Gita
- Gender
- Girl
- Origin
- Sanskrit
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #11,928 for girls
Gita is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin, meaning “song”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 11,928th for girls in the US (7 babies).
What does Gita mean?
Sanskrit
“song”
A female given name from Sanskrit, used in India.
From Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Is Gita a girl's or a boy's name?
Gita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 7 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gita 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 Gita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 4 girls.
2025 had more girls named Gita than any year since 2002.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Gita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 3 | #5,824 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
How popular is Gita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 11,928th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 7 about 1 in 230,000 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, 7 girls in the US were named Gita, making it the 11,928th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 12,137th. Its busiest year was 1970, with 23 girls. It first appears in the records in 1942.
Half of all the girls named Gita in the US since 1880 were born between 1968 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 7 | #11,928 |
| 2024 | 8 | #11,117 |
| 2023 | 5 | #15,188 |
| 2022 | 6 | #13,586 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,201 |
| 2020 | 7 | #12,137 |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 8 | #11,422 |
| 2017 | 8 | #11,611 |
| 2016 | 7 | #12,871 |
| 2015 | 11 | #9,476 |
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 13 | #8,575 |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 6 | #14,953 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 6 | #15,485 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 5 | #15,777 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #13,514 |
| 2000 | 5 | #15,024 |
| 1999 | 6 | #12,681 |
| 1998 | 9 | #9,254 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 6 | #11,801 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 0 | – |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 0 | – |
| 1990 | 5 | #12,952 |
| 1989 | 7 | #9,675 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 10 | #6,783 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 6 | #9,139 |
| 1983 | 10 | #6,210 |
| 1982 | 8 | #7,467 |
| 1981 | 9 | #6,802 |
| 1980 | 11 | #5,911 |
| 1979 | 7 | #8,059 |
| 1978 | 7 | #7,647 |
| 1977 | 9 | #6,338 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 8 | #6,482 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 11 | #4,792 |
| 1971 | 11 | #4,808 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,938 |
| 1969 | 15 | #3,618 |
| 1968 | 13 | #3,788 |
| 1967 | 10 | #4,299 |
| 1966 | 12 | #3,739 |
| 1965 | 10 | #4,201 |
| 1964 | 7 | #5,473 |
| 1963 | 9 | #4,538 |
| 1962 | 6 | #5,859 |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 12 | #3,687 |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 7 | #4,917 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 9 | #4,068 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 5 | #5,561 |
| 1951 | 6 | #4,832 |
| 1950 | 6 | #4,736 |
| 1949 | 0 | – |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 5 | #4,620 |
Names like Gita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Krisha, Viha, Kridha, Isha, Shreeja, Dhyana, Prisha, Nishtha, Priya, Arya, Lara, Radhika
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya, Leena
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, “Gita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gita, updated 20 October 2026.