Girls' name · since 2000
Alaira
Since 2000, U.S. Social Security records show 213 babies named Alaira, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #19,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 213
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alaira is the #6247 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 213 recorded since 2000.
Alaira has 213 recorded births among girls since 2000, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #6247 as of the latest data, more common than 64% of girls, 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 2000 to 2025.
- #19,140 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,247 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 213 born since 2000
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaira ranks #19,140 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,247 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 213 born since 2000, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,140 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,247 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 213
- born since 2000
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alaira's 213 recorded births place it above 73.47% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by Texas.
How Alaira compares
213 38th 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
Alaira's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alaira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 213 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 19 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alaira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alaira's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2005, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 19, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alaira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 19
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Alaira by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (77 births, 36% of the file).
2010s was Alaira's strongest decade.
77 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 36% of all-time use.
Alaira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
74 births
- 2010s
2010s
77 births
- 2020s
2020s
62 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 77 births (36% of all-time use).
Alaira by state
Where Alaira concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.3% |
5 of 213 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alaira's data
- Alaira's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (77 total births) through the 2020s (62) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- Texas records the most Alairas (5 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Texas names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alaira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~25 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, 2000–2025 (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 Alaira 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.