Vitaly
Vitali, Vitalii, Vitaly, Vitaliy and may refer to:
- Russian
- Ukrainian
Meaning & Origin of Vitaly
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Vitali, Vitalii, Vitaly, Vitaliy and may refer to:
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
- Ukrainian
The Story of Vitaly
American parents first put Vitaly on the record books as a baby boy name in 1991, with 7 registered babies. Its peak popularity came in 2013, when 14 Vitalys were born — ranking #5,923 that year. About 41% of every Vitaly on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Vitaly last appeared in the published SSA data in 2024, with 12 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 219 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1990s to the 2020s.
Popularity Over Time
Popularity by State
Variants & Related Forms of Vitaly
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Vitaly. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Names that sound like Vitaly
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About the name Vitaly
Vitaly is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1991 and has accumulated 219 births in the dataset. Vitaly's peak popularity came in 2013 when it ranked #5,923. Use the chart and map above to compare Vitaly'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.