How rare is the name Alla?

8,617 people in the United States have the first name Alla, about 1 in 35,051. It ranks #2,720 of 53,615 first names in the 2020 Census.

first name

ALLA

#2,720

of 53,615 first names recorded in the 2020 Census

People
8,617
About
1 in 35,051
This common or more
80.7%
Who bears it

Of the 8,617 people named Alla, 96.2% reported their origin as White, 1.3% as Black and 1% as Asian or Pacific Islander. 97.8% are female. These count how people described themselves on the 2020 Census, not where the name comes from.

Alla peaked in 1927, when 25 babies got the name.

Births per year, SSA records 1880–2025
18802025
Peak year
1927
Births that year
25
In 2025*
5 ▼80%
Recorded as
almost entirely female

At least 1,202 babies have been given the name since 1880. 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.

Alla by decade

Among all names given to American babies, its best decade was the 1890s, when it ranked #1,989. The largest share of babies named Alla, 32.9%, were born between 1901 and 1927, the Greatest Generation's birth years.

1880s#2,00831
1890s#1,98964
1900s#2,16980
1910s#3,164154
1920s#3,397208
1930s#3,694151
1940s#5,96972
1950s#8,51743
1960s#14,95510
1980s#18,48028
1990s#12,044112
2000s#13,110138
2010s#19,76676
2020s#21,58335
Before 19018.7%
Greatest Generation 1901–2732.9%
Silent Generation 1928–4519.5%
Baby boom 1946–646.2%
Generation X 1965–800.4%
Millennials 1981–968.5%
Generation Z 1997–1216.4%
2013 and later7.5%

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 Alla

#2,718 Channing · 8,623#2,719 Arleen · 8,620#2,721 Landry · 8,615#2,722 Estefania · 8,613

Spelled almost the same

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

#2,025 Ally · 13,525#2,125 Alia · 12,618#4,049 Alli · 4,789#4,333 Alaa · 4,362#4,826 Alea · 3,735#7,462 Ala · 2,046#9,249 Alya · 1,517#20,595 Allia · 500

Also a last name

As a last name, Alla ranks #31,542 of 156,621, with 786 people. See Alla as a last name

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