Alala

Girls' name

Loud cry, war cry

Alala has been given to 15 babies in the U.S. since 2002. It was used fewer than 5 times in 2025, so it doesn't appear in the latest year's list — today it's a genuinely uncommon pick. Its peak year was 2002, with 5 recorded.

Babies named Alala, 2012

1 in 732,000

Alala over time, 1880–2025

Girls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.

Alala: meaning, origin, and history

Loud cry, war cry

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Alala means

Alala means “loud cry, war cry”, associated with alalḗ.

Dictionary etymologyReferences, data & attribution

From Ancient Greek Ἀλαλά (Alalá), from Ancient Greek ἀλαλή (alalḗ, literally “loud cry, war cry”).

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Origin, language, and formation

Alala is used in English.

Alala comes through Ancient Greek Ἀλαλά and Ancient Greek ἀλαλή.

Pronunciation and spelling

In English, Alala is pronounced /ˈælələ/.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 15 girls were recorded with the name Alala between 2002 and 2012. Its highest annual count was 5 in 2002; its best national rank was #15,516 in 2002.

How common is Alala?

Alala had fewer than 5 recorded uses in 2025, so these figures use 2012, the last year it was published.

Among all babies, 2012: 1 in 732,000; 5 of 3,657,590 births
Among girls only: 1 in 352,000; <0.01% of girls
Rank, 2012: Unranked; Fewer than 5 uses
Coin-flip room size: 507,051 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Alala 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 2012 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 507,051 children born in 2012 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Alala. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Alalas were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Alala was born before 2006 — so the typical Alala is around 19 today.

Median birth year: 2006; About 19 years old
Biggest decade: 2000s; 66.7% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 100.0%; A modern name
Recorded since 1950: 15; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

2000s — 66.7% of all recorded uses (10).

Is Alala 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: —; Not ranked then
Rank vs 5 years ago: New entry; Not ranked then
Rank vs 10 years ago: —; Not ranked then
Births vs 10 years ago: —; Not published both years
Share of its own peak: 0%; Peak was 2002 (5)
Years since peak: 23; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Not enough data; Too few years
Best rank ever: #15,516; 2002

Spellings of Alala

Alala is not the most common spelling — Ella is, with 14.2% against Alala's <0.01%.

Ella14.2%351,313
Clara12.1%300,524
Alma6.6%163,723
Alexa5.3%131,551
Layla5.2%129,136
Lola3.9%96,892
Lula3.4%85,248
Lila3.1%76,493

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.

Alala by the numbers

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

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #15,516; 2002
Peak year: 2002; 5 that year
First recorded: 2002
Last recorded: 2012
All-time count: 15
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Alala

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

Alaiha Alari Alaza Alayni Alahya Alair Ala Alaeya Alamae Alazea Alaana Alamar Alarah Alarie Alain Alaris Alai Alannys Alayda Alainy Alae Alama Alaye Alaea

Sibling names for Alala

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

For a sister

Iyana Lisbeth Vanesa Shakira Kaiya Shreya Delanie Magaly

For a brother

Dallin Zakary Keyon Kelton Donavan Jaylon Jaylin Destin

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