Girls' name · since 2000
Alira
Alira has 258 recorded births since 2000 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,429 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
258 babies have been named Alira since 2000, making it today's #4429 girls' name.
Social Security Administration records show Alira recorded 258 times among girls since 2000, holding rank #4429 nationally today, ahead of 74% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2000 to 2025.
- #17,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #4,429 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 258 born since 2000
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alira ranks #17,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #4,429 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 258 born since 2000, peaking in the 2020s.
- #17,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #4,429 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 258
- born since 2000
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alira's 258 recorded births place it above 76.05% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alira compares
258 42nd percentile among 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
Alira's all-time total is 31% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alira | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 258 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 32 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alira's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alira's full recorded timeline at 2016, 73% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 27% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 2006, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 32 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alira popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2000–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 32
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Alira by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (122 births, 47% of the file).
2020s was Alira's strongest decade.
122 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 47% of all-time use.
Alira births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 28
2000s
28 births
- 2010s
2010s
108 births
- 2020s
2020s
122 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 122 births (47% of all-time use).
Alira by state
Where Alira concentrates geographically, total births since 2000
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 10 | 3.9% |
10 of 258 births nationwide.
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What to do with Alira's data
- California records the most Aliras (10 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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Two nationwide peer axes for Alira: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
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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, 2000–2025 (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 Alira 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.