Lito

#13,144 in 2025Boys' name

Horse + releaser, unleasher, through Hipólito

Lito has been given to 38 babies in the U.S. since 1978. In 2025 it ranked #13,144 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 7 recorded.

Babies named Lito, 2025

1 in 663,000

Lito over time, 1880–2025

Boys

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Lito: meaning, origin, and history

Horse + releaser, unleasher, through Hipólito

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Lito means

Lito belongs to the name family reached through Lito → Hipólito → Hippolytus → Ἱππόλυτος. Its meaning is “horse + releaser, unleasher”.

Origin, language, and formation

Lito is used in Cebuano, Galician and Spanish.

Lito comes through Late Latin -ittus.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Manuel, Joselito, Carlo, Carlito, Manoel, Hipólito, Hippolytus and Ἱππόλυτος.

Pronunciation and spelling

In Spanish, Lito is pronounced /ˈlito/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 38 boys were recorded with the name Lito between 1978 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 7 in 2017; its best national rank was #6,386 in 1978.

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 Lito?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 663,000; 5 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 342,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #13,144; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 459,581 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Lito sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 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 459,581 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Lito. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Litos were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Lito was born before 2017 — so the typical Lito is around 8 today.

Median birth year: 2017; About 8 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 42.1% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 60.5%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 38; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 42.1% of all recorded uses (16).

Is Lito 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: +308; Places climbed
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: 71.4%; Peak was 2017 (7)
Years since peak: 8; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Very steady; 5.6% average annual change
Best rank ever: #6,386; 1978

Spellings of Lito

Lito is not the most common spelling — Liam is, with 41.8% against Lito's <0.01%.

Liam41.8%358,536
Leo30.3%259,988
Milo5.1%43,847
Otto4.7%39,915
Nico2.5%21,294
Vito1.8%15,052
Niko1.7%14,629
Gino1.5%13,145

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.

Lito around the world

Where Lito 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.

France
2023–2023
#5,858
in 2023

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0.

Lito by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #13,144
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #6,386; 1978
Peak year: 2017; 7 that year
First recorded: 1978
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 38
Count in 2025: 5

Names similar to Lito

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

Eito Akito Keito Yuito Litzy Kito Aito Rito Pedrito Pablito Bennito Junito Karlito Kaito Monolito Emerito Luisito Tito Devito Cruzito Miguelito Yoshito Little Manolito

Sibling names for Lito

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

Annabell Abagail Shyann Sydni Halie Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna

For a brother

Aaden Kale Hamilton Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah Jorden

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