Gitty
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- GIT-ee
- Origin
- Germanic
- UK rank, 2025
- #1,642 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #1,192 for girls
Gitty is a girls' name of Germanic origin, meaning “good”. In 2025 it ranked 1,642nd for girls in the UK (19 babies) and 1,192nd for girls in the US (193 babies).
What does Gitty mean?
Germanic: pet form of the Yiddish name Gittel
“good”
Pet form of the Yiddish name Gittel, used mainly in Orthodox Jewish families.
Is Gitty a girl's or a boy's name?
Gitty is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 19 girls in the UK and 193 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Gitty in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,642nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 19 about 1 in 15,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 26% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 19 girls in the UK were named Gitty, making it the 1,642nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,046th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 21 girls.
Half of all the girls named Gitty in the UK since 1996 were born between 2009 and 2021. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 1,584th in England and Wales.
Gitty in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 19 | #1,642 |
| 2024 | 14 | #2,057 |
| 2023 | 21 | #1,560 |
| 2022 | 13 | #2,157 |
| 2021 | 21 | #1,553 |
| 2020 | 14 | #2,046 |
| 2019 | 17 | #1,793 |
| 2018 | 12 | #2,320 |
| 2017 | 11 | #2,485 |
| 2016 | 16 | #1,941 |
| 2015 | 15 | #1,988 |
| 2014 | 6 | #3,702 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 8 | #3,148 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,794 |
| 2010 | 8 | #2,992 |
| 2009 | 13 | #2,037 |
| 2008 | 10 | #2,454 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 5 | #3,724 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 7 | #2,669 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 8 | #2,097 |
| 1999 | 3 | #4,041 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 6 | #2,469 |
How popular is Gitty in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 1,192nd among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 193 about 1 in 8,300 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 9% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 193 girls in the US were named Gitty, making it the 1,192nd most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,485th. It first appears in the records in 1951.
2025 had the most girls named Gitty of any year since it first appeared, in 1951.
Half of all the girls named Gitty in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2019, the years shaded on the chart below.
Gitty in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 193 | #1,192 |
| 2024 | 155 | #1,429 |
| 2023 | 132 | #1,586 |
| 2022 | 151 | #1,463 |
| 2021 | 139 | #1,516 |
| 2020 | 144 | #1,485 |
| 2019 | 149 | #1,474 |
| 2018 | 146 | #1,497 |
| 2017 | 144 | #1,529 |
| 2016 | 141 | #1,573 |
| 2015 | 121 | #1,731 |
| 2014 | 99 | #1,997 |
| 2013 | 103 | #1,929 |
| 2012 | 107 | #1,875 |
| 2011 | 123 | #1,701 |
| 2010 | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2009 | 80 | #2,395 |
| 2008 | 66 | #2,754 |
| 2007 | 89 | #2,213 |
| 2006 | 88 | #2,186 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 84 | #2,133 |
| 2003 | 65 | #2,494 |
| 2002 | 84 | #2,043 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 53 | #2,736 |
| 1999 | 46 | #2,893 |
| 1998 | 39 | #3,170 |
| 1997 | 43 | #2,817 |
| 1996 | 44 | #2,756 |
| 1995 | 46 | #2,645 |
| 1994 | 38 | #3,033 |
| 1993 | 37 | #3,103 |
| 1992 | 33 | #3,337 |
| 1991 | 25 | #4,053 |
| 1990 | 26 | #3,904 |
| 1989 | 23 | #4,115 |
| 1988 | 27 | #3,478 |
| 1987 | 28 | #3,254 |
| 1986 | 19 | #4,184 |
| 1985 | 24 | #3,516 |
| 1984 | 16 | #4,477 |
| 1983 | 25 | #3,241 |
| 1982 | 20 | #3,897 |
| 1981 | 24 | #3,436 |
| 1980 | 31 | #2,866 |
| 1979 | 15 | #4,625 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 18 | #3,910 |
| 1976 | 16 | #3,961 |
| 1975 | 14 | #4,368 |
| 1974 | 14 | #4,226 |
| 1973 | 8 | #6,078 |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 8 | #6,004 |
| 1970 | 13 | #4,245 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 7 | #5,456 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 8 | #4,881 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 8 | #4,624 |
| 1958 | 8 | #4,519 |
| 1957 | 10 | #3,929 |
| 1956 | 8 | #4,466 |
| 1955 | 5 | #5,826 |
| 1954 | 5 | #5,751 |
| 1953 | 10 | #3,686 |
| 1952 | 9 | #3,795 |
| 1951 | 8 | #4,010 |
Names like Gitty
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Ivy, Tilly, Lily, Aubrey, Avery, Willow, Harper, Romy, Poppy, Myla, Freya, Lyra
More Germanic names
Amelia, Liam, Henry, Charlotte, William, Archie, Charlie, Emma, Freddie, Ella, Harry, Millie, Albie, Matilda, Louie, Miles
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, “Gitty: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/gitty, updated 20 October 2026.