Given name
Lilita
Lilita is a feminine given name from Hebrew. It is used in Latvian.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1952. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lilita through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 1952
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1952. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lilita’s family of names
In Latvian usage, Lilita has a conventional equivalent in the English form Lilith.
The ring: across languages.
Across languages 4
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Lilita
- Lilita OzoliņaSoviet and Latvian theater and film actress (1947—2023)
- Lilita BērziņaLatvian actor (1903-1983)
- Lilita ZatlereLatvian businesswomanborn 1953
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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