Aelita

#10,936 in 2025Girls' name

Wind, atmosphere, through Аэли́та

Aelita has been given to 103 babies in the U.S. since 2006. In 2025 it ranked #10,936 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2022, with 15 recorded.

Babies named Aelita, 2025

1 in 414,000

Aelita over time, 1880–2025

Girls

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Aelita: meaning, origin, and history

Wind, atmosphere, through Аэли́та

Russian

What Aelita means

Aelita belongs to the name family reached through Aelita → Аэли́та. Its meaning is “wind, atmosphere”.

Origin, language, and formation

Aelita is used in English. Its origins include Russian.

Aelita comes through Russian Аэли́та.

Related names and everyday forms

Related names include Аэли́та.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Aelita is pronounced /aɪˈlitə/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 103 girls were recorded with the name Aelita between 2006 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 15 in 2022; its best national rank was #7,284 in 2022.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #13,487 in 2020 to #10,936 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank rose, from #14,539 in 2015 to #10,936 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

Wiktionary material is available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

How common is Aelita?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 414,000; 8 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only: 1 in 201,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025: #10,936; of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 287,238 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Aelita sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%

Class of 30Under 1%

Grade of 100Under 1%

School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 287,238 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Aelita. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Aelitas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Aelita was born before 2020 — so the typical Aelita is around 5 today.

Median birth year: 2020; About 5 years old
Biggest decade: 2020s; 54.4% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 103; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2020s — 54.4% of all recorded uses (56).

Is Aelita rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago: +200; Places climbed
Rank vs 5 years ago: +2,551; Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago: +3,603; Places climbed
Births vs 10 years ago: 1.33×; More babies than then
Share of its own peak: 53.3%; Peak was 2022 (15)
Years since peak: 3; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Volatile; 30.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #7,284; 2022

Spellings of Aelita

Aelita is not the most common spelling — Amelia is, with 24.7% against Aelita's <0.01%.

Amelia24.7%281,130
Anita18.9%215,165
Eliza6.2%70,569
Celia5.0%56,642
Elisa4.2%47,661
Alina4.0%45,387
Delia3.3%37,318
Alisa3.1%34,705

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Aelita around the world

Where Aelita ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

France
2005–2025
#3,738
in 2025
South Australia
2010–2010
#801
in 2010

Popularity data from Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0.

Aelita by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: #10,936
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: Up 2,551
Best rank ever: #7,284; 2022
Peak year: 2022; 15 that year
First recorded: 2006
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 103
Count in 2025: 8

Names similar to Aelita

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

Aelynn Aelia Aelina Aelyn Armita Aeliana Aelin Aelani Talita Aelish Ghita Cerita Zanita Jerita Jorita Tinita Savita Valita Aella Velita Banita Terita Letita Arpita

Sibling names for Aelita

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

For a sister

Sydnie Karleigh Rhianna Sydni Keren Kendyl Hayleigh Shyann

For a brother

Kale Hamilton Aaden Evans Caesar Brennen Tobin Jerimiah

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