Ita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EE-ta
- Origin
- Irish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,776 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #5,098 for girls
Ita is a girls' name of Irish origin, meaning “thirst”. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,098th for girls in the US (25 babies).
What does Ita mean?
Irish: anglicised form of Ide
“thirst”
Saint Ita of Killeedy, a 6th-century Irish abbess, was called the foster mother of the saints of Ireland.
Is Ita a girl's or a boy's name?
Ita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 25 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,776th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6 about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 38% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ita, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,110th. Its busiest year was 2021, with 7 girls.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 5 | #4,253 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2020 | 5 | #4,110 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 3 | #5,896 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
How popular is Ita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,098th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 25 about 1 in 64,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady up 18% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 25 girls in the US were named Ita, making it the 5,098th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 2013, with 25 girls. It first appears in the records in 1900.
2025 had more girls named Ita than any year since 2013.
Half of all the girls named Ita in the US since 1880 were born between 1971 and 2016, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 25 | #5,098 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 22 | #5,544 |
| 2022 | 24 | #5,306 |
| 2021 | 15 | #7,245 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 19 | #6,172 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 17 | #6,974 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 25 | #5,315 |
| 2012 | 15 | #7,800 |
| 2011 | 16 | #7,432 |
| 2010 | 14 | #8,267 |
| 2009 | 11 | #9,971 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 12 | #9,282 |
| 2005 | 12 | #8,878 |
| 2004 | 15 | #7,386 |
| 2003 | 8 | #11,319 |
| 2002 | 7 | #12,181 |
| 2001 | 5 | #15,345 |
| 2000 | 7 | #11,794 |
| 1999 | 8 | #10,338 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,797 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 10 | #8,116 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 7 | #10,471 |
| 1991 | 5 | #13,139 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #12,356 |
| 1988 | 6 | #10,381 |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 7 | #8,149 |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 5 | #10,514 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 5 | #10,208 |
| 1978 | 5 | #9,748 |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 6 | #7,982 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 5 | #8,290 |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 8 | #5,817 |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 5 | #7,014 |
| 1967 | 5 | #6,803 |
| 1966 | 5 | #6,563 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 5 | #6,766 |
| 1963 | 8 | #4,895 |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 5 | #6,566 |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 0 | – |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 5 | #5,672 |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 0 | – |
| 1950 | 0 | – |
| 1949 | 5 | #5,243 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 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 | 5 | #4,284 |
| 1933 | 6 | #3,751 |
| 1932 | 0 | – |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 6 | #4,051 |
| 1928 | 6 | #4,193 |
| 1927 | 0 | – |
| 1926 | 0 | – |
| 1925 | 7 | #4,027 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 8 | #3,640 |
| 1922 | 0 | – |
| 1921 | 6 | #4,462 |
| 1920 | 10 | #3,097 |
| 1919 | 6 | #4,249 |
| 1918 | 10 | #3,023 |
| 1917 | 6 | #4,081 |
| 1916 | 0 | – |
| 1915 | 0 | – |
| 1914 | 0 | – |
| 1913 | 5 | #3,185 |
| 1912 | 0 | – |
| 1911 | 0 | – |
| 1910 | 0 | – |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 6 | #1,862 |
| 1907 | 0 | – |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 5 | #1,930 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 5 | #1,791 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 5 | #1,678 |
| 1900 | 5 | #1,931 |
Names like Ita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Isla, Luna, Orla, Bella, Ava, Isabella, Alba, Mila, Ivy, Lyla, Eliza, Arabella
Names related to Ita
More Irish names
Oscar, Rowan, Rory, Maeve, Finn, Aiden, Ryan, Nolan, Quinn, Cody, Erin, Ronan, Connor, Declan, Casey, Kennedy
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, “Ita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ita, updated 20 October 2026.