Name meaning & stats
Lita
Lita means “gladly” (Latin origin). 3,220 US babies since 1940, peak 1960.
What it means
“gladly”
LatinWell documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1960
3,220 US babies were named Lita between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Lita (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
The most common spelling: 92% of the family
- Lita 92%
- Leita 8%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1960)