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.

Vita

#2,614 most common girls' name of all time · #4,457 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1888–2025

Rank among girls
#2,614
Rank overall
#4,457 of 105,966
First appeared
1888
Years on the list
127 of 146
All-time
4,591
Since 2016
329
Peak year
1921 #800
Best rank
#795 1929
Girls Boys peak 84/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Vita 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 32 — 32 #4,361
2024 44 — 44 #3,526
2023 37 — 37 #3,988
2022 36 — 36 #4,047
2021 41 — 41 #3,682
2020 37 — 37 #3,845
2019 28 — 28 #4,786
2018 21 — 21 #5,801
2017 29 — 29 #4,706
2016 24 — 24 #5,458
2015 30 — 30 #4,596
2014 40 — 40 #3,782
2013 30 — 30 #4,655
2012 32 — 32 #4,498
2011 36 — 36 #4,075
2010 23 — 23 #5,785
2009 24 — 24 #5,720
2008 18 — 18 #7,098
2007 28 — 28 #5,108
2006 23 — 23 #5,721
2005 10 — 10 #10,152
2004 10 — 10 #9,923
2003 16 — 16 #6,909
2002 22 — 22 #5,271
2001 20 — 20 #5,586
2000 14 — 14 #7,184
1999 13 — 13 #7,270
1998 18 — 18 #5,607
1997 20 — 20 #5,026
1996 12 — 12 #7,161
1995 14 — 14 #6,285
1994 14 — 14 #6,341
1993 13 — 13 #6,650
1992 13 — 13 #6,689
1991 18 — 18 #5,199
1990 16 — 16 #5,567
1989 18 — 18 #4,862
1988 7 — 7 #9,293
1987 8 — 8 #8,034
1986 16 — 16 #4,750
1985 12 — 12 #5,705
1984 11 — 11 #5,940
1983 21 — 21 #3,705
1982 19 — 19 #4,045
1981 35 — 35 #2,619
1980 33 — 33 #2,753
1979 22 — 22 #3,556
1978 24 — 24 #3,206
1977 24 — 24 #3,192
1976 30 — 30 #2,609
1975 29 — 29 #2,621
1974 29 — 29 #2,568
1973 36 — 36 #2,179
1972 29 — 29 #2,458
1971 32 — 32 #2,383
1970 39 — 39 #2,090
1969 40 — 40 #1,985
1968 42 — 42 #1,836
1967 43 — 43 #1,756
1966 43 — 43 #1,720
1965 37 — 37 #1,897
1964 61 — 61 #1,451
1963 47 — 47 #1,675
1962 60 — 60 #1,434
1961 56 — 56 #1,505
1960 47 — 47 #1,645
1959 46 — 46 #1,603
1958 50 — 50 #1,516
1957 63 — 63 #1,335
1956 62 — 62 #1,322
1955 67 — 67 #1,235
1954 43 — 43 #1,547
1953 56 — 56 #1,304
1952 51 — 51 #1,354
1951 44 — 44 #1,422
1950 59 — 59 #1,205
1949 40 — 40 #1,457
1948 61 — 61 #1,150
1947 49 — 49 #1,310
1946 47 — 47 #1,261
1945 40 — 40 #1,272
1944 29 — 29 #1,527
1943 51 — 51 #1,134
1942 55 — 55 #1,058
1941 52 — 52 #1,016
1940 37 — 37 #1,210
1939 37 — 37 #1,203
1938 49 — 49 #1,024
1937 49 — 49 #1,012
1936 43 — 43 #1,075
1935 55 — 55 #940
1934 38 — 38 #1,158
1933 46 — 46 #1,033
1932 68 — 68 #838
1931 41 — 41 #1,116
1930 59 — 59 #952
1929 79 — 79 #795
1928 74 — 74 #843
1927 81 — 81 #812
1926 74 — 74 #864
1925 60 — 60 #964
1924 68 — 68 #926
1923 80 — 80 #824
1922 59 — 59 #974
1921 84 — 84 #800
1920 67 — 67 #890
1919 58 — 58 #929
1918 68 — 68 #874
1917 65 — 65 #855
1916 57 — 57 #898
1915 69 — 69 #796
1914 50 — 50 #837
1913 43 — 43 #808
1912 28 — 28 #975
1911 17 — 17 #1,093
1910 12 — 12 #1,389
1909 15 — 15 #1,083
1908 8 — 8 #1,606
1907 9 — 9 #1,461
1906 13 — 13 #1,086
1905 10 — 10 #1,278
1904 13 — 13 #1,036
1902 7 — 7 #1,521
1901 9 — 9 #1,190
1900 9 — 9 #1,391
1889 6 — 6 #1,258
1888 6 — 6 #1,275