Girls' name · since 1989
Alara
Alara has 2,183 recorded births since 1989 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #4,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,183
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alara is the #653 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 2,183 recorded since 1989.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alara has been recorded 2,183 times among girls since 1989, currently ranked #653 nationally and more common than 96% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1989 to 2025.
- #4,445 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #653 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 2,183 born since 1989
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alara ranks #4,445 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #653 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 2,183 born since 1989, peaking in the 2020s.
- #4,445 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #653 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 2,183
- born since 1989
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alara's 2,183 recorded births place it above 93.85% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
28 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alara compares
2,183 Top 22% higher than 78% 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
Alara's all-time total is 6x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alara | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 2,183 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 441 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alara's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alara's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 85% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 15%, consistent with a name still gaining ground rather than fading. Its calmest year was 1994, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2025 peak of 441, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alara popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1989–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 441
- Annual births at peak, across 37 years of records
Alara by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (1,213 births, 56% of the file).
2020s was Alara's strongest decade.
1,213 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 56% of all-time use.
Alara births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1980s 6
1980s
6 births
- 1990s 64
1990s
64 births
- 2000s 295
2000s
295 births
- 2010s
2010s
605 births
- 2020s
2020s
1,213 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 1,213 births (56% of all-time use).
How Alara 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 Alara's total volume
Alara by state
Where Alara concentrates geographically, total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 225 | 10.3% |
| #2 | Texas | | 175 | 8.0% |
| #3 | Florida | | 154 | 7.1% |
| #4 | New York | | 115 | 5.3% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #6 | Pennsylvania | | 41 | 1.9% |
| #7 | Virginia | | 36 | 1.6% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 32 | 1.5% |
225 of 2,183 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 28 reporting states.
Alara appears in 28 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alara's data
- California records the most Alaras (225 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California 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 Alara: 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 (~36 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, 1989–2025 (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 Alara 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.