Zita

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Zita: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Zita: Recorded since 1965, it reached #303 in 1969, and it stood at #5,669 in 2022.

2registrars recorded it
40times a registrar ranked it
58years from first to last
#303highest recorded position
10groupings it qualifies for

Region

Falling

among girls in England and Wales · 1996–2022

View as table

England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
1996	#3126
1997	#2411
1998	#3142
1999	#3225
2001	#2783
2003	#2727
2004	#3725
2005	#3970
2006	#2781
2009	#3422
2010	#4688
2012	#4171
2013	#5742
2015	#5730
2016	#3609
2021	#5581
2022	#5669

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

FallingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in Republic of Ireland in 23 of the 47 years from 1965 to 2011.

In 1997: #576 among girls in Republic of Ireland, #2411 among girls in England and Wales.

Official data from 2 national registrars across 2 regions, 1965–2022 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded1965
First recorded at #385 among girls in Republic of Ireland in 1965 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Highest recorded1965–2011
Highest recorded position: #303 among girls in Republic of Ireland, in 1969 (recorded 1965–2011).
Republic of Ireland · Girls
Most recent2022
Most recently recorded at #5669 among girls in England and Wales, in 2022.
England and Wales · Girls

Zita appears in 2 of the published lists Namewise holds. The longest record is Republic of Ireland · Girls, which has ranked it in 23 years beginning in 1965, and has registered 106 births with the name.

Zita across 2 official records

Each registrar publishes its own list, so these figures are read down a row, never across one. A position in one country is not comparable with a position in another, and Namewise never combines them into a single ranking. The birth counts do not compare across rows either, for a different reason: England and Wales registers roughly thirty times as many births a year as Northern Ireland, so a larger total says which registrar recorded it as much as how widely the name was given.

Zita's first, highest and most recent recorded position in each official list, with the number of births each registrar registered with the name and its largest single year
Published list	First recorded	Highest	Most recent	Years recorded	Births registered	Most in one year
Republic of Ireland · Girls	#385 (1965)	#303 (1969)	#937 (2011)	23 of 47	106 (1965–2011)	8 (1983)
England and Wales · Girls	#3126 (1996)	#2411 (1997)	#5669 (2022)	17 of 27	77 (1996–2022)	7 (2006)

Zita by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Zita in Republic of Ireland · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
1960s	13	3 of 10	4
1970sbusiest	33	7 of 10	5
1980s	43	8 of 10	5
1990s	14	4 of 10	4
2010s	3	1 of 10	3

Across Republic of Ireland · Girls, the 1970s were its busiest decade — the 7 years of it this list covers, averaging 5 births a year.

See the names Republic of Irelandhas recorded the most births with →

Zita appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1969.

Zita's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2022	England and Wales	female	#5669	3	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#5581	3	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#3609	6	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#5730	3	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#5742	3	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#4171	5	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#4688	4	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#3422	6	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#2781	7	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3970	4	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#3725	4	High	Verified
2003	England and Wales	female	#2727	6	High	Verified
2001	England and Wales	female	#2783	5	High	Verified
1999	England and Wales	female	#3225	4	High	Verified
1998	England and Wales	female	#3142	4	High	Verified
1997	England and Wales	female	#2411	6	High	Verified
1996	England and Wales	female	#3126	4	High	Verified
2011	Republic of Ireland	female	#937	3	High	Verified
1997	Republic of Ireland	female	#576	3	High	Verified
1996	Republic of Ireland	female	#534	3	High	Verified
1995	Republic of Ireland	female	#451	4	High	Verified
1990	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1988	Republic of Ireland	female	#381	6	High	Verified
1987	Republic of Ireland	female	#446	4	High	Verified
1985	Republic of Ireland	female	#456	4	High	Verified
1984	Republic of Ireland	female	#459	4	High	Verified
1983	Republic of Ireland	female	#347	8	High	Verified
1982	Republic of Ireland	female	#399	6	High	Verified
1981	Republic of Ireland	female	#471	4	High	Verified
1980	Republic of Ireland	female	#370	7	High	Verified
1978	Republic of Ireland	female	#428	5	High	Verified
1977	Republic of Ireland	female	#518	3	High	Verified
1975	Republic of Ireland	female	#343	7	High	Verified
1974	Republic of Ireland	female	#490	3	High	Verified
1973	Republic of Ireland	female	#349	7	High	Verified
1971	Republic of Ireland	female	#383	5	High	Verified
1970	Republic of Ireland	female	#447	3	High	Verified
1969	Republic of Ireland	female	#303	7	High	Verified
1967	Republic of Ireland	female	#393	3	High	Verified
1965	Republic of Ireland	female	#385	3	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics
Republic of Ireland hub — collected by CSO Ireland

