Zita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- ZEE-tuh
- Origin
- Italian
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,935 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #6,837 for girls
Zita is a girls' name of Italian origin, meaning “girl”. In 2025 it ranked 4,935th for girls in the UK (4 babies) and 6,837th for girls in the US (16 babies).
What does Zita mean?
Italian: from Tuscan dialect zita
“girl”
St Zita of Lucca, a 13th-century maidservant, is the patron saint of domestic workers; Zita was also Austria's last empress.
Is Zita a girl's or a boy's name?
Zita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 girls in the UK and 16 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Zita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,935th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 70,000 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, 4 girls in the UK were named Zita, making it the 4,935th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2006, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Zita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Among girls in 2025, it was 4,866th in England and Wales.
Zita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,935 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 1 | #7,582 |
| 2022 | 3 | #5,885 |
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 1 | #7,536 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 6 | #3,788 |
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 5 | #4,220 |
| 2009 | 6 | #3,603 |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,657 |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 4 | #3,916 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 6 | #2,587 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 6 | #2,552 |
| 1996 | 5 | #2,815 |
How popular is Zita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 6,837th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 16 about 1 in 100,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 24% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 16 girls in the US were named Zita, making it the 6,837th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,554th. Its busiest year was 1922, with 69 girls. It first appears in the records in 1882.
Half of all the girls named Zita in the US since 1880 were born between 1920 and 1962, the years shaded on the chart below.
Zita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 16 | #6,837 |
| 2024 | 11 | #8,941 |
| 2023 | 8 | #11,164 |
| 2022 | 13 | #8,027 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 14 | #7,554 |
| 2019 | 15 | #7,338 |
| 2018 | 17 | #6,788 |
| 2017 | 15 | #7,438 |
| 2016 | 13 | #8,390 |
| 2015 | 13 | #8,443 |
| 2014 | 21 | #5,991 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 8 | #12,193 |
| 2011 | 11 | #9,719 |
| 2010 | 7 | #13,442 |
| 2009 | 10 | #10,675 |
| 2008 | 7 | #13,827 |
| 2007 | 8 | #12,671 |
| 2006 | 13 | #8,711 |
| 2005 | 15 | #7,495 |
| 2004 | 12 | #8,711 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 11 | #8,751 |
| 2000 | 14 | #7,152 |
| 1999 | 5 | #14,403 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 5 | #13,719 |
| 1996 | 7 | #10,562 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 5 | #13,308 |
| 1991 | 10 | #7,980 |
| 1990 | 11 | #7,297 |
| 1989 | 9 | #8,031 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 5 | #10,907 |
| 1985 | 5 | #10,672 |
| 1984 | 10 | #6,290 |
| 1983 | 5 | #10,272 |
| 1982 | 12 | #5,532 |
| 1981 | 11 | #5,884 |
| 1980 | 8 | #7,417 |
| 1979 | 10 | #6,188 |
| 1978 | 12 | #5,214 |
| 1977 | 7 | #7,565 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 20 | #3,403 |
| 1974 | 25 | #2,835 |
| 1973 | 13 | #4,361 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,062 |
| 1971 | 25 | #2,801 |
| 1970 | 19 | #3,311 |
| 1969 | 11 | #4,417 |
| 1968 | 15 | #3,455 |
| 1967 | 13 | #3,655 |
| 1966 | 13 | #3,557 |
| 1965 | 27 | #2,292 |
| 1964 | 18 | #2,999 |
| 1963 | 26 | #2,363 |
| 1962 | 23 | #2,538 |
| 1961 | 24 | #2,473 |
| 1960 | 26 | #2,306 |
| 1959 | 31 | #2,020 |
| 1958 | 29 | #2,072 |
| 1957 | 31 | #1,956 |
| 1956 | 22 | #2,388 |
| 1955 | 35 | #1,773 |
| 1954 | 35 | #1,738 |
| 1953 | 38 | #1,585 |
| 1952 | 25 | #2,022 |
| 1951 | 23 | #2,063 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,001 |
| 1949 | 19 | #2,273 |
| 1948 | 32 | #1,647 |
| 1947 | 29 | #1,789 |
| 1946 | 21 | #2,023 |
| 1945 | 22 | #1,794 |
| 1944 | 19 | #1,966 |
| 1943 | 22 | #1,833 |
| 1942 | 28 | #1,558 |
| 1941 | 25 | #1,569 |
| 1940 | 23 | #1,635 |
| 1939 | 30 | #1,350 |
| 1938 | 35 | #1,231 |
| 1937 | 33 | #1,255 |
| 1936 | 26 | #1,445 |
| 1935 | 30 | #1,331 |
| 1934 | 32 | #1,263 |
| 1933 | 52 | #947 |
| 1932 | 34 | #1,237 |
| 1931 | 44 | #1,060 |
| 1930 | 52 | #1,019 |
| 1929 | 51 | #1,015 |
| 1928 | 43 | #1,163 |
| 1927 | 59 | #990 |
| 1926 | 46 | #1,115 |
| 1925 | 54 | #1,020 |
| 1924 | 47 | #1,138 |
| 1923 | 61 | #941 |
| 1922 | 69 | #879 |
| 1921 | 67 | #905 |
| 1920 | 47 | #1,087 |
| 1919 | 49 | #1,026 |
| 1918 | 65 | #885 |
| 1917 | 65 | #849 |
| 1916 | 57 | #893 |
| 1915 | 56 | #874 |
| 1914 | 41 | #919 |
| 1913 | 19 | #1,308 |
| 1912 | 26 | #1,003 |
| 1911 | 13 | #1,300 |
| 1910 | 12 | #1,335 |
| 1909 | 16 | #1,015 |
| 1908 | 23 | #809 |
| 1907 | 15 | #990 |
| 1906 | 16 | #917 |
| 1905 | 17 | #900 |
| 1904 | 9 | #1,250 |
| 1903 | 17 | #836 |
| 1902 | 14 | #936 |
| 1901 | 17 | #795 |
| 1900 | 20 | #833 |
| 1899 | 12 | #935 |
| 1898 | 18 | #790 |
| 1897 | 11 | #982 |
| 1896 | 14 | #872 |
| 1895 | 14 | #858 |
| 1894 | 14 | #812 |
| 1893 | 10 | #955 |
| 1892 | 11 | #908 |
| 1891 | 6 | #1,213 |
| 1890 | 7 | #1,099 |
| 1889 | 14 | #687 |
| 1888 | 0 | – |
| 1887 | 11 | #693 |
| 1886 | 0 | – |
| 1885 | 0 | – |
| 1884 | 11 | #640 |
| 1883 | 0 | – |
| 1882 | 6 | #813 |
Names like Zita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Lola, Rosa, Anna, Flora, Ada, Eva, Matilda, Emma, Ella, Zelda, Martha, Georgia
More Italian names
Aria, Sienna, Enzo, Bella, Kiara, Gemma, Ariyah, Milani, Ariya, Armani, Bianca, Siena, Ariah, Capri, Kara, Emiliana
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, “Zita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/zita, updated 20 October 2026.