #1,212
1962 79 — 79 #1,236
1961 90 — 90 #1,163
1960 135 — 135 #911
1959 99 — 99 #1,075
1958 104 — 104 #1,020
1957 112 — 112 #983
1956 88 — 88 #1,102
1955 96 — 96 #1,027
1954 75 — 75 #1,143
1953 65 — 65 #1,200
1952 57 — 57 #1,262
1951 36 — 36 #1,592
1950 47 — 47 #1,337
1949 50 — 50 #1,295
1948 39 — 39 #1,485
1947 37 — 37 #1,559
1946 21 — 21 #2,055
1945 42 — 42 #1,237
1944 30 — 30 #1,496
1943 29 — 29 #1,569
1942 21 — 21 #1,873
1941 32 — 32 #1,367
1940 30 — 30 #1,386
1939 31 — 31 #1,340
1938 36 — 36 #1,224
1937 53 — 53 #958
1936 49 — 49 #988
1935 42 — 42 #1,082
1934 48 — 48 #1,000
1933 63 — 63 #848
1932 74 — 74 #793
1931 85 — 85 #731
1930 74 — 74 #827
1929 59 — 59 #937
1928 63 — 63 #943
1927 109 — 109 #700
1926 44 — 44 #1,157
1925 42 — 42 #1,204
1924 32 — 32 #1,484
1923 23 — 23 #1,797
1922 17 — 17 #2,216
1921 29 — 29 #1,555
1920 21 — 21 #1,915
1919 18 — 18 #2,016
1918 23 — 23 #1,719
1917 22 — 22 #1,681
1916 16 — 16 #2,079
1915 24 — 24 #1,497
1914 11 — 11 #2,167
1913 19 — 19 #1,337
1912 7 — 7 #2,444
1911 8 — 8 #1,849
1910 14 — 14 #1,233
1909 7 — 7 #1,840
1908 9 — 9 #1,495
1907 5 — 5 #2,169
1906 10 — 10 #1,280
1905 7 — 7 #1,615
1903 7 — 7 #1,521
1893 5 — 5 #1,546
1889 5 — 5 #1,405
1888 6 — 6 #1,265