Girls' name · since 1997
Alajia
Since 1997, U.S. Social Security records show 67 babies named Alajia, peaking in 2006. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #31,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
67 girls have been named Alajia since 1997, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alajia has 67 recorded births among girls since 1997, 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 1997 to 2012.
- #31,565 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 67 born since 1997
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alajia ranks #31,565 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 67 born since 1997, peaking in the 2000s.
- #31,565 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 67
- born since 1997
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alajia's 67 recorded births place it above 56.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alajia's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alajia's full recorded timeline at 2003, 55% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 45% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1997, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2006 peak of 8 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alajia popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2012
- Peak year (2006)
- 8
- Annual births at peak, across 16 years of records
Alajia by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (50 births, 75% of the file).
2000s was Alajia's strongest decade.
50 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 75% of all-time use.
Alajia births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 11
1990s
11 births
- 2000s
2000s
50 births
- 2010s 6
2010s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 50 births (75% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alajia's data
- Alajia's decade-level peak was the 2000s (50 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2010s -- 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 Alajia: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2006)
Similar record span (~15 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, 1997–2012 (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 Alajia 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.