Zita
Zita, also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patroness saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.
- Italian
- Portuguese
- German
- Czech
Meaning & Origin of Zita
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Zita, also known as Sitha or Citha, is an Italian saint, the patroness saint of maids and domestic servants. She is often appealed to in order to help find lost keys.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Italian
- Portuguese
- German
- Czech
- Slovak
- Lithuanian
- Latvian
- Hungarian
The Story of Zita
The earliest SSA record of Zita as a baby girl name dates back to 1882, when 6 babies received it. 1922 was its biggest year on record, with 69 newborns named Zita — #879 in the national rankings. In the latest 2026 data it stands at #9,235 among baby girl names with 9 births, falling sharply (-37%). In total, more than 3K Zitas have been born in the U.S. since records began in 1880, spanning the 1880s through the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Zita
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Zita. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
- Felicitás
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About the name Zita
Zita is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1882 and has accumulated 3K births in the dataset. Zita's peak popularity came in 1922 when it ranked #640. Use the chart and map above to compare Zita'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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