Unisex name · since 2018
Alula
Alula has 47 recorded births since 2018 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2020 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #35,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alula sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 47 recorded since 2018.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alula has been recorded 47 times among girls since 2018, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 2018 to 2024.
- #35,610 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 47 born since 2018
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alula ranks #35,610 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 47 born since 2018, peaking in the 2020s.
- #35,610 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 47
- born since 2018
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alula's 47 recorded births place it above 50.45% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alula's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alula's full recorded timeline at 2021, 49% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 51% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 2021, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2020 peak of 17 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alula popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2018–2024
- Peak year (2020)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 7 years of records
Alula popularity over time - boys
34 total births recorded since 1994 (Alula as boys' name)
Alula by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (40 births, 85% of the file).
2020s was Alula's strongest decade.
40 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 85% of all-time use.
Alula births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2010s 7
2010s
7 births
- 2020s
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 40 births (85% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alula: 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, 2018–2024 (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 Alula 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.