Alita
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- a-LEE-ta
- Origin
- Spanish
- UK rank, 2025
- #3,101 for girls
- US rank, 2025
- #2,256 for girls
Alita is a girls' name of Spanish origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,101st for girls in the UK (8 babies) and 2,256th for girls in the US (81 babies).
What does Alita mean?
Spanish: root uncertain
Alita is the heroine of the manga-based film Alita: Battle Angel (2019).
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Is Alita a girl's or a boy's name?
Alita is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 girls in the UK and 81 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Alita in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 3,101st among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 35,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steady down 6% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 8 girls in the UK were named Alita, making it the 3,101st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,480th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 22 girls.
Half of all the girls named Alita in the UK since 1996 were born between 2020 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,033rd in England and Wales.
Alita in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 2024 | 8 | #3,076 |
| 2023 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 2022 | 19 | #1,667 |
| 2021 | 11 | #2,478 |
| 2020 | 22 | #1,480 |
| 2019 | 9 | #2,792 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 1 | #5,865 |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
How popular is Alita in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,256th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 81 about 1 in 20,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 25% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 81 girls in the US were named Alita, making it the 2,256th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,256th. Its busiest year was 2020, with 181 girls. It first appears in the records in 1914.
2025 had fewer girls named Alita than any year since 2018.
Half of all the girls named Alita in the US since 1880 were born between 1963 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Alita in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 81 | #2,256 |
| 2024 | 91 | #2,099 |
| 2023 | 112 | #1,802 |
| 2022 | 108 | #1,870 |
| 2021 | 116 | #1,760 |
| 2020 | 181 | #1,256 |
| 2019 | 170 | #1,340 |
| 2018 | 26 | #5,003 |
| 2017 | 9 | #10,685 |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 9 | #10,861 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 16 | #7,452 |
| 2011 | 22 | #5,932 |
| 2010 | 11 | #9,786 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,080 |
| 2007 | 16 | #7,729 |
| 2006 | 26 | #5,232 |
| 2005 | 32 | #4,263 |
| 2004 | 20 | #5,965 |
| 2003 | 20 | #5,790 |
| 2002 | 18 | #6,124 |
| 2001 | 14 | #7,311 |
| 2000 | 23 | #4,976 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 6 | #12,420 |
| 1997 | 13 | #6,839 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 10 | #8,074 |
| 1994 | 15 | #5,978 |
| 1993 | 20 | #4,820 |
| 1992 | 15 | #6,001 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 25 | #3,998 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 26 | #3,580 |
| 1987 | 12 | #5,918 |
| 1986 | 12 | #5,754 |
| 1985 | 13 | #5,346 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,317 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 21 | #3,779 |
| 1981 | 28 | #3,066 |
| 1980 | 25 | #3,318 |
| 1979 | 24 | #3,333 |
| 1978 | 23 | #3,283 |
| 1977 | 21 | #3,485 |
| 1976 | 21 | #3,286 |
| 1975 | 26 | #2,811 |
| 1974 | 29 | #2,556 |
| 1973 | 32 | #2,349 |
| 1972 | 17 | #3,543 |
| 1971 | 31 | #2,427 |
| 1970 | 21 | #3,110 |
| 1969 | 28 | #2,454 |
| 1968 | 23 | #2,630 |
| 1967 | 31 | #2,117 |
| 1966 | 31 | #2,093 |
| 1965 | 28 | #2,246 |
| 1964 | 30 | #2,194 |
| 1963 | 28 | #2,251 |
| 1962 | 30 | #2,162 |
| 1961 | 23 | #2,542 |
| 1960 | 23 | #2,511 |
| 1959 | 27 | #2,190 |
| 1958 | 25 | #2,259 |
| 1957 | 35 | #1,841 |
| 1956 | 24 | #2,248 |
| 1955 | 32 | #1,876 |
| 1954 | 13 | #3,156 |
| 1953 | 12 | #3,268 |
| 1952 | 13 | #3,039 |
| 1951 | 19 | #2,313 |
| 1950 | 23 | #2,001 |
| 1949 | 14 | #2,725 |
| 1948 | 17 | #2,415 |
| 1947 | 17 | #2,447 |
| 1946 | 14 | #2,596 |
| 1945 | 9 | #3,131 |
| 1944 | 14 | #2,400 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 11 | #2,815 |
| 1941 | 13 | #2,396 |
| 1940 | 16 | #2,028 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,734 |
| 1938 | 8 | #3,179 |
| 1937 | 6 | #3,798 |
| 1936 | 8 | #3,101 |
| 1935 | 7 | #3,429 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,740 |
| 1933 | 9 | #2,867 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,642 |
| 1931 | 9 | #2,970 |
| 1930 | 9 | #3,053 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,300 |
| 1928 | 13 | #2,496 |
| 1927 | 8 | #3,559 |
| 1926 | 11 | #2,871 |
| 1925 | 10 | #3,115 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 7 | #3,970 |
| 1922 | 10 | #3,150 |
| 1921 | 9 | #3,399 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 0 | – |
| 1918 | 8 | #3,511 |
| 1917 | 10 | #2,878 |
| 1916 | 6 | #3,917 |
| 1915 | 8 | #3,133 |
| 1914 | 10 | #2,264 |
Names like Alita
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Athena, Aurora, Aria, Ava, Alora, Alina, Alba, Arabella, Fatima, Mila, Elena, Ariella
Names related to Alita
More Spanish names
Santiago, Lola, Xavier, Amaya, Alaia, Diego, Rio, Cruz, Elian, Jesus, Ximena, Javier, Esmeralda, Amayah, Reina, Cesar
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Alita: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/alita, updated 20 October 2026.