Girls' name · since 1994
Aala
139 babies named Aala in U.S. Social Security records since 1994, with the highest year being 2017. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #23,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aala is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 139 have been recorded since 1994.
Aala has 139 recorded births among girls since 1994, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1994 to 2023.
- #23,530 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 139 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aala ranks #23,530 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 139 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #23,530 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 139
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Aala's 139 recorded births place it above 67.36% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Aala's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aala splits its recorded history at 2015: 54% of all births land in the more recent half, 46% in the earlier half, an evenly balanced pattern over time. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2017 peak of 13 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aala popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2023
- Peak year (2017)
- 13
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Aala by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (85 births, 61% of the file).
2010s was Aala's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 61% of all-time use.
Aala births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s 24
2000s
24 births
- 2010s
2010s
85 births
- 2020s 24
2020s
24 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 85 births (61% of all-time use).
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- Aala's decade-level peak was the 2010s (85 total births); usage has since declined to 24 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Aala: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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Similar record span (~29 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1994–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Aala draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.