Girls' name · since 1920
Alaire
Alaire has 46 recorded births since 1920 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2008 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
46 girls have been named Alaire since 1920, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alaire has 46 recorded births among girls since 1920, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1920 to 2024.
- #35,843 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 46 born since 1920
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaire ranks #35,843 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 46 born since 1920, peaking in the 2000s.
- #35,843 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 46
- born since 1920
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alaire's 46 recorded births place it above 50.1% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alaire's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alaire's SSA record in two at 2008 and the more recent half accounts for 57% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 43%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1920, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2008 peak of 8, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alaire popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1920–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 105 years of records
Alaire by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (18 births, 39% of the file).
2000s was Alaire's strongest decade.
18 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 39% of all-time use.
Alaire births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1920s
1920s
10 births
- 2000s
2000s
18 births
- 2010s
2010s
13 births
- 2020s 5
2020s
5 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 18 births (39% of all-time use).
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- Alaire's decade-level peak was the 2000s (18 total births); usage has since declined to 5 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alaire: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~104 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, 1920–2024 (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 Alaire 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.