Ala
#5,722 for girls in 2025, 21 births · Last seen for boys in 2011 at #12,287
Given to girls 84.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1889 · 5 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 801since 1889
Ala over time
Rank within each sex, plotted together. Click any year to open it.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #5,722 | 21 | — | |
| 2024 | #8,443 | 12 | — | |
| 2023 | #7,640 | 14 | — | |
| 2022 | #7,631 | 14 | — | |
| 2021 | #6,174 | 19 | — | |
| 2020 | #6,923 | 16 | — | |
| 2019 | #5,986 | 20 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #5,338 | 24 | — | |
| 2016 | #7,988 | 14 | — | |
| 2015 | #5,833 | 22 | — | |
| 2014 | #6,987 | 17 | — | |
| 2013 | #7,748 | 15 | — | |
| 2012 | #8,632 | 13 | — | |
| 2011 | #11,181 | 9 | #12,287 | 5 |
| 2010 | #10,451 | 10 | — | |
| 2009 | #8,888 | 13 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,807 | 10 | — | |
| 2007 | #10,129 | 11 | #10,921 | 6 |
| 2006 | #12,420 | 8 | — | |
| 2005 | #9,452 | 11 | — | |
| 2004 | #9,892 | 10 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #9,671 | 10 | — | |
| 2002 | #10,246 | 9 | — | |
| 2001 | #11,020 | 8 | — | |
| 2000 | #7,580 | 13 | — | |
| 1999 | #7,716 | 12 | #9,912 | 5 |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | #8,479 | 6 |
| 1997 | #9,017 | 9 | #6,618 | 8 |
| 1996 | #5,771 | 16 | #7,136 | 7 |
| 1995 | #10,514 | 7 | #8,868 | 5 |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | #5,868 | 9 |
| 1993 | #5,955 | 15 | #6,816 | 7 |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | #6,670 | 7 |
| 1991 | #5,399 | 17 | #7,271 | 6 |
| 1990 | #5,549 | 16 | — | |
| 1989 | #4,848 | 18 | #5,615 | 8 |
| 1988 | #5,598 | 14 | — | |
| 1987 | #7,353 | 9 | #6,951 | 5 |
| 1986 | — | #4,130 | 10 | |
| 1985 | #8,318 | 7 | #4,333 | 9 |
| 1984 | #6,810 | 9 | #6,315 | 5 |
| 1983 | #9,015 | 6 | #6,238 | 5 |
| 1982 | — | — | ||
| 1981 | — | #6,262 | 5 | |
| 1980 | — | #5,525 | 6 | |
| 1979 | #9,010 | 6 | #5,355 | 6 |
| 1978 | — | — | ||
| 1977 | — | — | ||
| 1976 | — | — | ||
| 1975 | #9,067 | 5 | — | |
| 1974 | — | — | ||
| 1973 | — | — | ||
| 1972 | — | — | ||
| 1971 | #8,324 | 5 | — | |
| 1970 | — | — | ||
| 1969 | — | — | ||
| 1968 | — | — | ||
| 1967 | — | — | ||
| 1966 | — | — | ||
| 1965 | — | — | ||
| 1964 | — | — | ||
| 1963 | — | — | ||
| 1962 | — | — | ||
| 1961 | — | — | ||
| 1960 | — | — | ||
| 1959 | #6,245 | 5 | — | |
| 1958 | — | #3,944 | 5 | |
| 1957 | — | — | ||
| 1956 | — | — | ||
| 1955 | — | — | ||
| 1954 | — | — | ||
| 1953 | — | — | ||
| 1952 | — | — | ||
| 1951 | #5,414 | 5 | — | |
| 1950 | #4,315 | 7 | — | |
| 1949 | #4,235 | 7 | — | |
| 1948 | — | — | ||
| 1947 | — | — | ||
| 1946 | — | — | ||
| 1945 | — | — | ||
| 1944 | — | — | ||
| 1943 | — | — | ||
| 1942 | — | — | ||
| 1941 | — | — | ||
| 1940 | — | — | ||
| 1939 | — | — | ||
| 1938 | #4,342 | 5 | — | |
| 1937 | — | — | ||
| 1936 | #3,376 | 7 | — | |
| 1935 | #3,742 | 6 | — | |
| 1934 | — | — | ||
| 1933 | — | — | ||
| 1932 | #3,901 | 6 | — | |
| 1931 | — | — | ||
| 1930 | — | — | ||
| 1929 | #4,570 | 5 | — | |
| 1928 | #3,436 | 8 | — | |
| 1927 | #3,284 | 9 | — | |
| 1926 | #4,306 | 6 | — | |
| 1925 | #4,426 | 6 | — | |
| 1924 | #4,434 | 6 | — | |
| 1923 | #2,917 | 11 | — | |
| 1922 | #3,379 | 9 | — | |
| 1921 | #3,164 | 10 | — | |
