Ala*
#7,345 most common girls' name of all time · #12,320 across all names · 15% male / 85% female · used 1889–2025 · notable crossover
Rank among girls
#7,345
Rank overall
#12,320 of 105,966
First appeared
1889
Years on the list
80 of 146
All-time
943
Since 2016
167
Peak year
1992 #4,870
Best rank
#1,417 1889
Girls
Boys
peak 27/yr
Ala first appears in 1889. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.
Year by year
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | — | 21 | #5,738 |
| 2024 | 12 | — | 12 | #8,463 |
| 2023 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,660 |
| 2022 | 14 | — | 14 | #7,647 |
| 2021 | 19 | — | 19 | #6,189 |
| 2020 | 16 | — | 16 | #6,937 |
| 2019 | 20 | — | 20 | #5,996 |
| 2018 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,174 |
| 2017 | 24 | — | 24 | #5,349 |
| 2016 | 14 | — | 14 | #8,004 |
| 2015 | 22 | — | 22 | #5,854 |
| 2014 | 17 | — | 17 | #7,006 |
| 2013 | 15 | — | 15 | #7,772 |
| 2012 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,648 |
| 2011 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #11,221 |
| 2010 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,487 |
| 2009 | 13 | — | 13 | #8,913 |
| 2008 | 10 | — | 10 | #10,834 |
| 2007 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #10,155 |
| 2006 | 8 | — | 8 | #12,462 |
| 2005 | 11 | — | 11 | #9,479 |
| 2004 | 10 | 7 | 17 | #9,928 |
| 2003 | 10 | — | 10 | #9,713 |
| 2002 | 9 | — | 9 | #10,276 |
| 2001 | 8 | — | 8 | #11,058 |
| 2000 | 13 | — | 13 | #7,608 |
| 1999 | 12 | 5 | 17 | #7,754 |
| 1998 | 11 | 6 | 17 | #8,051 |
| 1997 | 9 | 8 | 17 | #9,060 |
| 1996 | 16 | 7 | 23 | #5,796 |
| 1995 | 7 | 5 | 12 | #10,569 |
| 1994 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #10,627 |
| 1993 | 15 | 7 | 22 | #5,982 |
| 1992 | 20 | 7 | 27 | #4,870 |
| 1991 | 17 | 6 | 23 | #5,417 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | 16 | #5,570 |
| 1989 | 18 | 8 | 26 | #4,863 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | 14 | #5,623 |
| 1987 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #7,403 |
| 1986 | — | 10 | 10 | — |
| 1985 | 7 | 9 | 16 | #8,394 |
| 1984 | 9 | 5 | 14 | #6,864 |
| 1983 | 6 | 5 | 11 | #9,088 |
| 1981 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1980 | — | 6 | 6 | — |
| 1979 | 6 | 6 | 12 | #9,081 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | 5 | #9,167 |
| 1971 | 5 | — | 5 | #8,415 |
| 1959 | 5 | — | 5 | #6,337 |
| 1958 | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 1951 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,507 |
| 1950 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,387 |
| 1949 | 7 | — | 7 | #4,292 |
| 1938 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,433 |
| 1936 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,459 |
| 1935 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,821 |
| 1932 | 6 | — | 6 | #3,995 |
| 1929 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,668 |
| 1928 | 8 | — | 8 | #3,500 |
| 1927 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,348 |
| 1926 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,400 |
| 1925 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,494 |
| 1924 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,511 |
| 1923 | 11 | — | 11 | #2,975 |
| 1922 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,427 |
| 1921 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,231 |
| 1920 | 6 | — | 6 | #4,476 |
| 1919 | 10 | — | 10 | #3,069 |
| 1918 | 15 | — | 15 | #2,319 |
| 1917 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,043 |
| 1916 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,083 |
| 1915 | 9 | — | 9 | #2,961 |
| 1914 | 7 | — | 7 | #2,969 |
| 1913 | 8 | — | 8 | #2,387 |
| 1912 | 6 | — | 6 | #2,716 |
| 1911 | 5 | — | 5 | #2,588 |
| 1910 | 8 | — | 8 | #1,856 |
| 1908 | 7 | — | 7 | #1,770 |
| 1907 | 6 | — | 6 | #1,920 |
| 1889 | 5 | — | 5 | #1,417 |