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Alaa

#3,211 in 2025UnisexGirls' nameBoys' name

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Alaa has been given to 1,989 babies in the U.S. since 1981. In 2025 it ranked #3,211 of 17,293 girls’ names in use. Its peak year was 2017, with 61 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 77% girls, 23% boys all-time.

Babies named Alaa, 2025

1 in 67,700

Alaa over time, 1880–2025

GirlsBoys
02040608018801900192019401960198020002020

Based on births in the U.S. Babies given the name each year. Hover the chart — or focus it and use the arrow keys — for any year. Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Girls or boys — Alaa over time

In 2025, Alaa went to 89% girls and 11% boys.

19792025

A sex is only published in years it reached five applications, so a stretch at 0% or 100% means the other side stayed under that floor — not that it was never used.

Alaa: meaning, origin, and history

Multiple documented origins; meaning depends on tradition

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alaa means

Alaa has more than one naming route in the cited origin entries: distinct naming traditions.

The naming story behind Alaa

A separate documented entry treats Alaa as a alternate transcription of Ala. That is a personal-name relationship, which differs from translating the letters of the modern spelling into one universal English word. The linked origin entry identifies the context of this relationship.

One of the source’s documented entries for Alaa records a meaning of blessings, favours, benefits.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 1,525 girls were recorded with the name Alaa between 1981 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 61 in 2017; its best national rank was #2,780 in 2017.

Over 5 years its rank rose, from #3,339 in 2020 to #3,211 in 2025. Over 10 years its rank fell, from #3,025 in 2015 to #3,211 in 2025.

In the United States, 464 boys were recorded with the name Alaa between 1979 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 24 in 1994; its best national rank was #2,947 in 1994.

Over 5 years its rank fell, from #10,647 in 2020 to #10,734 in 2025.

Sources & methodologyReferences, data & attribution

Meaning, origin, and language notes draw on the references below.

American popularity figures use published Social Security Administration records for this exact spelling. Counts below five for a name, sex, and year are omitted.

How common is Alaa?

Everything below is computed from the 2025 data — the most recent year available.

Among all babies, 2025
1 in 67,700
49 of 3,315,165 births
Among girls only
1 in 32,800
<0.01% of girls
Rank, 2025
#3,211
of 17,293 girls’ names in use
Coin-flip room size
46,897 kids
Even odds of a second one

Where Alaa sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Olivia (13,544)

Chance at least one other child shares the name

If the other children were drawn at random from the 2025 national name distribution. Real classrooms cluster by region and community, so treat these as a floor, not a ceiling.

Class of 20Under 1%
Class of 30Under 1%
Grade of 100Under 1%
School of 500Under 1%

Put another way: gather 46,897 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alaa. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alaas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alaa was born before 2010 — so the typical Alaa is around 15 today.

Median birth year
2010
About 15 years old
Biggest decade
2010s
33.0% of all use
Born in the last 25 years
71.1%
A modern name
Recorded since 1950
1,525
People you could plausibly meet
Choose a decade

2010s — 33.0% of all recorded uses (503).

Is Alaa rising or falling?

Rank movement and count movement can disagree — the number of distinct names in use keeps growing, so a name holding a steady count still slides down the list. Both are shown.

Rank vs 1 year ago
−391
Places dropped
Rank vs 5 years ago
+128
Places climbed
Rank vs 10 years ago
−186
Places dropped
Births vs 10 years ago
0.88×
Fewer babies than then
Share of its own peak
80.3%
Peak was 2017 (61)
Years since peak
8
Years
Year-to-year steadiness
Shifting
16.2% average annual change
Best rank ever
#2,780
2017

Spellings of Alaa

Alaa is not the most common spelling — Anna is, with 22.0% against Alaa's 0.04%.

Grouped by closeness of spelling (up to two letter changes), same sex, with a floor on all-time use. It catches Sophia/Sofia and Aiden/Ayden, and misses spellings that sound alike but look different, like Sean and Shawn.

Where Alaa is used — girls

Across 2016–2025, Alaa was most concentrated in Michigan — about 1 in 3,846 girls, against 1 in 24,182 across all states with data. It was least common in Virginia (1 in 100,000).

126 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1Michigan1 in 3,846
  2. 2New York1 in 10,000
  3. 3Illinois1 in 33,333
  4. 4South Carolina1 in 33,333
  5. 5Massachusetts1 in 50,000
  6. 6California1 in 100,000
  7. 7Florida1 in 100,000
  8. 8Ohio1 in 100,000

Shading is the share of that state's recorded girls given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings.

Where Alaa is used — boys

Across 1910–2025, Alaa was most concentrated in California — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 1,333,061 across all states with data. It was least common in New York (1 in —).

00 per 100,000

Most concentrated

  1. 1California1 in —
  2. 2Michigan1 in —
  3. 3New York1 in —

Shading is the share of that state's recorded boys given this name, not the raw count — otherwise the map would just show which states are biggest. Unshaded states have no published records for this period. U.S. birth records suppress state-year counts below 5; state counts therefore don't add up to the national total. Every state links to its full rankings. Alaa has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Alaa around the world

Where Alaa ranks in official birth records elsewhere in the world. Rankings only — the number of births isn’t comparable between places, so it isn’t shown.

  • England & Wales
    1996–2025
    #1,166
    in 2025
  • Scotland
    2014–2022
    #760
    in 2022
  • Ireland
    2007–2024
    #736
    in 2024
  • France
    1987–2025
    #621
    in 2025
  • Canada
    1992–2024
    #1,399
    in 2024
  • South Australia
    2006–2006
    #782
    in 2006

Popularity data from Office for National Statistics, National Records of Scotland, Central Statistics Office, Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques, Statistics Canada and Consumer and Business Services (South Australia). ONS, NRS data under Open Government Licence v3.0. CSO, CBS SA data under CC BY 4.0. INSEE data under Licence Ouverte / Etalab 2.0. StatCan data under Statistics Canada Open Licence.

Alaa by the numbers

The raw record for each sex the name is used for.

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025
#3,211
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Up 128
Best rank ever
#2,780
2017
Peak year
2017
61 that year
First recorded
1981
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
1,525
Count in 2025
49

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025
#10,734
Trend vs 5 yrs ago
Down 87
Best rank ever
#2,947
1994
Peak year
1994
24 that year
First recorded
1979
Last recorded
2025
All-time count
464
Count in 2025
6

Names similar to Alaa

Matched on shared beginnings and endings, similar length, and comparable popularity.

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Sibling names for Alaa

Names from the same era and popularity tier — the two things that make a sibling set feel deliberate — skipping lookalike spellings and shared initials.

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