Recorded 1880–2023 Girls' name Peak 1927 1,187 births

Alla — girls' name

1,187 babies named Alla in U.S. Social Security records since 1880, with the highest year being 1927. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.

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1920s
Peak decade

18% of everyone ever named Alla was born in this single decade.

1927
Single peak year

25 babies were named Alla in 1927 — its busiest year on record.

What the Data Says About Alla

The Social Security Administration has registered 1,187 babies named Alla between 1880 and 2023, spanning 144 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alla currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2023. The name reached its historical peak in 1927, when 25 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alla performed strongest in the 1920s, accumulating 208 births during that ten-year window. Across the 14 decades of recorded activity, Alla shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 38 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by California and Washington. In total, SSA state-level files list Alla in 4 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alla in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 1,187 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.

Alla at a glance

Last recorded 2023

Total births

1,187

Since 1880

144 years of records

Peak year

1927

25 births that year

Strongest decade: 1920s

Current rank

Unranked

Outside the modern top-1,000

As of 2023

Active since

1880

Recorded for 144 years

Last year on file: 2023

Alla popularity over time — girls

Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2023–1880

Last recorded 2023
Peak year (1927)
25
Annual births at peak — across 144 years of records
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Alla popularity over time — boys

10 total births recorded since 1986 (Alla as boys' name)

Unisex variant — 10 births
5 19921986 5

Alla by decade

Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance

Peak: 1920s
Peak decade
1920s
208 births that decade — 18% of Alla's all-time total
1880s311890s641900s801910s1541920s2081930s1511940s721950s431960s101980s231990s1072000s1382010s762020s30

Alla by state

Where Alla concentrates geographically — total births since 1880

Geographically diffuse
Top 4 states by recorded births for the name Alla
Rank State Visual share Births Share of total
#1 Texas
38 3.2%
#2 California
11 0.9%
#3 Washington
11 0.9%
#4 Arkansas
5 0.4%
Texas share of Alla's total US births 3.2%
Even split

38 of 1,187 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.

Frequently Asked Questions

How popular is the name Alla?
1,187 babies have been named Alla since 1880. It was last recorded in 2023. The peak year was 1927 with 25 births.
When was Alla most popular?
Alla was most popular in the 1920s decade with 208 total births. The single peak year was 1927.
Where is Alla most popular?
The top states for the name Alla are Texas (38 births), California (11 births), Washington (11 births).
How long has the name Alla been used?
Alla has been recorded in Social Security data since 1880, spanning 144 years of data through 2023.
What names are similar to Alla?
Names with a similar sound or spelling include Allison, Allyson, Allie, Ally, and 4 more. These share a common prefix and are also used for girls.

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Data Sources

Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).

Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1880–2023 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.

State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.