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Vita

A Latin and Italian name meaning “life.”

Usage languagesItalian, Latvian, Slovene
US rank (2025)#4,352

Meaning and history

Vita means "life" in Latin and Italian and is also used as a short form of Victoria and other names. It became especially familiar in English through writer and gardener Vita Sackville-West. Another notable bearer is Italian actress Vitaa, whose stage spelling is related.

Popularity over timeUS births · girls
20062006: 23 births, rank #5,709
2007: 28 births, rank #5,097
2008: 18 births, rank #7,073
2009: 24 births, rank #5,709
2010: 23 births, rank #5,771
20112011: 36 births, rank #4,072
2012: 32 births, rank #4,486
2013: 30 births, rank #4,645
2014: 40 births, rank #3,778
2015: 30 births, rank #4,584
20162016: 24 births, rank #5,445
2017: 29 births, rank #4,695
2018: 21 births, rank #5,785
2019: 28 births, rank #4,773
2020: 37 births, rank #3,841
20212021: 41 births, rank #3,678
2022: 36 births, rank #4,041
2023: 37 births, rank #3,984
2024: 44 births, rank #3,516
20252025: 32 births, rank #4,352

Vita moved from #845 to #945 for girls between 1932 and 1935. Its highest annual birth count came in 1921, with 84 births.