Girls' name · since 1995
Alajah
Alajah has 693 recorded births since 1995 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2005 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,824 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 693
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alajah is the #13824 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 693 recorded since 1995.
Alajah has 693 recorded births among girls since 1995, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #13824 as of the latest data, more common than 20% of girls, 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 1995 to 2025.
- #9,572 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #13,824 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 693 born since 1995
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alajah ranks #9,572 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #13,824 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 693 born since 1995, peaking in the 2000s.
- #9,572 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #13,824 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 693
- born since 1995
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alajah's 693 recorded births place it above 86.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
6 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by Louisiana.
How Alajah compares
693 Top 39% higher than 61% of 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
Alajah's all-time total is 84% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alajah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 693 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 47 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alajah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alajah's full recorded timeline at 2010, 38% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 62% in the earlier half -- the name was more prevalent in its earlier era than it is today. Its quietest year on record was 1995, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2005 peak of 47 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1995–2025
- Peak year (2005)
- 47
- Annual births at peak, across 31 years of records
Alajah by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (365 births, 53% of the file).
2000s was Alajah's strongest decade.
365 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 53% of all-time use.
Alajah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 66
1990s
66 births
- 2000s
2000s
365 births
- 2010s
2010s
215 births
- 2020s 47
2020s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 365 births (53% of all-time use).
How Alajah compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alajah's total volume
Alajah by state
Where Alajah concentrates geographically, total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Louisiana | | 34 | 4.9% |
| #2 | Georgia | | 16 | 2.3% |
| #3 | California | | 12 | 1.7% |
| #4 | Texas | | 7 | 1.0% |
| #5 | Ohio | | 6 | 0.9% |
| #6 | Mississippi | | 5 | 0.7% |
34 of 693 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
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What to do with Alajah's data
- Alajah's decade-level peak was the 2000s (365 total births); usage has since declined to 47 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- Louisiana records the most Alajahs (34 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. Louisiana names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alajah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2005)
Similar record span (~30 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, 1995–2025 (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 Alajah 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.