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Lita

Short form of names ending in lita.

Usage languagesEnglish, Latvian
US rank (2025)#9,457

Meaning and history

Lita is a short form of names ending in lita. The name came to public attention in the 1920s through Lita Grey (1908–1995), who was Charlie Chaplin’s second wife; her birth name was Lillita Louise MacMurray.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 28 births, rank #4,953
2007: 13 births, rank #9,007
2008: 22 births, rank #6,130
2009: 24 births, rank #5,709
2010: 13 births, rank #8,701
20112011: 19 births, rank #6,564
2012: 22 births, rank #5,895
2013: 29 births, rank #4,755
2014: 25 births, rank #5,310
2015: 14 births, rank #8,008
20162016: 18 births, rank #6,663
2017: 31 births, rank #4,477
2018: 9 births, rank #10,545
2019: 20 births, rank #5,986
2020: 19 births, rank #6,083
20212021: 23 births, rank #5,398
2022: 28 births, rank #4,793
2023: 15 births, rank #7,247
2024: 13 births, rank #7,967
20252025: 10 births, rank #9,457

Lita rose from #983 to #911 for girls between 1957 and 1960. That year also produced its highest recorded birth count, at 135.