Boys' name · since 2016
Alaz
Since 2016, U.S. Social Security records show 17 babies named Alaz, peaking in 2024. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #29,955 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
17 boys have been named Alaz since 2016, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Alaz has 17 recorded births among boys since 2016, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used boys names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2016 to 2024.
- #29,955 of 45,481 all-time among boys
- 17 born since 2016
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaz ranks #29,955 of 45,481 boys' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 17 born since 2016, peaking in the 2010s.
- #29,955 of 45,481
- all-time among boys
- 17
- born since 2016
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alaz's 17 recorded births place it above 32.96% of the 45,481 boys names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alaz's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alaz's full recorded timeline at 2017, 71% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 29% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2016, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2024 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alaz popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2016–2024
- Peak year (2024)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
Alaz by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (10 births, 59% of the file).
2010s was Alaz's strongest decade.
10 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 59% of all-time use.
Alaz births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s
2010s
10 births
- 2020s
2020s
7 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 10 births (59% of all-time use).
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- Alaz's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (10 total births) through the 2020s (7) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alaz: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2024)
Similar record span (~8 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, 2016–2024 (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 Alaz 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.