Alaia

#117 for girls in 2025, 2,318 births · #10,695 for boys in 2025, 6 births
Given to girls 99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2024 · 2,429 births
Debut · girls
6 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
17,682
since 1986

Alaia over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alaia has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020202023girlsat peak
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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#1172,318#10,6956
2024#1122,429—
2023#1202,305—
2022#1392,081#12,3305
2021#1282,219—
2020#1202,282#10,6056
2019#1841,604—
2018#583527—
2017#637461—
2016#615487—
2015#664429—
2014#2,64866—
2013#3,00555—
2012#3,09454—
2011#3,45246—
2010#3,74541—
2009#3,61944—
2008#4,17937—
2007#4,21336—
2006#6,84018—
2005#4,95826—
2004#6,48918—
2003#8,50512—
2002#11,1088—
2001#6,32217—
2000#7,15814—
1999#14,4115—
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1997#8,33410—
1996#10,5677—
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1994#13,4305—
1993#9,5598—
1992#10,4797—
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First appearance
1986

The first year at least five girls were named Alaia! It came in at #9,545, and was given to 6 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1987–1991, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alaia is popular in 2023

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: #230 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 745 girlsNHWashington: #174 for girls · 38 births · 1 in 744 girlsWAIdaho: #323 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 1,082 girlsIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedNDMinnesota: #368 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 1,496 girlsMNIllinois: #143 for girls · 66 births · 1 in 675 girlsILWisconsin: #328 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,277 girlsWIMichigan: #404 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 1,680 girlsMINew York: #60 for girls · 211 births · 1 in 368 girlsNYMassachusetts: #81 for girls · 62 births · 1 in 377 girlsMARhode Island: #58 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 218 girlsRIOregon: #245 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 881 girlsORNevada: #98 for girls · 21 births · 1 in 424 girlsNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: #167 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 464 girlsSDIowa: #431 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 1,678 girlsIAIndiana: #223 for girls · 30 births · 1 in 928 girlsINOhio: #382 for girls · 29 births · 1 in 1,619 girlsOHPennsylvania: #169 for girls · 64 births · 1 in 729 girlsPANew Jersey: #47 for girls · 137 births · 1 in 260 girlsNJConnecticut: #126 for girls · 23 births · 1 in 496 girlsCTCalifornia: #82 for girls · 333 births · 1 in 495 girlsCAUtah: #271 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 1,078 girlsUTColorado: #106 for girls · 46 births · 1 in 470 girlsCONebraska: #276 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 871 girlsNEMissouri: #225 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 903 girlsMOKentucky: #360 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 1,409 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alaia, so not publishedWVVirginia: #127 for girls · 58 births · 1 in 573 girlsVAMaryland: #114 for girls · 40 births · 1 in 522 girlsMDDelaware: #153 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 439 girlsDEArizona: #143 for girls · 45 births · 1 in 624 girlsAZNew Mexico: #81 for girls · 15 births · 1 in 314 girlsNMKansas: #168 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 627 girlsKSArkansas: #267 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 947 girlsARTennessee: #212 for girls · 35 births · 1 in 901 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #132 for girls · 74 births · 1 in 600 girlsNCSouth Carolina: #211 for girls · 22 births · 1 in 814 girlsSCDistrict of Columbia: #136 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 380 girlsDCOklahoma: #206 for girls · 18 births · 1 in 804 girlsOKLouisiana: #194 for girls · 24 births · 1 in 731 girlsLAMississippi: #171 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 591 girlsMSAlabama: #167 for girls · 28 births · 1 in 664 girlsALGeorgia: #165 for girls · 63 births · 1 in 720 girlsGAHawaii: #97 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 281 girlsHITexas: #77 for girls · 322 births · 1 in 504 girlsTXFlorida: #47 for girls · 264 births · 1 in 322 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. New Jersey#47 · 1 in 260
  2. Florida#47 · 1 in 322
  3. Rhode Island#58 · 1 in 218
  4. New York#60 · 1 in 368
  5. Texas#77 · 1 in 504

