Alaa

#3,211 for girls in 2025, 49 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 76.7% of the time

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Peak · girls
#2,779
2017 · 61 births
Debut · girls
1981
11 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
1,525
since 1981

Alaa over time

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Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202005peak #2,779, 2017peak #2,951, 1994girlsboys
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#3,21149#10,6956
2024#2,81959#8,9878
2023#3,91138#9,7637
2022#3,17151#8,9908
2021#3,29748#9,7147
2020#3,33846#10,6056
2019#2,81459#8,8898
2018#3,10752#8,8198
2017#2,77961#8,8408
2016#3,13952#6,72612
2015#3,02456—
2014#3,22650#12,1085
2013#3,26749#8,1189
2012#3,46446#8,8648
2011#3,60343#7,50210
2010#4,18035#8,1399
2009#4,67731#6,80212
2008#3,85941#11,0376
2007#4,94429#8,9158
2006#4,46332#9,5857
2005#4,37331#10,1516
2004#3,89836#5,81313
2003#4,94325#6,71510
2002#4,49827#4,91915
2001#3,41739#4,47617
2000#2,94048#5,04014
1999#3,50935#6,04210
1998#3,83130#4,87313
1997#3,89728#4,96012
1996#3,50532#4,87812
1995#3,49231#3,02023
1994#4,23824#2,95124
1993#3,98726#4,44713
1992#3,77328#3,22020
1991#3,36932#4,23113
1990#4,38022#4,67311
1989#4,84818#3,61815
1988#7,6919#4,45010
1987#4,85716#4,9688
1986#9,5456#3,88211
1985#6,45710#6,5235
1984#5,53912#3,70111
1983#5,82411#4,4998
1982#5,91111#5,6196
1981#5,88511—
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1979—#6,0565
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First appearance
1981

The first year at least five girls were named Alaa! It came in at #5,885, and was given to 11 baby girls.

Quietest stretch: 1986, when fewer than 7 girls a year got the name.

Where Alaa is popular in 2005

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMNIllinois: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedWIMichigan: #954 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 6,765 girlsMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedIAIndiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedARTennessee: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedALGeorgia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedHITexas: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedTXFlorida: fewer than 5 girls named Alaa, so not publishedFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Michigan#954 · 1 in 6,765

Best ever in a state: #529 in Michigan, 2024.

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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alaa
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 392 spots since 2024 (#2,819 → #3,211)
  • 127 spots since 2020 (#3,338 → #3,211)
  • 187 spots since 2015 (#3,024 → #3,211)
Rise & fade · girls
36 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1981
  • Peaked 2017 at #2,779 (61 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Never in the top 1,000
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: never
Share of babies · girls
1 in 27,461
  • Highest: 1 in 27,461 girls born in 2024 were named Alaa (0.00%)
  • Latest: 1 in 32,801 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
  • Its best rank, #2,779 in 2017, was only 1 in 28,303 (0.00%) — a smaller share of a much bigger birth year
Era · girls
The 2010s
  • 33.0% of all girls named Alaa (503) were born in this decade
Girls or boys?
Flipped in 1989
  • Mostly boys until 1988, mostly girls since
all girlsall boys
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s104#4,848 (1989)#6,284
1990s288#3,369 (1991)#3,798
2000s339#2,940 (2000)#4,201
2010s503#2,779 (2017)#3,260
2020s291#2,819 (2024)#3,291

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alaa in 2005

girls
#4,373
31 births · 1 in 59,608 girls
boys
#10,151
6 births · 1 in 332,884 boys

Top girls' names in 2005

  1. #1Emily23,952
  2. #2Emma20,362
  3. #3Madison19,578
  4. #4Abigail15,756
  5. #5Olivia15,700
  6. #6Isabella15,197
  7. #7Hannah14,854
  8. #8Samantha13,642
  9. #9Ava13,606
  10. #10Ashley13,276
  11. #4,373Alaa31

Top boys' names in 2005

  1. #1Jacob25,851
  2. #2Michael23,828
  3. #3Joshua23,261
  4. #4Matthew21,483
  5. #5Ethan21,318
  6. #6Andrew20,742
  7. #7Daniel20,236
  8. #8Anthony19,387
  9. #9Joseph19,241
  10. #10Christopher19,174
  11. #10,151Alaa6
More about 2005

girls

1,847,842 girls got a published name in 2005; 1 in 59,608 of them was named Alaa, which outranked 77.2% of the 19,199 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 9.0% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alaa
  1. #4,267Yuritzi32
  2. #4,267Zoha32
  3. #4,267Zya32
  4. #4,373Alaa31
  5. #4,373Adalee31
  6. #4,373Adreana31
  7. #4,373Aissatou31
  8. #4,487Abegail30
  9. #4,487Adalie30
  10. #4,487Adriane30

Tied with 113 names at #4,373; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 6,271Mikalah#7,077 → #806
  2. ↑ 2,724Yuridia#3,689 → #965
  3. ↑ 2,236Naima#3,127 → #891
  4. ↑ 1,924Karol#2,742 → #818
  5. ↑ 1,125Karma#1,972 → #847
Fallers
  1. ↓ 397Rhea#908 → #1,305
  2. ↓ 360Laisha#789 → #1,149
  3. ↓ 334Ashtyn#956 → #1,290
  4. ↓ 285Hunter#742 → #1,027
  5. ↓ 282Angeles#973 → #1,255

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

boys

1,997,305 boys got a published name in 2005; 1 in 332,884 of them was named Alaa, which outranked 24.1% of the 13,370 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 10.7% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alaa
  1. #9,115Zyhir7
  2. #9,115Zylan7
  3. #9,115Zyshawn7
  4. #10,151Alaa6
  5. #10,151Aadam6
  6. #10,151Aadhav6
  7. #10,151Abanoub6
  8. #11,472Aadesh5
  9. #11,472Aadin5
  10. #11,472Aahan5

Tied with 1,320 names at #10,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 2004
Risers
  1. ↑ 3,722Talan#4,264 → #542
  2. ↑ 1,048Carmine#1,934 → #886
  3. ↑ 727Leland#1,335 → #608
  4. ↑ 528Amare#1,159 → #631
  5. ↑ 525Braylen#1,359 → #834
Fallers
  1. ↓ 817Madison#857 → #1,674
  2. ↓ 783Andon#865 → #1,648
  3. ↓ 406Kanye#486 → #892
  4. ↓ 379Jakobe#846 → #1,225
  5. ↓ 359Koda#930 → #1,289

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 2005 →