| 1920 | #4,398 | 6 | — | |
| 1919 | #3,005 | 10 | — | |
| 1918 | #2,289 | 15 | — | |
| 1917 | #1,996 | 17 | — | |
| 1916 | #3,031 | 9 | — | |
| 1915 | #2,900 | 9 | — | |
| 1914 | #2,876 | 7 | — | |
| 1913 | #2,331 | 8 | — | |
| 1912 | #2,634 | 6 | — | |
| 1911 | #2,463 | 5 | — | |
| 1910 | #1,773 | 8 | — | |
| 1909 | — | — | ||
| 1908 | #1,676 | 7 | — | |
| 1907 | #1,821 | 6 | — | |
| 1906 | — | — | ||
| 1905 | — | — | ||
| 1904 | — | — | ||
| 1903 | — | — | ||
| 1902 | — | — | ||
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| 1898 | — | — | ||
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| 1896 | — | — | ||
| 1895 | — | — | ||
| 1894 | — | — | ||
| 1893 | — | — | ||
| 1892 | — | — | ||
| 1891 | — | — | ||
| 1890 | — | — | ||
| 1889 | #1,279 | 5 | — | |
| 1888 | — | — | ||
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | — | — | ||
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Ala! It came in at #1,279, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1889–1906, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Ala
- 2,721 spots since 2024 (#8,443 → #5,722)
- 1,201 spots since 2020 (#6,923 → #5,722)
- 111 spots since 2015 (#5,833 → #5,722)
- Debuted 1889
- Peaked 1889 at #1,279 (5 births)
- Births halved by 1890, 1 yr later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: never
- Highest: 1 in 35,673 girls born in 1889 were named Ala (0.00%)
- Latest: 1 in 76,537 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 19.6% of all girls named Ala (157) were born in this decade
- Mostly boys until 1994, mostly girls since
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 5 | #1,279 (1889) | #1,279 |
| 1890s | 0 | — | — |
| 1900s | 13 | #1,676 (1908) | #1,749 |
| 1910s | 94 | #1,773 (1910) | #2,530 |
| 1920s | 76 | #2,917 (1923) | #3,831 |
| 1930s | 24 | #3,376 (1936) | #3,840 |
| 1940s | 7 | #4,235 (1949) | #4,235 |
| 1950s | 17 | #4,315 (1950) | #5,325 |
| 1960s | 0 | — | — |
| 1970s | 16 | #8,324 (1971) | #8,800 |
| 1980s | 63 | #4,848 (1989) | #6,990 |
| 1990s | 130 | #4,849 (1992) | #7,336 |
| 2000s | 103 | #7,580 (2000) | #10,011 |
| 2010s | 157 | #5,338 (2017) | #7,829 |
| 2020s | 96 | #5,722 (2025) | #7,089 |
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.
Ala in 1996
Top girls' names in 1996
Top boys' names in 1996
More about 1996
girls
1,753,007 girls got a published name in 1996; 1 in 109,563 of them was named Ala, which outranked 63.7% of the 15,894 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 11.5% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
- #5,531Yakelin17
- #5,531Zahraa17
- #5,531Zari17
- #5,771Ala16
- #5,771Adelita16
- #5,771Agustina16
- #5,771Aixa16
- #6,064Aarika15
- #6,064Adair15
- #6,064Adrieanna15
Tied with 292 names at #5,771; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,894,300 boys got a published name in 1996; 1 in 270,614 of them was named Ala, which outranked 32.3% of the 10,536 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 15.5% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
- #6,496Zeferino8
- #6,496Ziare8
- #6,496Zohair8
- #7,136Ala7
- #7,136Aaric7
- #7,136Aasin7
- #7,136Abby7
- #7,971Aalim6
- #7,971Aaronjames6
- #7,971Abdalla6
Tied with 834 names at #7,136; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.