Vito
Vito was the 1507th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 117 babies. Its best year was 1925, when it ranked 321st with 316 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 160 places. More babies were named Vito in the 1920s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #1,507 boys, up 198 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 117boys
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a boy’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 1925316 babies
- Total since 1880
- 15,052babies recorded
Vito popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (boys) | Babies (boys) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #1,507 | 117 |
| 2020 | #1,705 | 92 |
| 2010 | #2,056 | 67 |
| 2000 | #1,710 | 67 |
| 1990 | #1,485 | 59 |
| 1980 | #831 | 113 |
| 1970 | #745 | 123 |
| 1960 | #618 | 160 |
| 1950 | #640 | 118 |
| 1940 | #567 | 110 |
| 1930 | #414 | 202 |
| 1920 | #358 | 277 |
| 1910 | #652 | 21 |
| 1900 | #1,295 | 6 |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Vito, counting every spelling?
Vito is the most common spelling of a name family that ranked #1,418 for boys in 2025 once every spelling is counted together, compared with #1,507 for Vito on its own. Together these spellings went to 117 boys in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vito | 117 | #1,507 | 504 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Vito?
117 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Vito (0.03 per 1,000 births). For a boy named Vito born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 72 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Vito.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Vito?
About 7,500 people born in the US named Vito are alive today, with a median age of 47; half are between 23 and 64. That makes Vito mostly worn by adults in their thirties to fifties. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Vito by state
How common Vito was among boys born in each state in 2021–2025. It is notably more common than nationally in New York (3.4×), New Jersey (3.3×), Pennsylvania (2.6×), Illinois (2.1×). In 40 states fewer than five boys a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Vito: their share of US boys followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Vito, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Vito
How popular is the name Vito?
Vito was the 1507th most popular name for boys in 2025, given to 117 babies. Its best year was 1925, when it ranked 321st with 316 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 160 places. More babies were named Vito in the 1920s than in any other decade.
Is Vito a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a boy’s name given the name Vito in the US.
Where is Vito most popular?
In 2021–2025, Vito was most common in New York (0.20 per 1,000 boys), followed by New Jersey and Pennsylvania.