The first name Alita
A girl’s name from Spanish.
3 syllables Female
Meaning and origin
Spanish origin
From Spanish Alita.
From Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Popularity
Babies registered in England and Wales, 1996–2025
In 2025, 8 girls were named Alita, making it the 3,035th most popular girls’ name. It peaked in 2020, with 20 births (#1,507).
Office for National Statistics; years with fewer than three births are not published and show as zero. Compare Alita with other names.
Popularity in the United States
Babies named Alita at birth, 1880–2025
In 2025, 81 girls born in the United States were named Alita, the 2,257th most popular girls’ name that year. It was used most in 2020, when 181 were.
US Social Security Administration, from applications for a Social Security card. A name is only published for a year when at least five babies were given it, so quieter years show as zero.
Alita in other languages
Equivalent forms of the name, from Wiktionary
Spelled Alita in Spanish too.
More Spanish girls’ names
Questions
- What does the name Alita mean?
- From Spanish Alita.
- What is the origin of the name Alita?
- From Spanish Alita.
- How popular is the name Alita?
- In 2025, 8 girls born in England and Wales were named Alita, ranking 3,035th. Its peak was 2020, with 20 births.
- Is Alita a boy's or a girl's name?
- Mostly a girl's name: 100% of the 2,608 US babies named Alita since 1880 were girls.
- When was Alita most popular?
- 2020 in the United States, when 181 babies were named Alita, its highest rank at 1,256th.