Alitza
Feminine · “joy”
Alitza is the Hebrew word for joy — specifically the noisy, physical kind, the joy that makes people shout.
How old is the name Alitza?
Alitza first appears in US birth records in 1989 — 36 years ago. The typical Alitza is a kid of about 11 — this name's wave is very recent. About 500 people named Alitza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Alitza most popular?
Alitza peaked in 2025, reaching #4352 nationally. Today it ranks #4352, exactly where it peaked. See the whole 2025 chart.
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Where it comes from
From alaz to Alitza
The story of Alitza
Biblical Hebrew has several words for joy and they are not interchangeable: simcha is gladness, sasson is delight, gila is rejoicing, and alitza is exultation of the shouting kind. The psalms pile them up together for effect. Modern Israeli naming took several of them as names. Alitza appears in American records with Jewish families and is used alongside Aliza and Alizah.
Meaning
joy, exultation
From Hebrew alaz, to exult or rejoice loudly; alitza names the exultation itself. The word appears in the psalms of celebration and is distinct from simcha, which covers gladness more generally.
How the name formed
- alaz
- Alitza
Related forms: Aliza · Alizah
Pronouncing Alitza
ah-LEE-tzah
Three syllables with the stress in the middle; the tz is a single sound as in cats.
Nicknames for Alitza
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1989
- Most girls named
- 202532 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #4352reached in 2025
- Change vs 2024
- +113.3%32 in 2025, from 15
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Alitza in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Aliza in Hebrew — spelling variant
- Alizah in Hebrew — spelling variant
Strongest US states over the last decade: California, Texas.
Alitzas among us
people named Alitza are estimated to be alive in the US today
About 1 girl in 50,227 born in 2025 was named Alitza
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
What happens to a name after it peaks
The Joeleen test
Every popular name lives one long story — a climb, a peak, a slow settling back. Alitza's later chapters haven't been written yet, so we borrowed them: Joeleen climbed just as high around 1940, and its whole arc is on record. Line the two peaks up, and Joeleen's path sketches the road Alitza is walking now.
Alitza sits in the calm middle of the cycle — neither chasing a wave nor sliding off one. Middle-of-the-cycle names age slowly and predictably.
A scored estimate from 146 years of naming cycles — not a prophecy. Great names outlive statistics. How this is scored
Where Alitza is headed
Alitza is easing off slowly — about 22% fewer babies a year by 2030 if the trend continues. Its history is short or jumpy, though, so read this as a sketch rather than a promise.
Low confidence — fitted on official counts through 2025.
A damped-trend projection of the official birth data — a sketch of momentum, not a promise. Every name's forecast, ranked.
Alitza beside its neighbors
The names ranked closest to Alitza in 2025, in babies rather than position — the bars are to scale.
US girls given each name in 2025.
The trade-off
- A settled meaning with a precise and unusually vivid sense.
- Ali is a complete short form in current use.
- The Hebrew vocabulary of joy behind it is genuinely rich.
- The tz is one sound in Hebrew and gets split by English speakers.
- Aliza, Alitza and Alizah are all in use and none is dominant in English.
- It is close to Aliza and Alicia in an American ear.
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Frequently asked
- How many Alitzas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Alitza are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Alitza in 2025?
- Alitza ranks #4352 among US girl names in 2025, with 32 babies given the name.
- How rare is the name Alitza?
- About 1 in every 50,227 US girls born in 2025 was named Alitza — 32 in all.
- Will my child share the name Alitza with classmates?
- Alitza will almost certainly be the only one in school.
Ranked beside Alitza
Names sitting at a similar level of popularity right now.
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