Given name
Vitaly
“one who gives life”
Vitaly is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Vitaly is a variant of Vito. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives life.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Vitaly is a variant of Vito. An origin associated with Vito is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1991. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Vitaly through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 229
- 224 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,776 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −20%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,776 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 29.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 14 in 2013. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,628 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 15
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Vitaly
- Vitaly GinzburgRussian physicist (1916–2009)
- Vitaly PetrovRussian racing driverborn 1984
- Vitalik ButerinRussian-Canadian computer scientistborn 1994
- Vitaly ChurkinSoviet and Russian diplomat (1952-2017)
- Vitaly SevastyanovSoviet cosmonaut (1935-2010)
- Vitaly MutkoRussian politicianborn 1958
- Vitaly ZholobovSoviet cosmonaut and Ukrainian politicianborn 1937
- Vitaly FridzonRussian basketball player (born 1985)
- Vitaly JaneltGerman association football playerborn 1998
Characters named Vitaly: Vitaly Nalivkin (fictional character).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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