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Vitaly

#13,772 in 2025Boys' name

Alternate transcription of Vitaliy

Vitaly has been given to 229 babies in the U.S. since 1991. In 2025 it ranked #13,772 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 2013, with 14 recorded.

Babies named Vitaly, 2025

1 in 663,000

Vitaly over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls
05101518801900192019401960198020002020

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Vitaly: meaning, origin, and history

Alternate transcription of Vitaliy

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Vitaly means

Vitaly is a alternate transcription of Vitaliy.

Documented naming usage and pronunciation

Vitaly is used in Russian and Ukrainian.

Another recorded pronunciation is /vʲɪ.ˈta.lʲɪj/ and /ʋʲi.ˈta.lʲij/ for Vitaly.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Vitaliy.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 224 boys were recorded with the name Vitaly between 1991 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 14 in 2013; its best national rank was #6,217 in 2013.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #8,681 in 2020 to #13,772 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #8,698 in 2015 to #13,772 in 2025.

In the United States, 5 girls were recorded with the name Vitaly between 2024 and 2024. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2024; its best national rank was #17,540 in 2024.

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.

How common is Vitaly?

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
#13,772
of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
459,581 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Vitaly 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 Vitaly. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Vitalys were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Vitaly was born before 2013 — so the typical Vitaly is around 12 today.

Median birth year
2013
About 12 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
39.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
83.0%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
224
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Choose a decade

2010s — 39.7% of all recorded uses (89).

Is Vitaly 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
−6,546
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
−5,091
Places dropped
Rank vs 10 years ago
−5,074
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.56×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
35.7%
Peak was 2013 (14)
Years since peak
12
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Volatile
30.6% average annual change
Best rank ever
#6,217
2013

Spellings of Vitaly

Vitaly is not the most common spelling — Vidal is, with 53.9% against Vitaly's 2.9%.

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.

Vitaly around the world

Where Vitaly 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
    2013–2020
    #4,608
    in 2020
  • France
    1999–2025
    #4,488
    in 2025
  • Canada
    2020–2020
    #2,283
    in 2020
  • South Australia
    1986–1986
    #460
    in 1986

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

Vitaly by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#13,772
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 5,091
Best rank ever
#6,217
2013
Peak year
2013
14 that year
First recorded
1991
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
224
Count in 2025
5

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
—
Best rank ever
#17,540
2024
Peak year
2024
5 that year
First recorded
2024
Last recorded
2024
All-time count
5
Count in 2025
Under 5

Names similar to Vitaly

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

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Sibling names for Vitaly

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

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