Girls' name · since 1913
Aloha
Aloha has 867 recorded births since 1913 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 1927 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 867
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Aloha currently ranks #15037 among girls' names in America, with 867 babies recorded since 1913.
Aloha has 867 recorded births among girls since 1913, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #15037 as of the latest data, more common than 13% of girls, busiest in the 1920s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1913 to 2025.
- #8,286 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,037 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 867 born since 1913
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Aloha ranks #8,286 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,037 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 867 born since 1913, peaking in the 1920s.
- #8,286 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,037 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 867
- born since 1913
- 1920s
- peak decade
Aloha's 867 recorded births place it above 88.53% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Aloha compares
867 Top 35% higher than 65% 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
Aloha's all-time total is 131% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Aloha | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 867 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 37 | 21 | 19,840 |
Aloha's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Aloha splits its recorded history at 1946: 31% of all births land in the more recent half, 69% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 1914 (5 births) -- compare that against the 1927 peak of 37 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Aloha popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1913–2025
- Peak year (1927)
- 37
- Annual births at peak, across 113 years of records
Aloha by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (202 births, 23% of the file).
1920s was Aloha's strongest decade.
202 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Aloha births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
102 births
- 1920s
1920s
202 births
- 1930s
1930s
183 births
- 1940s
1940s
172 births
- 1950s
1950s
90 births
- 1960s 39
1960s
39 births
- 1970s 27
1970s
27 births
- 1980s 17
1980s
17 births
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
- 2010s 11
2010s
11 births
- 2020s 13
2020s
13 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 202 births (23% of all-time use).
How Aloha 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 Aloha's total volume
Aloha by state
Where Aloha concentrates geographically, total births since 1913
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 33 | 3.8% |
33 of 867 births nationwide.
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What to do with Aloha's data
- Aloha's decade-level peak was the 1920s (202 total births); usage has since declined to 13 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alohas (33 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Aloha: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1927)
Similar record span (~112 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, 1913–2025 (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 Aloha 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.