Meaning and history
Aelita is a name created by Russian author Aleksey Tolstoy for his 1923 science fiction novel Aelita, in which it belongs to a Martian princess. The book says that in the Martian language it means “starlight seen for the last time.”
20062006: 6 births, rank #15,152
2007: no US SSA record for this spelling
2008: no US SSA record for this spelling
2009: no US SSA record for this spelling
2010: no US SSA record for this spelling
20112011: no US SSA record for this spelling
2012: no US SSA record for this spelling
2013: 6 births, rank #14,582
2014: no US SSA record for this spelling
2015: 6 births, rank #14,482
20162016: no US SSA record for this spelling
2017: 10 births, rank #9,943
2018: 12 births, rank #8,617
2019: 7 births, rank #12,448
2020: 6 births, rank #13,453
20212021: 11 births, rank #8,978
2022: 15 births, rank #7,281
2023: 8 births, rank #11,169
2024: 8 births, rank #11,122
20252025: 8 births, rank #10,917
In 2025, 8 babies were recorded with the name Aelita, ranking #10,917 among girls.