Name Trends

See the popularity of first names over time in the USA

How popular is “Ala” in the USA?

Number of people named “Ala” by birth year

This chart shows how many people named “Ala” were born each year.

Due to changes to population growth and data collection rates over time, this isn't a good chart for understanding popularity.

Popularity of “Ala” by birth year

This chart shows how the popularity of “Ala” has changed over time.

Popularity is the number of people named “Ala” born in that year divided by the total number of births for that year.

Bias in sex for “Ala” by birth year

This chart shows how “Ala” has been used as gendered name over time. The scale ranges from 1 (only females) to -1 (only males).

Sex is a required field in SSA's Social Security Card applications (only 2 options). Most applications are filed around a person's time of birth.

The raw data

This table shows the data used in the above charts.

Year Count Proportion Females Males Bias toward female
1889 5 0.000017304 5 100%
1907 6 0.000012892 6 100%
1908 7 0.000014325 7 100%
1910 8 0.000013543 8 100%
1911 5 0.000007761 5 100%
1912 6 0.000006072 6 100%
1913 8 0.000007035 8 100%
1914 7 0.000004942 7 100%
1915 9 0.000004912 9 100%
1916 9 0.000004653 9 100%
1917 17 0.000008471 17 100%
1918 15 0.000006909 15 100%
1919 10 0.000004739 10 100%
1920 6 0.000002652 6 100%
1921 10 0.000004284 10 100%
1922 9 0.000003932 9 100%
1923 11 0.000004777 11 100%
1924 6 0.000002519 6 100%
1925 6 0.000002571 6 100%
1926 6 0.000002613 6 100%
1927 9 0.00000388 9 100%
1928 8 0.000003538 8 100%
1929 5 0.000002281 5 100%
1932 6 0.000002842 6 100%
1935 6 0.000002871 6 100%
1936 7 0.000003369 7 100%
1938 5 0.00000226 5 100%
1949 7 0.000002009 7 100%
1950 7 0.000001998 7 100%
1951 5 0.000001357 5 100%
1958 5 0.00000121 5 -100%
1959 5 0.000001203 5 100%
1971 5 0.000001457 5 100%
1975 5 0.000001656 5 100%
1979 12 0.000003607 6 6 0%
1980 6 0.000001742 6 -100%
1981 5 0.000001445 5 -100%
1983 11 0.000003176 6 5 9%
1984 14 0.000004013 9 5 29%
1985 16 0.000004483 7 9 -13%
1986 10 0.000002811 10 -100%
1987 14 0.000003883 9 5 29%
1988 14 0.000003789 14 100%
1989 26 0.000006763 18 8 38%
1990 16 0.000004048 16 100%
1991 23 0.000005905 17 6 48%
1992 27 0.000007029 20 7 48%
1993 22 0.000005835 15 7 36%
1994 16 0.000004304 7 9 -13%
1995 12 0.000003277 7 5 17%
1996 23 0.000006306 16 7 39%
1997 17 0.000004689 9 8 6%
1998 17 0.000004622 11 6 29%
1999 17 0.000004602 12 5 41%
2000 12 0.000003175 12 100%
2001 8 0.000002137 8 100%
2002 9 0.000002408 9 100%
2003 10 0.00000263 10 100%
2004 17 0.000004449 10 7 18%
2005 11 0.000002861 11 100%
2006 8 0.000002022 8 100%
2007 17 0.000004252 11 6 29%
2008 10 0.000002544 10 100%
2009 13 0.000003403 13 100%
2010 10 0.000002706 10 100%
2011 14 0.000003827 9 5 29%
2012 13 0.000003554 13 100%
2013 15 0.000004114 15 100%
2014 17 0.000004587 17 100%
2015 22 0.000005944 22 100%
2016 14 0.000003816 14 100%
2017 24 0.000006711 24 100%
2018 13 0.000003697 13 100%
2019 20 0.000005762 20 100%
2020 16 0.00000479 16 100%
2021 19 0.000005608 19 100%
2022 14 0.000004138 14 100%
2023 14 0.000004228 14 100%
2024 12 0.000003605 12 100%

Explore other names

These names are alphabetically near to Ala:

  1. Akyrah
  2. Akyria
  3. Akyrie
  4. Akzel
  5. Al
  6. Ala (this page)
  7. Alaa
  8. Alaan
  9. Alaana
  10. Alaaya
  11. Alabama