Boy or Girl

Is Alita a boy or girl name?

Alita is a girl name in the US. In 2024, 91 girls and 0 boys were named Alita, so 100% were girls. Across 1880–2024, 100% of the 2,527 US babies named Alita were girls.

Boy rank, 2024
Not ranked
Girl rank, 2024
#2,093
Babies named Alita since 1914
2,527
Most popular year
2020
181 babies
Babies named Alita each year in the US
Line chart of US births named Alita from 1914 to 2024, boys and girls. The table below has every value.050100150200192019401960198020002020

Boys and girls named Alita, by decade

DecadeBoysGirlsShare girls
1910s042100%
1920s094100%
1930s087100%
1940s0125100%
1950s0223100%
1960s0275100%
1970s0245100%
1980s0202100%
1990s0142100%
2000s0193100%
2010s0291100%
2020s0608100%
Every year
YearBoysBoy rankGirlsGirl rank
20240–91#2,093
20230–112#1,802
20220–108#1,870
20210–116#1,760
20200–181#1,255
20190–170#1,339
20180–26#5,011
20170–9#10,742
20160–8#11,832
20150–9#10,924
20140–10#10,169
20130–10#10,288
20120–16#7,474
20110–22#5,948
20100–11#9,816
20090–13#8,913
20080–11#10,114
20070–16#7,748
20060–26#5,243
20050–32#4,271
20040–20#5,981
20030–20#5,808
20020–18#6,143
20010–14#7,335
20000–23#4,992
19990–12#7,742
19980–6#12,505
19970–13#6,858
19960–12#7,148
19950–10#8,101
19940–15#5,995
19930–20#4,831
19920–15#6,016
19910–14#6,265
19900–25#4,003
19890–18#4,860
19880–26#3,587
19870–12#5,929
19860–12#5,763
19850–13#5,358
19840–17#4,324
19830–30#2,854
19820–21#3,783
19810–28#3,070
19800–25#3,318
19790–24#3,337
19780–23#3,286
19770–21#3,487
19760–21#3,289
19750–26#2,812
19740–29#2,556
19730–32#2,349
19720–17#3,546
19710–31#2,430
19700–21#3,113
19690–28#2,454
19680–23#2,632
19670–31#2,117
19660–31#2,095
19650–28#2,251
19640–30#2,199
19630–28#2,250
19620–30#2,165
19610–23#2,545
19600–23#2,513
19590–27#2,194
19580–25#2,260
19570–35#1,842
19560–24#2,251
19550–32#1,879
19540–13#3,161
19530–12#3,272
19520–13#3,041
19510–19#2,316
19500–23#2,003
19490–14#2,730
19480–17#2,416
19470–17#2,451
19460–14#2,602
19450–9#3,136
19440–14#2,404
19430–0–
19420–11#2,823
19410–13#2,400
19400–16#2,030
19390–10#2,744
19380–8#3,187
19370–6#3,810
19360–8#3,111
19350–7#3,437
19340–10#2,745
19330–9#2,872
19320–11#2,647
19310–9#2,982
19300–9#3,063
19290–14#2,305
19280–13#2,500
19270–8#3,564
19260–11#2,877
19250–10#3,120
19240–6#4,449
19230–7#3,980
19220–10#3,153
19210–9#3,408
19200–6#4,411
19190–0–
19180–8#3,519
19170–10#2,888
19160–6#3,927
19150–8#3,141
19140–10#2,270

Highest rank

Alita has never been ranked as a boy name. As a girl name, it reached #1,255 in 2020. Ranks count every name SSA published for that year and sex, so they go well past the top 1,000.

Names from the same era

These names were also most popular in the 2020s, with a similar number of babies. They can work as sibling or middle names that feel like they belong together.

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Source: US Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880–2024. Counts are Social Security card applications for US births; SSA leaves out names given to fewer than 5 babies in a year. Updated 2026-10-05. How these numbers are made.