Vitaliy
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vee-TAH-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Vitaliy is a boys' name of Latin origin, meaning “of life, vital”. In 2025 it ranked 12,003rd for boys in the US (5 babies).
What does Vitaliy mean?
Latin: Russian and Ukrainian form of Latin Vitalis
“of life, vital”
It comes from Vitalis, the name of several early Christian saints and martyrs.
Is Vitaliy a girl's or a boy's name?
Vitaliy is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 5 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Vitaliy in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 12,003rd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5 about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to call too few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vitaliy, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 9,548th. Its busiest year was 2004, with 24 boys. It first appears in the records in 1994.
2025 had fewer boys named Vitaliy than any year since 2017.
Half of all the boys named Vitaliy in the US since 1880 were born between 2001 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vitaliy in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 8 | #8,982 |
| 2023 | 6 | #10,815 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 9 | #8,161 |
| 2020 | 7 | #9,548 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 5 | #12,241 |
| 2016 | 6 | #10,739 |
| 2015 | 18 | #5,056 |
| 2014 | 6 | #10,711 |
| 2013 | 18 | #4,978 |
| 2012 | 18 | #5,030 |
| 2011 | 13 | #6,250 |
| 2010 | 21 | #4,516 |
| 2009 | 16 | #5,551 |
| 2008 | 24 | #4,142 |
| 2007 | 23 | #4,241 |
| 2006 | 19 | #4,671 |
| 2005 | 12 | #6,220 |
| 2004 | 24 | #3,731 |
| 2003 | 20 | #4,109 |
| 2002 | 9 | #7,048 |
| 2001 | 23 | #3,612 |
| 2000 | 15 | #4,779 |
| 1999 | 16 | #4,336 |
| 1998 | 16 | #4,193 |
| 1997 | 16 | #4,054 |
| 1996 | 10 | #5,528 |
| 1995 | 13 | #4,502 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
Nicknames for Vitaliy
- Vitya
- Vitalik
Names like Vitaliy
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Armani, Aarav, Veer, Viraj, Vihaan, Dhruv, Avi, Arjun, Krish, River, Vedant, Rishi
Names related to Vitaliy
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from 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, “Vitaliy: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vitaliy, updated 20 October 2026.