Girls' name · since 1914

Alita

Alita has 2,608 recorded births since 1914 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#3,938 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,260 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,608
born since 1914
2020s
peak decade

Alita currently ranks #2260 among girls' names in America, with 2,608 babies recorded since 1914.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alita has been recorded 2,608 times among girls since 1914, currently ranked #2260 nationally and more common than 87% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1914 to 2025.

  • #3,938 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #2,260 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 2,608 born since 1914
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alita ranks #3,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,260 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,608 born since 1914, peaking in the 2020s.

#3,938 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#2,260 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
2,608
born since 1914
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%86.9%
Alita vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Alita's 2,608 recorded births place it above 94.55% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

17 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

17 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.

How Alita compares

2,608 Top 20% higher than 80% of 17,297 names currently given to girls

Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.

Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data

How the numbers stack up

Alita's all-time total is 7x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alita Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 2,608 376 567,345
Peak-year births 181 21 19,840

Alita's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Alita's full recorded timeline at 1971, 67% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 33% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1916, with just 6 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 181 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Alita popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1914–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2020)
181
Annual births at peak, across 112 years of records
050100150200 191419291944195819721986200020142025 81

Alita by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (689 births, 26% of the file).

2020s was Alita's strongest decade.

689 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 26% of all-time use.

Alita births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 689 births (26% of all-time use).

Source U.S. Social Security Administration · Baby Names As of August 2026

How Alita compares to similarly-sized names

Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alita's total volume

Alita vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 2%4%6%8%10%12% 050100150200 New & already peakedOld name, single-era peakNew & still diversifyingLong history, steady all along Years in SSA records % of total births in the single peak year -146, 3.2%-57, 3.3%-141, 2.8%-51, 7.8%-65, 4.1%-146, 3%-49, 5.6%-146, 2.9%-60, 6.9%-108, 7%-47, 11.4%-27, 10.1%-38, 7.2%-39, 5.7%-32, 8.5%Alita-112, 6.9%Alita
Alita vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Alita by state

Where Alita concentrates geographically, total births since 1914

Geographically diffuse
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Alita
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
159 6.1%
#2 Texas
88 3.4%
#3 New York
43 1.6%
#4 Florida
42 1.6%
#5 Minnesota
26 1.0%
#6 Washington
24 0.9%
#7 Michigan
18 0.7%
#8 Arizona
17 0.7%
California share of Alita's total US births 6.1%
Even split

159 of 2,608 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 17 reporting states.

Alita appears in 17 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alita? ▼
2,608 babies have been named Alita since 1914. All-time, it sits at #3,938 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #2,260 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2020 with 181 births.
Where does Alita sit in the SSA name archive? ▼
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alita ranks #3,938 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #2,260 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. All-time ordinal matches browse popularity (total births DESC); the current ordinal uses the 2025 SSA file. See /methodology#corpus-placement.
When was Alita most popular? ▼
Alita was most popular in the 2020s decade with 689 total births. The single peak year was 2020.
Where is Alita most popular? ▼
The top states for the name Alita are California (159 births), Texas (88 births), New York (43 births).
How long has the name Alita been used? ▼
Alita has been recorded in Social Security data since 1914, spanning 112 years of data through 2025.
What names are similar to Alita? ▼
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Alice, Alicia, Alison, Alisha, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

What to do with Alita's data

  • California records the most Alitas (159 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names

Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.

Keep exploring Alita

Nearby Names Like Alita

Names with a similar sound, spelling, or feel to Alita

Alice Girl
#65 588,147 births
Alicia Girl
#460 230,790 births
Alison Girl
#476 116,886 births
Alisha Girl
#1230 56,996 births
Aliyah Girl
#263 49,011 births

Compare Alita side by side: Alita vs Alice Alita vs Alicia Alita vs Alison

Or pick any two names to compare →

Related Names

Names with a similar popularity rank to Alita

Madelyne #2259
3,502 births · Peak 2000
Flor #2261
7,608 births · Peak 2007
Toni #2258
100,198 births · Peak 1960
Linden #2262
1,998 births · Peak 2022
Malena #2257
4,058 births · Peak 2004
Anabella #2263
6,768 births · Peak 2014
Leonor #2256
6,173 births · Peak 2024
Jensen #2264
2,921 births · Peak 1998

Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alita: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.

Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.

Data Sources

Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1914–2025 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).

Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alita draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.