Elita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eh-LEE-tuh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
Elita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “chosen”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies).
What does Elita mean?
Latin: probably from Latin electa 'chosen', via French elite; also used in Latvia
“chosen”
Is Elita a girl's or a boy's name?
Elita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Elita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 4 girls in the UK were named Elita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2007, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Elita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2007 and 2019. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Elita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 6 | #3,697 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,904 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,967 |
| 2016 | 5 | #4,290 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 1 | #6,340 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 5 | #2,912 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Elita in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1975, with 16 girls. It first appears in the records in 1919.
Half of all the girls named Elita in the US since 1880 were born between 1970 and 2003, the years shaded on the chart below.
Elita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 8 | #11,350 |
| 2018 | 6 | #13,788 |
| 2017 | 7 | #12,709 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,109 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 11 | #9,706 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 9 | #11,626 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,412 |
| 2005 | 8 | #11,828 |
| 2004 | 11 | #9,259 |
| 2003 | 9 | #10,420 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,810 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 7 | #11,132 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 9 | #8,807 |
| 1995 | 8 | #9,548 |
| 1994 | 5 | #13,423 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 8 | #9,328 |
| 1990 | 6 | #11,403 |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 5 | #11,792 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 12 | #5,456 |
| 1982 | 6 | #9,235 |
| 1981 | 10 | #6,321 |
| 1980 | 9 | #6,788 |
| 1979 | 14 | #4,841 |
| 1978 | 10 | #5,957 |
| 1977 | 10 | #5,886 |
| 1976 | 5 | #9,282 |
| 1975 | 16 | #3,948 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 11 | #4,869 |
| 1972 | 12 | #4,522 |
| 1971 | 13 | #4,309 |
| 1970 | 11 | #4,760 |
| 1969 | 5 | #7,469 |
| 1968 | 9 | #4,778 |
| 1967 | 8 | #4,981 |
| 1966 | 9 | #4,492 |
| 1965 | 5 | #6,538 |
| 1964 | 6 | #6,008 |
| 1963 | 7 | #5,295 |
| 1962 | 5 | #6,577 |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 8 | #4,772 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 5 | #6,085 |
| 1956 | 5 | #5,951 |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 5 | #5,299 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 5 | #5,293 |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 0 | – |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 0 | – |
| 1935 | 0 | – |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 0 | – |
| 1928 | 0 | – |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 0 | – |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 0 | – |
| 1922 | 6 | #4,443 |
| 1921 | 0 | – |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 7 | #3,815 |
Nicknames for Elita
- Ellie 552 girls in the UK in 2025
Names like Elita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lucia, Rosa, Francesca, Eliza, Maria, Liana, Sophia, Aurora, Alba, Eliana, Serena, Lara
Names related to Elita
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Clara
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Elita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/elita, updated 20 October 2026.