Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alita

#3,763 most common girls' name of all time · #6,435 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1914–2025

Rank among girls
#3,763
Rank overall
#6,435 of 105,966
First appeared
1914
Years on the list
110 of 146
All-time
2,608
Since 2016
902
Peak year
2020 #1,256
Best rank
#1,256 2020
Girls Boys peak 181/yr
192019401960198020002020

Alita first appears in 1914. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 81 — 81 #2,262
2024 91 — 91 #2,101
2023 112 — 112 #1,806
2022 108 — 108 #1,875
2021 116 — 116 #1,760
2020 181 — 181 #1,256
2019 170 — 170 #1,343
2018 26 — 26 #5,027
2017 9 — 9 #10,774
2016 8 — 8 #11,870
2015 9 — 9 #10,946
2014 10 — 10 #10,201
2013 10 — 10 #10,299
2012 16 — 16 #7,496
2011 22 — 22 #5,963
2010 11 — 11 #9,847
2009 13 — 13 #8,930
2008 11 — 11 #10,142
2007 16 — 16 #7,764
2006 26 — 26 #5,257
2005 32 — 32 #4,280
2004 20 — 20 #6,003
2003 20 — 20 #5,832
2002 18 — 18 #6,155
2001 14 — 14 #7,363
2000 23 — 23 #5,002
1999 12 — 12 #7,781
1998 6 — 6 #12,543
1997 13 — 13 #6,891
1996 12 — 12 #7,191
1995 10 — 10 #8,153
1994 15 — 15 #6,027
1993 20 — 20 #4,850
1992 15 — 15 #6,054
1991 14 — 14 #6,286
1990 25 — 25 #4,036
1989 18 — 18 #4,875
1988 26 — 26 #3,611
1987 12 — 12 #5,987
1986 12 — 12 #5,815
1985 13 — 13 #5,412
1984 17 — 17 #4,349
1983 30 — 30 #2,864
1982 21 — 21 #3,807
1981 28 — 28 #3,092
1980 25 — 25 #3,340
1979 24 — 24 #3,356
1978 23 — 23 #3,309
1977 21 — 21 #3,521
1976 21 — 21 #3,320
1975 26 — 26 #2,828
1974 29 — 29 #2,579
1973 32 — 32 #2,372
1972 17 — 17 #3,588
1971 31 — 31 #2,445
1970 21 — 21 #3,135
1969 28 — 28 #2,475
1968 23 — 23 #2,660
1967 31 — 31 #2,131
1966 31 — 31 #2,110
1965 28 — 28 #2,264
1964 30 — 30 #2,219
1963 28 — 28 #2,277
1962 30 — 30 #2,181
1961 23 — 23 #2,574
1960 23 — 23 #2,544
1959 27 — 27 #2,210
1958 25 — 25 #2,295
1957 35 — 35 #1,855
1956 24 — 24 #2,280
1955 32 — 32 #1,895
1954 13 — 13 #3,235
1953 12 — 12 #3,375
1952 13 — 13 #3,117
1951 19 — 19 #2,361
1950 23 — 23 #2,031
1949 14 — 14 #2,804
1948 17 — 17 #2,462
1947 17 — 17 #2,492
1946 14 — 14 #2,683
1945 9 — 9 #3,262
1944 14 — 14 #2,469
1942 11 — 11 #2,930
1941 13 — 13 #2,489
1940 16 — 16 #2,092
1939 10 — 10 #2,856
1938 8 — 8 #3,344
1937 6 — 6 #4,023
1936 8 — 8 #3,289
1935 7 — 7 #3,604
1934 10 — 10 #2,858
1933 9 — 9 #3,024
1932 11 — 11 #2,769
1931 9 — 9 #3,138
1930 9 — 9 #3,248
1929 14 — 14 #2,407
1928 13 — 13 #2,591
1927 8 — 8 #3,759
1926 11 — 11 #3,012
1925 10 — 10 #3,282
1924 6 — 6 #4,713
1923 7 — 7 #4,198
1922 10 — 10 #3,317
1921 9 — 9 #3,582
1920 6 — 6 #4,696
1918 8 — 8 #3,747
1917 10 — 10 #3,071
1916 6 — 6 #4,200
1915 8 — 8 #3,374
1914 10 — 10 #2,424