Girls' name · since 2008
Alirah
Alirah has 31 recorded births since 2008 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #40,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alirah currently ranks #14283 among girls' names in America, with 31 babies recorded since 2008.
Social Security Administration records show Alirah recorded 31 times among girls since 2008, holding rank #14283 nationally today, ahead of 17% 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 2008 to 2025.
- #40,427 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #14,283 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 31 born since 2008
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alirah ranks #40,427 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #14,283 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 31 born since 2008, peaking in the 2020s.
- #40,427 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #14,283 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 31
- born since 2008
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alirah's 31 recorded births place it above 43.66% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alirah compares
31 11th 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
Alirah's all-time total is 92% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alirah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 31 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 9 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alirah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alirah's SSA record in two at 2022 and the more recent half accounts for 55% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 45%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 2008, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 9, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alirah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2008–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 9
- Annual births at peak, across 18 years of records
Alirah by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (17 births, 55% of the file).
2020s was Alirah's strongest decade.
17 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 55% of all-time use.
Alirah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s 5
2000s
5 births
- 2010s
2010s
9 births
- 2020s
2020s
17 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 17 births (55% of all-time use).
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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, 2008–2025 (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 Alirah 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.