Best ever in a state: #35 in Rhode Island, 2024.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Florida#472641 in 322
New Jersey#471371 in 260
Rhode Island#58111 in 218
New York#602111 in 368
Texas#773221 in 504
Massachusetts#81621 in 377
New Mexico#81151 in 314
California#823331 in 495
Hawaii#9781 in 281
Nevada#98211 in 424
Colorado#106461 in 470
Maryland#114401 in 522
Connecticut#126231 in 496
Virginia#127581 in 573
North Carolina#132741 in 600
District of Columbia#13661 in 380
Arizona#143451 in 624
Illinois#143661 in 675
Delaware#15351 in 439
Georgia#165631 in 720
Alabama#167281 in 664
South Dakota#16761 in 464
Kansas#168181 in 627
Pennsylvania#169641 in 729
Mississippi#171161 in 591
Washington#174381 in 744
Louisiana#194241 in 731
Oklahoma#206181 in 804
South Carolina#211221 in 814
Tennessee#212351 in 901
Indiana#223301 in 928
Missouri#225261 in 903
New Hampshire#23051 in 745
Oregon#245141 in 881
Arkansas#267111 in 947
Utah#271151 in 1,078
Nebraska#27681 in 871
Idaho#32361 in 1,082
Wisconsin#328161 in 1,277
Kentucky#360121 in 1,409
Minnesota#368141 in 1,496
Ohio#382291 in 1,619
Michigan#404211 in 1,680
Iowa#43171 in 1,678
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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 Alaia
Momentum · girls
Holding steady
  • 5 spots since 2024 (#112 → #117)
  • 3 spots since 2020 (#120 → #117)
  • 547 spots since 2015 (#664 → #117)
  • Biggest jump: 1,984 spots in 2015 (#2,648 → #664)
  • Biggest drop: 22 spots in 2017 (#615 → #637)
Rise & fade · girls
38 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1986
  • Peaked 2024 at #112 (2,429 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 11 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 11 yrs · run 2015–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 667
  • Highest: 1 in 667 girls born in 2024 were named Alaia (0.15%)
  • Latest: 1 in 693 girls born in 2025 (0.14%)
Era · girls
The 2020s
  • 77.1% of all girls named Alaia (13,634) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1980s6#9,545 (1986)#9,545
1990s42#8,334 (1997)#11,130
2000s230#3,619 (2009)#6,339
2010s3,770#184 (2019)#1,863
2020s13,634#112 (2024)#123

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.

Alaia in 2023

girls
#120
2,305 births · 1 in 696 girls

Top girls' names in 2023

  1. #1Olivia15,329
  2. #2Emma13,590
  3. #3Charlotte12,638
  4. #4Amelia12,365
  5. #5Sophia11,999
  6. #6Mia11,404
  7. #7Isabella10,871
  8. #8Ava9,737
  9. #9Evelyn9,121
  10. #10Luna7,853
  11. #120Alaia2,305
More about 2023

girls

1,604,582 girls got a published name in 2023; 1 in 696 of them was named Alaia, which outranked 99.3% of the 17,615 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 7.2% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alaia
  1. #117Nevaeh2,342
  2. #118Rylee2,338
  3. #119Hadley2,312
  4. #120Alaia2,305
  5. #121Julia2,299
  6. #122Parker2,296
  7. #123Amara2,282
Biggest movers since 2022
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,640Kaeli#2,319 → #679
  2. ↑ 1,512Alitzel#2,388 → #876
  3. ↑ 1,287Emryn#2,174 → #887
  4. ↑ 813Adhara#1,583 → #770
  5. ↑ 717Azari#1,412 → #695
Fallers
  1. ↓ 364Addilynn#940 → #1,304
  2. ↓ 296India#968 → #1,264
  3. ↓ 259Madisyn#805 → #1,064
  4. ↓ 231Chanel#937 → #1,168
  5. ↓ 219Averi#906 → #1,125

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

See the top 100 for 2023 →