Vitaly
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- vee-TAH-lee
- Origin
- Latin
- US rank, 2025
- #12,003 for boys
Vitaly 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 Vitaly mean?
Latin: Russian form of Vitalis, from Latin vita 'life'
“of life, vital”
The Russian form of Vitalis, from Latin vita 'life'; several early Christian saints bore the name.
Is Vitaly a girl's or a boy's name?
Vitaly 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 Vitaly in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #12,003among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 5about 1 in 340,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 5 boys in the US were named Vitaly, making it the 12,003rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 8,062nd. Its busiest year was 2013, with 14 boys. It first appears in the records in 1991.
2025 had fewer boys named Vitaly than any year since 2011.
Half of all the boys named Vitaly in the US since 1880 were born between 2004 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Vitaly in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #12,003 |
| 2024 | 12 | #6,827 |
| 2023 | 7 | #9,757 |
| 2022 | 6 | #10,855 |
| 2021 | 6 | #10,794 |
| 2020 | 9 | #8,062 |
| 2019 | 11 | #7,168 |
| 2018 | 10 | #7,613 |
| 2017 | 8 | #8,835 |
| 2016 | 13 | #6,344 |
| 2015 | 9 | #8,035 |
| 2014 | 11 | #7,043 |
| 2013 | 14 | #5,919 |
| 2012 | 8 | #8,858 |
| 2011 | 5 | #12,280 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 8 | #8,980 |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 8 | #8,909 |
| 2006 | 6 | #10,655 |
| 2005 | 7 | #9,108 |
| 2004 | 8 | #8,137 |
| 2003 | 8 | #7,824 |
| 2002 | 7 | #8,449 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 8 | #6,489 |
| 1995 | 7 | #6,985 |
| 1994 | 5 | #8,794 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 6 | #7,414 |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
Nicknames for Vitaly
- Vitya
- Vitalik
Names like Vitaly
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
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Names related to Vitaly
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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, “Vitaly: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/vitaly, updated 20 October 2026.