How rare is the name Alea?

3,735 people in the United States have the first name Alea, about 1 in 80,865. It ranks #4,826 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census, tied with 1 other.

first name

ALEA

#4,826

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
3,735
About
1 in 80,865
This common or more
84.6%
Who bears it

Of the 3,735 people named Alea, 53.7% reported their origin as White, 16.1% as Black and 15.9% as Hispanic or Latino. 99% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alea peaked in 2000, when 156 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
19612025
Peak year
2000
Births that year
156
In 2025*
56 ▼64%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 4,085 babies have been given the name since 1961. 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.

Alea by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1990s, when it ranked #2,616. The largest share of babies named Alea, 48.5%, were born between 1997 and 2012, as Generation Z.

1960s#10,71831
1970s#6,126162
1980s#3,625459
1990s#2,6161,040
2000s#2,8341,254
2010s#4,164784
2020s#4,986355
Baby boom 1946–640.3%
Generation X 1965–805%
Millennials 1981–9625.9%
Generation Z 1997–1248.5%
2013 and later20.1%

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.

Where Alea is most common

Compared with all babies born in each state since 1910, Alea has been most common in Hawaii (11×), Washington (2.8×), and California (2.5×), and least common in Illinois (0.69×).

1,611 births recorded by state, 1910–2025. 2× means twice as common as nationally. States with fewer than 30 such births are left blank, and SSA withholds any year with fewer than 5 in a state, so small states read low.

Exactly as common as Alea

1 other first name also has 3,735 people.

#4,826 Donavon · 3,735

Either side of Alea

#4,823 Merlyn · 3,737#4,823 Tawny · 3,737#4,826 Donavon · 3,735#4,828 Analise · 3,733

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,125 Alia · 12,618#2,157 Aleah · 12,345#2,720 Alla · 8,617#4,333 Alaa · 4,362#7,462 Ala · 2,046#8,510 Aleya · 1,702#8,610 Aleia · 1,679#9,249 Alya · 1,517

Also a last name

As a last name, Alea ranks #85,054 of 156,621, with 237 people. See Alea as a last name

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