Alajah — #10602 US girls' name
687 babies named Alajah in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2005. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 40% of names given to girls today.
53% of everyone ever named Alajah was born in this single decade.
47 babies were named Alajah in 2005 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alajah
The Social Security Administration has registered 687 babies named Alajah between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alajah currently holds the #10602 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2005, when 47 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alajah performed strongest in the 2000s, accumulating 365 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alajah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Louisiana, which accounts for 34 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Georgia and California. In total, SSA state-level files list Alajah in 6 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alajah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 687 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alajah at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Alajah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2005)
- 47
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #10602 among girls.
687 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2005 with 47 births in a single year.
Alajah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2000s
- 365 births that decade — 53% of Alajah's all-time total
Alajah decade highlights
- Peak decade 365 births
- Runner-up 215 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2000s was Alajah's strongest decade
365 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 53% of all-time use.
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 687 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 6 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- Louisiana 4.9% of nationwide
- Georgia 2.3% of nationwide
- California 1.7% of nationwide
- Texas 1.0% of nationwide
- Ohio 0.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 6 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Louisiana accounts for 4.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.