Alaa Girl

How popular is Alaa?

#3,211 girl name in 2025

49 baby girls were named Alaa in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).

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1,963living people named Alaa (est.)
18median age of people named Alaa
1,989babies named Alaa since 1880
1 in 60,279US babies born in 2025

Alaa popularity over time

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Boys Girls

Rank in 2025#3,211 for girls (▼ 392 from 2024)
Babies in 202549 girls, 6 boys
10-year trendSteady (-13% babies vs 2015)
Earlier ranks#3,024 in 2015, #3,338 in 2020
Peak year2017 (61 girls)
Highest rank#2,779 in 2017
First recorded1981
Boys vs girls (last 10 years)13% boys, 87% girls
Chance a classmate shares it0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025

Alaa counting every spelling

Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alaa family of names ranked #2,143 for girls in 2025 (#2,162 the year before), with 60 babies in all.

SpellingGirls in 2025Share
Alaa 49 82%
Aylaa 6 10%
Aalaa 5 8%

Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.

Where Alaa is most popular

Babies named Alaa per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.

  1. Michigan: 0.3 per 1,000 (52 girls)
  2. New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
  3. Massachusetts: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  4. Virginia: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
  5. Illinois: 0.0 per 1,000 (6 girls)

Alaa by decade

DecadeBaby girlsBest rank
1980s104#4,842
1990s288#3,363
2000s339#2,936
2010s503#2,779
2020s291#2,819

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Questions

Is Alaa a boy or girl name?
Alaa is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 87% of babies named Alaa were girls.
How popular is the name Alaa?
49 baby girls were named Alaa in the US in 2025, making it the 3211th most popular girl name. Another 6 boys got the name (#10,691 for boys).
When was Alaa most popular?
Alaa peaked in 2017, when 61 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #2,779 in 2017.
How many people are named Alaa?
1,989 babies have been named Alaa in the US since 1880. We estimate about 1,963 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 18.
Where is Alaa most popular?
From 2021 to 2025, Alaa was most common in Michigan, at 0.3 of every 1,000 girls born there.

Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.