Unisex name · since 2006
Alai
Alai has 68 recorded births since 2006 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2023 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #31,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,616 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
68 babies have been named Alai since 2006, making it today's #10616 unisex name.
Social Security Administration records show Alai recorded 68 times among girls since 2006, holding rank #10616 nationally today, ahead of 39% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2006 to 2025.
- #31,391 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,616 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 68 born since 2006
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alai ranks #31,391 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,616 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 68 born since 2006, peaking in the 2020s.
- #31,391 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,616 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 68
- born since 2006
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alai's 68 recorded births place it above 56.37% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alai compares
68 19th percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alai's all-time total is 82% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alai | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 68 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alai's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alai's full recorded timeline at 2021, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2023 peak of 10 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alai popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2006–2025
- Peak year (2023)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 20 years of records
Alai popularity over time - boys
6 total births recorded since 2014 (Alai as boys' name)
Alai by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (45 births, 66% of the file).
2020s was Alai's strongest decade.
45 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 66% of all-time use.
Alai births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
18 births
- 2020s
2020s
45 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 45 births (66% of all-time use).
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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, 2006–2025 (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 Alai 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.