Alita
Alita was the 2257th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 81 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1256th with 181 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,671 places. More babies were named Alita in the 2020s than in any other decade.
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- Rank in 2025
- #2,257 girls, down 1,001 places since 2020
- Babies in 2025
- 81girls
- Girls and boys
- Almost always a girl’s name2021–2025
- Peak year
- 2020181 babies
- Total since 1880
- 2,608babies recorded
Alita popularity since 1880
| Year | Rank (girls) | Babies (girls) |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | #2,257 | 81 |
| 2020 | #1,256 | 181 |
| 2010 | #9,819 | 11 |
| 2000 | #4,992 | 23 |
| 1990 | #4,003 | 25 |
| 1980 | #3,318 | 25 |
| 1970 | #3,113 | 21 |
| 1960 | #2,513 | 23 |
| 1950 | #2,003 | 23 |
| 1940 | #2,031 | 16 |
| 1930 | #3,063 | 9 |
| 1920 | #4,411 | 6 |
| 1910 | — | — |
| 1900 | — | — |
| 1890 | — | — |
| 1880 | — | — |
How popular is Alita, counting every spelling?
Alita is the most common spelling of a name family that had 86 girls in 2025 across its spellings. Together these spellings went to 86 girls in 2025.
| Spelling | Babies 2025 | Official rank | Babies 2021–2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alita | 81 | #2,257 | 508 |
| Aleta | 5 | #15,044 | 44 |
Spellings count together when they sound the same in American English and are used for the same sex; nicknames and forms that sound different (such as Theo and Theodore) are kept apart. How we group spellings.
How many kids will share the name Alita?
81 of the 3,606,400 babies born in the US in 2025 were named Alita (0.02 per 1,000 births). For a girl named Alita born in 2025, the chance that another child with the same name is in a class of 20 children the same age is under 1 in 50. If every grade liked the name as much as the 2025 babies do, only about one elementary school in 103 (of 430 pupils) would have a child named Alita.
Shares of all registered births (NCHS); classes assumed to be children born the same year. How we estimate this.
How old are people named Alita?
About 2,200 people born in the US named Alita are alive today, with a median age of 24; half are between 6 and 54. That makes Alita mostly worn by children and young adults. The wide spread shows a name popular in two different eras.
Babies given the name each year (SSA) times the share of that birth year still alive (SSA life tables). Counts people born in the US only. Method.
Alita by state
How common Alita was among girls born in each state in 2021–2025. In 42 states fewer than five girls a year got the name, too few for SSA to publish, so those states show as zero.
Names with a similar history
These names rose and fell in step with Alita: their share of US girls followed the most similar curve since 1880. If you like Alita, they share its era and feel.
Questions about the name Alita
How popular is the name Alita?
Alita was the 2257th most popular name for girls in 2025, given to 81 babies. Its best year was 2020, when it ranked 1256th with 181 babies. Over the last ten years it has moved up 8,671 places. More babies were named Alita in the 2020s than in any other decade.
Is Alita a boy or girl name?
In 2021–2025, almost always a girl’s name given the name Alita in the US.
Where is Alita most popular?
In 2021–2025, Alita was most common in Minnesota (0.12 per 1,000 girls), followed by California and Michigan.