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 2 registrars between 1965 and 2022, ranked in 38 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #303, first reached in 1969.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 8 births, registered in Republic of Ireland in 1983.

Its record falls into 14 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 4 years.

A second registrar first ranked it in 1996, and 31 years separate the first registrar to record it from the last.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

7decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 7 decades →
6 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years
14separate stretches the record falls into10 or more separate stretches →
4 yearslongest absence inside the recorded period4 to 9 years missing →
#5,669position in 2022, its most recent recorded year
31 yearsyears between the first and last registrar to record itAcross 21 to 40 years →
8births registered in its largest year, 1983Under 25 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Zipporah · #2574, 22y
Zirwa · #1556, 11y
Ziva · #444, 18y
Ziya · #1282, 17y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 2 registrars, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Amanuel · #302, 43y
Goran · #300, 40y
Hillary · #307, 33y
Cecily · #297, 33y

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 1960 and 1969.

Lourda · #303, 10y
Amanuel · #302, 43y
Carolina · #302, 57y
Cicilie · #302, 24y

Zita was ranked #303 in Republic of Ireland · Girls in 1969. These are the names immediately either side of it on that published list — a fact about the registrar's own output, not a similarity judgement.

Zita and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Zita without appearing here.

Zita moved ahead of

Ollie Compare
In 2005 they stood at #3970 and #3970 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2006 that had become #2781 and #5061.
Finlay Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Geraldine Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5742 and #3536 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.
Jeanette Compare
In 2015 they stood at #5730 and #4103 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2016 that had become #3609 and #5785.

Moved ahead of Zita

Eabha Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3609 and #4096 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #1069.
Teddy Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3126 and #3795 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #5742 and #2460.
Finley Compare
In 2020 they stood at #3609 and #5785 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2021 that had become #5581 and #2942.
Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #3422 and #3936 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #4171 and #1893.

Moved the opposite way to Zita

Aisling Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 while Aisling went from #121 to #41.
Alexandra Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 while Alexandra went from #227 to #97.
Amy Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 while Amy went from #262 to #25.
Anna Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 while Anna went from #30 to #18.

Moved the same way as Zita

Alma Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 and Alma from #262 to #937.
Audrey Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 and Audrey from #73 to #695.
Deirdre Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 and Deirdre from #11 to #695.
Eileen Compare
Between 1965 and 2011 in Republic of Ireland · Girls, Zita went from #385 to #937 and Eileen from #17 to #266.

What's not yet available

Meaning
Origin
Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Official popularity data is available for 2 regions, from 1965 to 2022. Highest recorded position: #303 in Republic of Ireland in 1969. Source data last verified 2026-07-25.

Zita

Zita at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Zita across 2 official records

Zita by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Zita appears in

Popularity data

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Zita

Zita and the names beside it

Zita moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zita

Moved the opposite way to Zita

Moved the same way as Zita

Zita at a glance

Zita across 2 official records

Zita by decade in Republic of Ireland · Girls

Zita appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 1960s

Names published alongside Zita

Zita and the names beside it

Zita moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Zita

Moved the opposite way to Zita

Moved the same way as Zita