Vita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- VEE-tuh
- Origin
- Latin
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #4,351 for girls
Vita is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “life”. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 4,351st for girls in the US (32 babies).
What does Vita mean?
Latin: Latin word
“life”
The English writer and garden designer Vita Sackville-West (1892-1962), creator of Sissinghurst, was a famous bearer.
Is Vita a girl's or a boy's name?
Vita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 32 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Vita, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 2,566th. Its busiest year was 2008, with 16 girls.
Half of all the girls named Vita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2020. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Vita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 11 | #2,480 |
| 2023 | 11 | #2,481 |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 10 | #2,566 |
| 2019 | 7 | #3,340 |
| 2018 | 7 | #3,344 |
| 2017 | 6 | #3,774 |
| 2016 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 10 | #2,618 |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,719 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 4 | #4,980 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,715 |
| 2009 | 9 | #2,695 |
| 2008 | 16 | #1,745 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 3 | #4,976 |
| 2004 | 5 | #3,356 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 5 | #2,855 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Vita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,351st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 32 about 1 in 50,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Rising up 31% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 32 girls in the US were named Vita, making it the 4,351st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,840th. Its busiest year was 1921, with 84 girls. It first appears in the records in 1888.
2025 had fewer girls named Vita than any year since 2019.
Half of all the girls named Vita in the US since 1880 were born between 1928 and 1975, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 32 | #4,351 |
| 2024 | 44 | #3,516 |
| 2023 | 37 | #3,982 |
| 2022 | 36 | #4,039 |
| 2021 | 41 | #3,677 |
| 2020 | 37 | #3,840 |
| 2019 | 28 | #4,772 |
| 2018 | 21 | #5,781 |
| 2017 | 29 | #4,693 |
| 2016 | 24 | #5,444 |
| 2015 | 30 | #4,583 |
| 2014 | 40 | #3,776 |
| 2013 | 30 | #4,643 |
| 2012 | 32 | #4,484 |
| 2011 | 36 | #4,071 |
| 2010 | 23 | #5,769 |
| 2009 | 24 | #5,707 |
| 2008 | 18 | #7,069 |
| 2007 | 28 | #5,095 |
| 2006 | 23 | #5,708 |
| 2005 | 10 | #10,123 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 16 | #6,880 |
| 2002 | 22 | #5,250 |
| 2001 | 20 | #5,565 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 18 | #5,579 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 14 | #6,252 |
| 1994 | 14 | #6,313 |
| 1993 | 13 | #6,615 |
| 1992 | 13 | #6,645 |
| 1991 | 18 | #5,175 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 7 | #9,239 |
| 1987 | 8 | #7,982 |
| 1986 | 16 | #4,721 |
| 1985 | 12 | #5,676 |
| 1984 | 11 | #5,898 |
| 1983 | 21 | #3,686 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,024 |
| 1981 | 35 | #2,614 |
| 1980 | 33 | #2,749 |
| 1979 | 22 | #3,541 |
| 1978 | 24 | #3,196 |
| 1977 | 24 | #3,175 |
| 1976 | 30 | #2,601 |
| 1975 | 29 | #2,612 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 36 | #2,171 |
| 1972 | 29 | #2,451 |
| 1971 | 32 | #2,375 |
| 1970 | 39 | #2,081 |
| 1969 | 40 | #1,980 |
| 1968 | 42 | #1,834 |
| 1967 | 43 | #1,751 |
| 1966 | 43 | #1,715 |
| 1965 | 37 | #1,887 |
| 1964 | 61 | #1,443 |
| 1963 | 47 | #1,671 |
| 1962 | 60 | #1,429 |
| 1961 | 56 | #1,498 |
| 1960 | 47 | #1,636 |
| 1959 | 46 | #1,595 |
| 1958 | 50 | #1,511 |
| 1957 | 63 | #1,331 |
| 1956 | 62 | #1,318 |
| 1955 | 67 | #1,228 |
| 1954 | 43 | #1,539 |
| 1953 | 56 | #1,298 |
| 1952 | 51 | #1,350 |
| 1951 | 44 | #1,414 |
| 1950 | 59 | #1,199 |
| 1949 | 40 | #1,451 |
| 1948 | 61 | #1,143 |
| 1947 | 49 | #1,301 |
| 1946 | 47 | #1,256 |
| 1945 | 40 | #1,260 |
| 1944 | 29 | #1,518 |
| 1943 | 51 | #1,123 |
| 1942 | 55 | #1,055 |
| 1941 | 52 | #1,013 |
| 1940 | 37 | #1,203 |
| 1939 | 37 | #1,194 |
| 1938 | 49 | #1,018 |
| 1937 | 49 | #1,002 |
| 1936 | 43 | #1,062 |
| 1935 | 55 | #937 |
| 1934 | 38 | #1,148 |
| 1933 | 46 | #1,024 |
| 1932 | 68 | #830 |
| 1931 | 41 | #1,104 |
| 1930 | 59 | #949 |
| 1929 | 79 | #789 |
| 1928 | 74 | #840 |
| 1927 | 81 | #810 |
| 1926 | 74 | #862 |
| 1925 | 60 | #960 |
| 1924 | 68 | #920 |
| 1923 | 80 | #819 |
| 1922 | 59 | #969 |
| 1921 | 84 | #797 |
| 1920 | 67 | #885 |
| 1919 | 58 | #925 |
| 1918 | 68 | #869 |
| 1917 | 65 | #849 |
| 1916 | 57 | #893 |
| 1915 | 69 | #791 |
| 1914 | 50 | #827 |
| 1913 | 43 | #803 |
| 1912 | 28 | #960 |
| 1911 | 17 | #1,071 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 15 | #1,052 |
| 1908 | 8 | #1,547 |
| 1907 | 9 | #1,384 |
| 1906 | 13 | #1,043 |
| 1905 | 10 | #1,237 |
| 1904 | 13 | #1,001 |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 7 | #1,438 |
| 1901 | 9 | #1,136 |
| 1900 | 9 | #1,318 |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,146 |
| 1888 | 6 | #1,136 |
Names like Vita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Rosa, Alma, Clara, Alba, Ada, Rosie, Florence, Nora, Stella, Lola, Flora, Martha
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Mabel, Luna, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian, Anthony, Austin, Felix
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, “Vita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vita, updated 20 October 2026.