Girls' name · since 1997

Alitzel

Alitzel has 1,185 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.

#6,674 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,387 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,185
born since 1997
2020s
peak decade

Alitzel currently ranks #1387 among girls' names in America, with 1,185 babies recorded since 1997.

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alitzel has been recorded 1,185 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #1387 nationally and more common than 92% 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 1997 to 2025.

  • #6,674 of 72,339 all-time among girls
  • #1,387 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
  • 1,185 born since 1997
  • 2020s peak decade

Data updated Aug 2026

The verdict

According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alitzel ranks #6,674 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,387 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 1,185 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.

#6,674 of 72,339
all-time among girls
#1,387 of 17,297
2025 SSA year
1,185
born since 1997
2020s
peak decade
0%100%Median name50%91.9%
Alitzel vs. every other girls name in current SSA rankings
Above the archive median
All-time archive position

Alitzel's 1,185 recorded births place it above 90.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.

15 jurisdictions
State-record footprint

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

How Alitzel compares

1,185 Top 29% higher than 71% 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

Alitzel's all-time total is 3x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.

Metric Alitzel Median girls name (Kyann) #1 girls name (Olivia)
All-time total births 1,185 376 567,345
Peak-year births 307 21 19,840

Alitzel's usage pattern, beyond the headline number

Splitting Alitzel's full recorded timeline at 2012, 85% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 15% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1999, with just 7 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 307 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.

Alitzel popularity over time

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025

Outside the top 1,000
Peak year (2023)
307
Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
0100200300400 19972002200620102014201820222025 158

Alitzel by decade

2020s is the heaviest window (816 births, 69% of the file).

2020s was Alitzel's strongest decade.

816 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 69% of all-time use.

Alitzel births by decade

Total births in each ten-year window

births

What this shows Peak: 2020s at 816 births (69% of all-time use).

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

How Alitzel 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 Alitzel's total volume

Alitzel vs 15 similarly-sized girls names Scatter plot of 16 data points. 0%10%20%30% 020406080100120 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 -108, 8.7%-45, 4.8%-28, 9.9%-52, 5.3%-84, 2.7%-103, 2.3%-65, 14.2%-20, 11.8%-70, 7.8%-36, 5.7%-72, 4.6%-40, 7.3%-31, 7.6%-83, 5.5%-34, 10.7%Alitzel-29, 25.9%Alitzel
Alitzel vs 15 similarly-sized girls names

Alitzel by state

Where Alitzel concentrates geographically, total births since 1997

Regionally concentrated
Top 8 states by recorded births for the name Alitzel
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 California
363 30.6%
#2 Texas
169 14.3%
#3 Illinois
38 3.2%
#4 Arizona
32 2.7%
#5 Colorado
32 2.7%
#6 New York
23 1.9%
#7 Oregon
21 1.8%
#8 North Carolina
18 1.5%
California share of Alitzel's total US births 30.6%
Even split

363 of 1,185 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 15 reporting states.

Alitzel appears in 15 states. Explore state details →

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alitzel?
1,185 babies have been named Alitzel since 1997. All-time, it sits at #6,674 of 72,339 girls' names by recorded births. In 2025, it ranks #1,387 of 17,297 among girls. The peak year was 2023 with 307 births.
Where does Alitzel sit in the SSA name archive?
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alitzel ranks #6,674 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,387 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 Alitzel most popular?
Alitzel was most popular in the 2020s decade with 816 total births. The single peak year was 2023.
Where is Alitzel most popular?
The top states for the name Alitzel are California (363 births), Texas (169 births), Illinois (38 births).
How long has the name Alitzel been used?
The SSA has tracked Alitzel since 1997 -- 29 years through the most recent 2025 data.
What names are similar to Alitzel?
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 Alitzel's data

  • California records the most Alitzels (363 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.

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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span

Two nationwide peer axes for Alitzel: 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, 1997–2025 (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 Alitzel 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.