Lita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- LEE-ta
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #9,454 for girls
Lita is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies) and 9,454th for girls in the US (10 babies).
What does Lita mean?
Spanish: short form of names ending in -lita, such as Carmelita
Short form of Spanish names ending in -lita, such as Carmelita, Lolita and Angelita.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Lita a girl's or a boy's name?
Lita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK and 10 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 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, 3 girls in the UK were named Lita, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,326th. Its busiest year was 2001, with 13 girls.
2025 had more girls named Lita than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Lita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 1 | #7,326 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 1 | #7,629 |
| 2014 | 5 | #4,187 |
| 2013 | 1 | #7,690 |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 1 | #7,520 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 8 | #2,320 |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 13 | #1,542 |
How popular is Lita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 9,454th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 10 about 1 in 160,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 21% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 10 girls in the US were named Lita, making it the 9,454th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,079th. Its busiest year was 1960, with 135 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
It has been given to fewer girls each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had fewer girls named Lita than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Lita in the US since 1880 were born between 1937 and 1986, the years shaded on the chart below.
Lita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | #9,454 |
| 2024 | 13 | #7,962 |
| 2023 | 15 | #7,242 |
| 2022 | 28 | #4,790 |
| 2021 | 23 | #5,394 |
| 2020 | 19 | #6,079 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 9 | #10,540 |
| 2017 | 31 | #4,475 |
| 2016 | 18 | #6,660 |
| 2015 | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2014 | 25 | #5,308 |
| 2013 | 29 | #4,753 |
| 2012 | 22 | #5,892 |
| 2011 | 19 | #6,561 |
| 2010 | 13 | #8,697 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 22 | #6,127 |
| 2007 | 13 | #9,003 |
| 2006 | 28 | #4,952 |
| 2005 | 63 | #2,666 |
| 2004 | 58 | #2,777 |
| 2003 | 53 | #2,882 |
| 2002 | 55 | #2,741 |
| 2001 | 80 | #2,071 |
| 2000 | 31 | #3,978 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 15 | #6,355 |
| 1997 | 11 | #7,737 |
| 1996 | 14 | #6,387 |
| 1995 | 24 | #4,212 |
| 1994 | 24 | #4,233 |
| 1993 | 33 | #3,346 |
| 1992 | 30 | #3,575 |
| 1991 | 38 | #2,983 |
| 1990 | 53 | #2,340 |
| 1989 | 49 | #2,366 |
| 1988 | 37 | #2,798 |
| 1987 | 14 | #5,307 |
| 1986 | 18 | #4,344 |
| 1985 | 15 | #4,858 |
| 1984 | 12 | #5,538 |
| 1983 | 13 | #5,147 |
| 1982 | 16 | #4,526 |
| 1981 | 16 | #4,531 |
| 1980 | 16 | #4,516 |
| 1979 | 11 | #5,750 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,242 |
| 1977 | 19 | #3,760 |
| 1976 | 13 | #4,612 |
| 1975 | 31 | #2,516 |
| 1974 | 17 | #3,695 |
| 1973 | 30 | #2,455 |
| 1972 | 28 | #2,523 |
| 1971 | 39 | #2,107 |
| 1970 | 34 | #2,267 |
| 1969 | 34 | #2,171 |
| 1968 | 35 | #2,024 |
| 1967 | 41 | #1,821 |
| 1966 | 47 | #1,632 |
| 1965 | 59 | #1,437 |
| 1964 | 72 | #1,319 |
| 1963 | 82 | #1,211 |
| 1962 | 79 | #1,234 |
| 1961 | 90 | #1,161 |
| 1960 | 135 | #909 |
| 1959 | 99 | #1,074 |
| 1958 | 104 | #1,017 |
| 1957 | 112 | #980 |
| 1956 | 88 | #1,099 |
| 1955 | 96 | #1,025 |
| 1954 | 75 | #1,139 |
| 1953 | 65 | #1,198 |
| 1952 | 57 | #1,255 |
| 1951 | 36 | #1,582 |
| 1950 | 47 | #1,332 |
| 1949 | 50 | #1,288 |
| 1948 | 39 | #1,472 |
| 1947 | 37 | #1,544 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 42 | #1,231 |
| 1944 | 30 | #1,485 |
| 1943 | 29 | #1,555 |
| 1942 | 21 | #1,859 |
| 1941 | 32 | #1,355 |
| 1940 | 30 | #1,374 |
| 1939 | 31 | #1,327 |
| 1938 | 36 | #1,219 |
| 1937 | 53 | #950 |
| 1936 | 49 | #979 |
| 1935 | 42 | #1,073 |
| 1934 | 48 | #993 |
| 1933 | 63 | #845 |
| 1932 | 74 | #790 |
| 1931 | 85 | #728 |
| 1930 | 74 | #824 |
| 1929 | 59 | #932 |
| 1928 | 63 | #936 |
| 1927 | 109 | #696 |
| 1926 | 44 | #1,148 |
| 1925 | 42 | #1,196 |
| 1924 | 32 | #1,475 |
| 1923 | 23 | #1,782 |
| 1922 | 17 | #2,186 |
| 1921 | 29 | #1,543 |
| 1920 | 21 | #1,889 |
| 1919 | 18 | #1,989 |
| 1918 | 23 | #1,690 |
| 1917 | 22 | #1,652 |
| 1916 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1915 | 24 | #1,475 |
| 1914 | 11 | #2,125 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 7 | #2,359 |
| 1911 | 8 | #1,792 |
| 1910 | 14 | #1,207 |
| 1909 | 7 | #1,763 |
| 1908 | 9 | #1,439 |
| 1907 | 5 | #2,060 |
| 1906 | 10 | #1,229 |
| 1905 | 7 | #1,537 |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 7 | #1,440 |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 5 | #1,437 |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
Names like Lita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Ella, Martha, Anna, Rosa, Lara, Laura, Eva, Lana, Emma, Lyla, Sara
Names related to Lita
More Spanish names
Santiago, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar, Sierra
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, “Lita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lita, updated 20 October 2026.