Itai
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ee-TY
- Origin
- Hebrew
- US rank, 2025
- #4,538 for boys
Itai is a boys' name of Hebrew origin, meaning “with me”. In 2025 it ranked 4,538th for boys in the US (22 babies).
What does Itai mean?
Hebrew: Hebrew Ittai
“with me”
In the Bible, Ittai the Gittite stays loyal to King David during Absalom's revolt.
Is Itai a girl's or a boy's name?
Itai is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 22 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Itai in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2009, with 6 boys.
Itai in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 4 | #4,335 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 6 | #3,108 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 4 | #3,986 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #3,522 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #2,714 |
How popular is Itai in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #4,538among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 22about 1 in 78,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadyup 8% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 22 boys in the US were named Itai, making it the 4,538th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 5,976th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 26 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
Half of all the boys named Itai in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Itai in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 22 | #4,538 |
| 2024 | 21 | #4,697 |
| 2023 | 11 | #7,284 |
| 2022 | 25 | #4,180 |
| 2021 | 18 | #5,105 |
| 2020 | 14 | #5,976 |
| 2019 | 20 | #4,802 |
| 2018 | 16 | #5,536 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 22 | #4,469 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 16 | #5,481 |
| 2013 | 17 | #5,167 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 19 | #4,820 |
| 2010 | 20 | #4,676 |
| 2009 | 24 | #4,158 |
| 2008 | 26 | #3,918 |
| 2007 | 20 | #4,638 |
| 2006 | 13 | #6,090 |
| 2005 | 21 | #4,193 |
| 2004 | 17 | #4,788 |
| 2003 | 19 | #4,271 |
| 2002 | 15 | #4,913 |
| 2001 | 9 | #6,928 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 11 | #5,460 |
| 1997 | 6 | #8,104 |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 8 | #6,400 |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 5 | #8,693 |
| 1992 | 9 | #5,652 |
| 1991 | 6 | #7,263 |
Names like Itai
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Loki Yusuf Kairo Rumi Yunus Yug Yoan Ruairi Yitzchok Tai Mika Minh
Names related to Itai
More Hebrew names
Noah Isabella Elijah James Jack Mia Ava Jude Ezra Benjamin Isaac Jacob Ethan Daniel Samuel Elias
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, “Itai: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/itai, updated 20 October 2026.