Given name

Alrita

Alrita is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

A reliable meaning for Alrita isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1935. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Alrita through the years

Babies since 1880
5
0 boys · 5 girls
Most popular year
1935
5 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
024619401960198020002025Highest share 19350.0
Alrita in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1935–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.

From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.

Similar names

If you love Alrita, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Aletta

“small and winged”

23RareRising

>99% girls

Old-fashioned

Arletta

“an oath; a pledge”

15Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Virtue

Annetta

“grace, gracious”

16Very rareCooling

>99% girls

 

Clarita

Clarita is a variant of Clara. Clara is connected with the Latin idea of being famous, and is also interpreted through brightness.

14Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Aleta

11Very rareEasing

>99% girls

 

Annella

Annella is a feminine given name.

13Very rareRising fast

>99% girls

Hawaiian

Aloha

“one showing love, compassion, and affection”

11Very rare

>99% girls

Russian

Alla

Alla is a feminine given name. It is used in English, Albanian, and Latvian.

11Very rareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Alrita’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.

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