Dita

Girls' name

People

Dita has been given to 24 babies in the U.S. since 1960. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 1972, with 9 recorded.

Babies named Dita, 1973

1 in 603,000

Dita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Dita: meaning, origin, and history

People

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Dita means

Dita means “people”, associated with thiot.

Origin, language, and formation

Dita is used in Czech, Indonesian, Latvian and Slovak.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Judita.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Czech, Dita is pronounced [ˈɟɪta].

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 24 girls were recorded with the name Dita between 1960 and 1973. Its highest annual count was 9 in 1972; its best national rank was #5,589 in 1972.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Dita?

Dita had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 1973, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 1973: 1 in 603,000; 5 of 3,016,706 births
Among girls only: 1 in 292,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 1973: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 418,205 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Dita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 1973 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 418,205 children born in 1973 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Dita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Ditas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Dita was born before 1972 — so the typical Dita is around 53 today.

Median birth year: 1972; About 53 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 58.3% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 24; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 58.3% of all recorded uses (14).

Is Dita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 1972 (9)
Years since peak: 53; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 22.2% average annual change
Best rank ever: #5,589; 1972

Spellings of Dita

Dita is not the most common spelling — Lisa is, with 21.3% against Dita's <0.01%.

Lisa21.3%967,229
Diana8.1%368,487
Mia6.8%310,219
Tina6.4%292,146
Rita6.3%284,452
Edith6.0%270,880
Anita4.7%215,165
Dana4.3%193,555

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Dita around the world

Where Dita ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

England & Wales
2009–2013
#4,739
in 2013
France
2009–2025
#4,329
in 2025
South Australia
1966–2006
#782
in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Dita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #5,589; 1972
Peak year: 1972; 9 that year
First recorded: 1960
Last recorded: 1973
All-time count: 24
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Dita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Diti Azita Ditya Pita Yita Ghita Irita Cita Mita Ditza Armita Orita Drita Eunita Dakita Bita Aleita Rozita Sumita Wakita Avita Bunita Ashita Qunita

Sibling names for Dita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Nicola Latonia Jenni Nicki Sharla Niki Trena Charisse

For a brother

Shon Shelton Judd Alfonzo Scottie Erich Edwardo Lamont

Explore around Dita

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