Tito
Masculine
Tito is the Spanish and Italian form of Titus, a Roman first name whose meaning nobody has recovered — Roman praenomina are frequently opaque.
How old is the name Tito?
Tito first appears in US birth records in 1909 — 116 years ago. The typical Tito alive today was born around 1979, making them about 46 years old. About 2,700 people named Tito are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Tito most popular?
Tito peaked in 1974, reaching #807 nationally. Today it ranks #4139, 3,332 places below that high. See the whole 1974 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Titus to Tito
The story of Tito
Titus was one of the seventeen or so first names Romans actually used, and it belonged to the emperor who finished the Colosseum and to a companion of Paul with a letter addressed to him. Spanish and Italian give Tito. In the twentieth century it belonged to the Yugoslav leader, born Josip Broz, who took it as a nom de guerre, which is the strongest modern association.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The Roman praenomen Titus has no established derivation and may be Sabine or Etruscan. Readings connecting it to a word for honor or to the Titans circulate without support. Roman first names were a small closed set and several are unexplained.
How the name formed
- Titus
- Tito
Related forms: Tito · Tito · Titus
Pronouncing Tito
TEE-toh
Two syllables, first stressed. Every letter is sounded in Spanish and Italian.
Nicknames for Tito
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1909
- Most boys named
- 197499 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #807reached in 1974
- Change vs 2023
- +31.6%25 in 2025, from 19
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Tito in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Tito in Spanish — same name
- Tito in Italian — same name
- Titus in English — same name
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Titos among us
people named Tito are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 boy in 68,323 born in 2025 was named Tito
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Deane test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Tito's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Deane climbed just as high around 1934, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Deane's path sketches the road Tito is walking now.
Tito sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Tito is headed
Tito should hold steady through 2030 — the curve is flat, and flat curves are the most predictable kind.
Medium confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Tito beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Tito in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US boys given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- Four letters and two syllables, about as easy to write as a name gets.
- Every letter is said, so Spanish and Italian speakers read it at once.
- A genuinely old Roman name stands behind it.
- The Yugoslav leader is the first association for many older people.
- The meaning is genuinely unknown.
- In Spanish it is also a common household nickname for any small boy.
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Masculine · #4139 in the U.S.
Frequently asked
- How many Titos are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Tito are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Tito in 2025?
- Tito ranks #4139 among US boy names in 2025, with 25 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Tito?
- About 1 in every 68,323 US boys born in 2025 was named Tito — 25 in all.
- Will my child share the name Tito with classmates?
- Tito will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Tito
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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US figures from the Social Security Administration. 1880–2025. Data & methodology
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