How Many People Are Named Alita?
An estimated 2,089 people in the United States have the first name Alita. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 31 years old, and Alita peaked in popularity in 2020 with 181 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Alita as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Alita paired with any surname.
Estimated Living Americans
2,089
About 1 in 164,076 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
31
years old
Peak Year
2020
181 births
Total Registered
2,527
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Alita
Alita is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 2,527 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Alita as a female name
Ranked #2,093 in 2024
91 female births in 2024
Peak: 2020 (181 births)
Alita: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Alita span from the 1910s to the 2020s, covering 12 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 608 babies were registered. Alita remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Alita by Decade
How has Alita tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Alita by State
Birth registrations for Alita span all 17 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, New York. The lowest are in South Carolina, Oklahoma, Indiana. On average, about 29 Alitas were registered per state.
Alita + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Alita as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Alita
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Alita: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alita?
We estimate approximately 2,089 people named Alita are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 164,076 Americans share this first name.
Is Alita a common name?
Alita is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.9% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 2,527 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Alita most popular?
Alita reached peak popularity in 2020, when 181 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Alita is approximately 31 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Alita a female name?
Alita is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Alita Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Alita Smith, Alita Johnson, Alita Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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