Allah

#10,750 in 2025UnisexBoys' nameGirls' name

The deity

Allah has been given to 197 babies in the U.S. since 1973. In 2025 it ranked #10,750 of 13,926 boys’ names in use. Its peak year was 1977, with 11 recorded. It's used for both sexes: 92% boys, 8% girls all-time.

Babies named Allah, 2025

1 in 553,000

Allah over time, 1880–2025

BoysGirls

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 Gaps mean the name was given fewer than 5 times that year; these counts are unpublished.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

In 2025, Allah went to 0% girls and 100% boys.

19162025

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.

Allah: meaning, origin, and history

The deity

Deeper origin not confirmed in the cited records

What Allah means

Allah means “the deity”.

American usage and historical context

In the United States, 181 boys were recorded with the name Allah between 1973 and 2025. Its highest annual count was 11 in 1977; its best national rank was #3,392 in 1977.

In the United States, 16 girls were recorded with the name Allah between 1916 and 1923. Its highest annual count was 6 in 1920; its best national rank was #4,410 in 1920.

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.

U.S. Social Security Administration: national name data and limitations

How common is Allah?

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

Among all babies, 2025: 1 in 553,000; 6 of 3,315,165 births
Among boys only: 1 in 285,000; <0.01% of boys
Rank, 2025: #10,750; of 13,926 boys’ names in use
Coin-flip room size: 382,984 kids; Even odds of a second one

Where Allah sits on the popularity scale

Rarest published (5 a year)#1 — Liam (20,818)

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 382,984 children born in 2025 and it's an even bet that one of them is another Allah. In a class of 30 the chance is Under 1%.

When Allahs were born

Half of everyone ever recorded as Allah was born before 1985 — so the typical Allah is around 40 today.

Median birth year: 1985; About 40 years old
Biggest decade: 1970s; 28.2% of all use
Born in the last 25 years: 26.5%; Spread across generations
Recorded since 1950: 181; People you could plausibly meet

Choose a decade

1970s — 28.2% of all recorded uses (51).

Is Allah 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: 54.5%; Peak was 1977 (11)
Years since peak: 48; Years
Year-to-year steadiness: Shifting; 19.3% average annual change
Best rank ever: #3,392; 1977

Spellings of Allah

Allah is not the most common spelling — Alan is, with 40.7% against Allah's 0.02%.

Alan40.7%363,313
Allen30.4%271,796
Allan10.8%96,458
Dallas8.0%71,203
Atlas2.9%25,893
Alijah1.6%14,231
Alva1.3%11,269
Callan1.2%11,164

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 Allah is used

Across 1910–2025, Allah was most concentrated in New York — about 1 in — boys, against 1 in 317,234 across all states with data.

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State popularity map

Most concentrated

1New 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. Allah has too little recent state data to map, so this covers all years from 1910.

Allah by the numbers

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

As a boy's name

Rank in 2025: #10,750
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: New entry
Best rank ever: #3,392; 1977
Peak year: 1977; 11 that year
First recorded: 1973
Last recorded: 2025
All-time count: 181
Count in 2025: 6

As a girl's name

Rank in 2025: Unranked
Trend vs 5 yrs ago: —
Best rank ever: #4,410; 1920
Peak year: 1920; 6 that year
First recorded: 1916
Last recorded: 1923
All-time count: 16
Count in 2025: Under 5

Names similar to Allah

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

Allex Selah Allon Allin Allias Allard Allante Alley Salah Allec Beulah Allistair Allie Allijah Allwin Allyn Allam Allister Ally Allison Saifullah Abdulah Alla Allyson

Sibling names for Allah

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

Charissa Karie Melonie Karrie Mandi Malissa Kesha Cari

For a brother

Jerod Torrey Shon Edwardo Scot Kelley Tracey Thad

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