How rare is the name Alaa?

4,362 people in the United States have the first name Alaa, about 1 in 69,242. It ranks #4,333 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALAA

#4,333

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
4,362
About
1 in 69,242
This common or more
83.9%
Who bears it

Of the 4,362 people named Alaa, 85.6% reported their origin as White, 6.2% as two or more races and 6.1% as Black. 54.3% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alaa peaked in 2017, when 69 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19792025
Peak year
2017
Births that year
69
In 2025*
55 ▼20%
Recorded as
mostly female

At least 1,989 babies have been given the name since 1979. Years SSA withheld, because fewer than 5 were born, are skipped rather than drawn as zero. * 2025 is the newest year published and it undercounts: a card application is filed some time after a birth.

Alaa by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #4,661. The largest share of babies named Alaa, 38.3%, were born in 2013 or later.

1970s#24,5405
1980s#6,683185
1990s#4,661439
2000s#5,784447
2010s#5,076580
2020s#5,222333
Generation X 1965–800.6%
Millennials 1981–9624.6%
Generation Z 1997–1236.5%
2013 and later38.3%

Rank counts both sexes together, among every name SSA recorded that decade; the number under it is births. The 2020s run only to 2025. Generation years follow Pew Research Center, which has not named a generation after 2012.

Either side of Alaa

#4,331 Duy · 4,364#4,332 Luana · 4,363#4,334 Cheryle · 4,361#4,335 Brain · 4,359

Spelled almost the same

8 first names in the 2020 Census spelled within a letter or two of Alaa, most common first.

#2,125 Alia · 12,618#2,720 Alla · 8,617#3,815 Alaya · 5,173#4,826 Alea · 3,735#5,385 Alaia · 3,199#7,462 Ala · 2,046#9,249 Alya · 1,517#30,168 Alyaa · 290

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