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.

Alla

#6,233 most common girls' name of all time · #10,530 across all names · 1% male / 99% female · used 1880–2025

Rank among girls
#6,233
Rank overall
#10,530 of 105,966
First appeared
1880 or earlier
Years on the list
109 of 146
All-time
1,202
Since 2016
67
Peak year
1927 #1,672
Best rank
#706 1881
Girls Boys peak 25/yr
18801900192019401960198020002020

Alla is in the records from the very first year available, so it was almost certainly in use before 1880 — the data simply doesn't go back further.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 5 5 #14,958
2023 5 5 #15,209
2022 6 6 #13,605
2021 9 9 #10,299
2020 10 10 #9,556
2018 11 11 #9,160
2017 9 9 #10,697
2016 12 12 #8,886
2015 5 5 #16,433
2014 12 12 #8,973
2013 6 6 #14,591
2012 8 8 #12,217
2011 5 5 #16,777
2010 8 8 #12,289
2009 13 13 #8,893
2008 10 10 #10,814
2007 13 13 #9,013
2006 18 18 #6,851
2005 13 13 #8,335
2004 8 8 #11,631
2003 11 11 #9,057
2002 11 11 #8,845
2001 22 22 #5,181
2000 19 19 #5,706
1999 16 16 #6,195
1998 11 11 #8,023
1997 11 11 #7,752
1996 8 8 #9,586
1995 12 12 #7,051
1994 12 12 #7,109
1993 11 11 #7,508
1992 12 5 17 #7,076
1991 9 9 #8,604
1990 5 5 #12,969
1989 6 6 #10,866
1988 6 6 #10,401
1987 6 6 #9,843
1986 5 5
1984 5 5 #10,437
1968 5 5 #7,034
1963 5 5 #6,603
1957 5 5 #6,093
1956 5 5 #5,969
1955 6 6 #5,213
1954 5 5 #5,762
1952 5 5 #5,570
1951 8 8 #4,022
1950 9 9 #3,672
1949 8 8 #3,898
1947 11 11 #3,245
1946 7 7 #4,001
1945 6 6 #4,035
1944 7 7 #3,693
1943 11 11 #2,867
1942 10 10 #2,996
1941 7 7 #3,565
1940 5 5 #4,359
1939 13 13 #2,306
1938 13 13 #2,345
1937 9 9 #2,947
1936 11 11 #2,526
1935 18 18 #1,853
1934 18 18 #1,841
1933 23 23 #1,557
1932 17 17 #1,959
1931 12 12 #2,434
1930 17 17 #2,025
1929 17 17 #2,016
1928 20 20 #1,904
1927 25 25 #1,672
1926 21 21 #1,886
1925 17 17 #2,195
1924 24 24 #1,773
1923 22 22 #1,843
1922 17 17 #2,192
1921 22 22 #1,871
1920 23 23 #1,760
1919 23 23 #1,701
1918 23 23 #1,693
1917 20 20 #1,777
1916 14 14 #2,252
1915 20 20 #1,677
1914 11 11 #2,132
1913 16 16 #1,473
1912 12 12 #1,628
1911 9 9 #1,661
1910 6 6 #2,142
1909 13 13 #1,160
1908 12 12 #1,205
1907 12 12 #1,149
1904 9 9 #1,265
1903 5 5 #1,798
1902 7 7 #1,448
1901 13 13 #925
1900 9 9 #1,321
1899 7 7 #1,284
1898 9 9 #1,179
1897 9 9 #1,104
1895 7 7 #1,303
1894 6 6 #1,360
1893 7 7 #1,182
1892 7 7 #1,175
1891 7 7 #1,104
1890 5 5 #1,344
1889 7 7 #1,036
1887 6 6 #1,045
1883 5 5 #940
1881 7 7 #706
1880 6 6 #742