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Alita

Girl

Meaning of Alita: Spanish: 'winged'

Alita is a girl's name most strongly associated with Spanish naming. It has 5 letters and 3 syllables, and it is familiar but far from overused — 2175th most popular girls' name in the United States in 2025 and 3015th in England & Wales.

US rank 2025

#2175

81 babies in 2025

England & Wales 2024

#3015

8 babies in 2024

US babies since 1880

2,608

First recorded 1914 · peak 2020

Trend

rising

Style: uncommon

Popularity over time

1981: 28 babies1982: 21 babies1983: 30 babies1984: 17 babies1985: 13 babies1986: 12 babies1987: 12 babies1988: 26 babies1989: 18 babies1990: 25 babies19901991: 14 babies1992: 15 babies1993: 20 babies1994: 15 babies1995: 10 babies1996: 12 babies1997: 13 babies1998: 6 babies1999: 12 babies2000: 23 babies20002001: 14 babies2002: 18 babies2003: 20 babies2004: 20 babies2005: 32 babies2006: 26 babies2007: 16 babies2008: 11 babies2009: 13 babies2010: 11 babies20102011: 22 babies2012: 16 babies2013: 10 babies2014: 10 babies2015: 9 babies2016: 8 babies2017: 9 babies2018: 26 babies2019: 170 babies2020: 181 babies20202021: 116 babies2022: 108 babies2023: 112 babies2024: 91 babies2025: 81 babies
US babies named Alita per year (Social Security Administration). Peak bar = 181.

Gender split

0% boys · 100% girls, based on US, UK and international usage.

Origins & cultures

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