Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alaa**

#4,493 most common girls' name of all time · #7,643 across all names · 23% male / 77% female · used 1979–2025 · genuinely unisex

Rank among girls
#4,493
Rank overall
#7,643 of 105,966
First appeared
1979
Years on the list
47 of 146
All-time
1,989
Since 2016
593
Peak year
2017 #2,796
Best rank
#2,796 2017
Girls Boys peak 69/yr
198020002020

Alaa first appears in 1979. 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

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 49 6 55 #3,225
2024 59 8 67 #2,835
2023 38 7 45 #3,948
2022 51 8 59 #3,188
2021 48 7 55 #3,323
2020 46 6 52 #3,369
2019 59 8 67 #2,838
2018 52 8 60 #3,139
2017 61 8 69 #2,796
2016 52 12 64 #3,167
2015 56 — 56 #3,042
2014 50 5 55 #3,249
2013 49 9 58 #3,293
2012 46 8 54 #3,499
2011 43 10 53 #3,632
2010 35 9 44 #4,238
2009 31 12 43 #4,748
2008 41 6 47 #3,902
2007 29 8 37 #5,032
2006 32 7 39 #4,523
2005 31 6 37 #4,436
2004 36 13 49 #3,954
2003 25 10 35 #5,027
2002 27 15 42 #4,575
2001 39 17 56 #3,468
2000 48 14 62 #2,965
1999 35 10 45 #3,553
1998 30 13 43 #3,888
1997 28 12 40 #3,979
1996 32 12 44 #3,557
1995 31 23 54 #3,559
1994 24 24 48 #4,350
1993 26 13 39 #4,077
1992 28 20 48 #3,851
1991 32 13 45 #3,432
1990 22 11 33 #4,508
1989 18 15 33 #5,020
1988 9 10 19 #8,233
1987 16 8 24 #5,057
1986 6 11 17 #10,549
1985 10 5 15 #6,905
1984 12 11 23 #5,874
1983 11 8 19 #6,187
1982 11 6 17 #6,342
1981 11 — 11 #6,312
1980 — 7 7 —
1979 — 5 5 —