NameTides

Alita

Alita was the #2,256 girls' name in the US in 2025 (81 babies), and #3,035 in England & Wales and #1,882 in Canada.

Alita as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Canada
Alita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.218801900192019401960198020002020CanadaUSEngland & Wales
Alita as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.050.10.150.21880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesCanada
2025#2,256 (81)#3,035 (8)#1,882 (12)
2024#2,099 (91)#3,016 (8)#1,617 (14)
2023#1,802 (112)#2,346 (11)#1,582 (14)
2022#1,870 (108)#1,621 (18)#1,056 (24)
2021#1,760 (116)#2,341 (11)#947 (29)
2020#1,256 (181)#1,507 (20)#1,059 (24)
2019#1,340 (170)#2,869 (8)#1,104 (23)
2018#5,007 (26)——
2017#10,689 (9)——
2016#11,781 (8)——
2015#10,866 (9)——
2014#10,129 (10)——
2013#10,235 (10)——
2012#7,456 (16)——
2011#5,935 (22)——

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2020 at #1,256.
  • Falling over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1914.

How common is it?

about 1 in 20,000 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 20,000rare
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 31,000rare
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 13,000rare

Next year

On its recent trend, Alita is likely to hold steady in the US in 2026: about 1 in 21,000 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 18,000 to 1 in 24,000.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alita by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: fewer than 5 babiesWIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: fewer than 5 babiesWAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 babiesMNIllinois: fewer than 5 babiesILMichigan: fewer than 5 babiesMINew York: fewer than 5 babiesNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 babiesMAOregon: fewer than 5 babiesORNevada: fewer than 5 babiesNVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: fewer than 5 babiesINOhio: fewer than 5 babiesOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 babiesPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 babiesNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #2,093CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: fewer than 5 babiesCONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: fewer than 5 babiesKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: fewer than 5 babiesVAMaryland: fewer than 5 babiesMDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: fewer than 5 babiesAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: fewer than 5 babiesTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 babiesSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 babiesOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 babiesLAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: fewer than 5 babiesGAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #2,386TXFlorida: #1,887FL
Alita (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlitaCanadaGirls#1,88212
AlitaEngland & WalesGirls#3,0358
AlitaNorthern IrelandGirls—too few
AlitaUSGirls#2,25681