Olita
Olita is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Joseph Olita (1944–2014), Kenyan actor Olita Rause, Latvian chess player
Meaning & Origin of Olita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Olita is both a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:Joseph Olita (1944–2014), Kenyan actor Olita Rause, Latvian chess player
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The Story of Olita
The earliest SSA record of Olita as a baby girl name dates back to 1906, when 6 babies received it. 1917 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Olita — #2,693 in the national rankings. About 35% of every Olita on record arrived during the 1920s, its defining decade. Olita last appeared in the published SSA data in 1973, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 142 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1900s to the 2020s.
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About the name Olita
Olita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1906 and has accumulated 142 births in the dataset. Olita's peak popularity came in 1917 when it ranked #2,693. Use the chart and map above to compare Olita's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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