# Alita (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/alita/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Spanish |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | not recorded |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | none recorded |
| US babies named this | 2,608 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,608 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | 96, 1996 to 2025 |

## Etymology

From Spanish Alita.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 22 | 5,948 |
| 2012 | 16 | 7,475 |
| 2013 | 10 | 10,293 |
| 2014 | 10 | 10,171 |
| 2015 | 9 | 10,928 |
| 2016 | 8 | 11,833 |
| 2017 | 9 | 10,747 |
| 2018 | 26 | 5,014 |
| 2019 | 170 | 1,340 |
| 2020 | 181 | 1,256 |
| 2021 | 116 | 1,761 |
| 2022 | 108 | 1,871 |
| 2023 | 112 | 1,804 |
| 2024 | 91 | 2,099 |
| 2025 | 81 | 2,257 |

### England and Wales, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2000 | 4 | 3,247 |
| 2007 | 5 | 3,667 |
| 2008 | 3 | 5,545 |
| 2019 | 8 | 2,869 |
| 2020 | 20 | 1,507 |
| 2021 | 11 | 2,341 |
| 2022 | 18 | 1,621 |
| 2023 | 11 | 2,346 |
| 2024 | 8 | 3,015 |
| 2025 | 8 | 3,035 |

## In other languages

- Spanish: Alita

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.