How Many People Are Named Alita?
people named Alita are alive in the United States today (estimate)
About 1 in 151,836 people in the US has this name
Based on 2,608 babies named Alita in Social Security records from 1914 to 2025, and the share of each birth year still alive in 2025.
Popularity Rank
💎💎 Very Rare
Peak Year
181 births
Trend
Stable (last 10 years)
📖 Name Origin & Meaning
Meaning:
Possibly a variant of ALETHEA.
Source of the meaning, origin, pronunciation and related names: Behind the Name.
⚧ Gender Distribution
All of the babies given the name Alita in the records were girls.
👥 Age Distribution
The average person named Alita alive today is about 30 years old, and 54% are under 30. Half of them were between 5 and 54 in 2025.
📈 Popularity Over Time
Alita first appears in the records in 1914 and was given most often in 2020, to 181 babies. In 2025, 81 babies got the name.
Babies given the name each year, 1914 to 2025
🏆 Rank History
Alita has never been one of the 100 most popular girls' names. Its best rank was #1,256, in 2020. In 2025 it ranked #2,257.
| Girls | |
|---|---|
| Rank in 2025 | #2,257 |
| Best rank | #1,256 (2020) |
| Years in the top 100 | None |
| Rank in its biggest decade | #1,757 in the 2020s |
📍 State-Wise Distribution
People named Alita alive today, by the state where they were born (estimate; state records start in 1910).
More people named Alita were born in California than in any other state: about 156 of those alive today. Compared with the national rate in the same years, Alita was given 2.4 times as often in California and 1.5 times in Texas.
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