Alea Girl
How popular is Alea?
#2,957 girl name in 2025
56 baby girls were named Alea in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
Alea popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,957 for girls (▲ 162 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 56 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling (-18% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #2,619 in 2015, #2,748 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2000 (156 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,227 in 1999 |
| First recorded | 1961 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alea counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Aleah family of names ranked #780 for girls in 2025 (#643 the year before), with 321 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Aleah | 265 | 83% |
| Alea | 56 | 17% |
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 Alea is most popular
Babies named Alea per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Hawaii: 0.4 per 1,000 (5 girls)
- New York: 0.1 per 1,000 (26 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (50 girls)
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (23 girls)
- Washington: 0.0 per 1,000 (5 girls)
Alea by decade
| Decade | Baby girls | Best rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1960s | 31 | #4,197 |
| 1970s | 162 | #2,572 |
| 1980s | 459 | #1,838 |
| 1990s | 1,040 | #1,227 |
| 2000s | 1,254 | #1,253 |
| 2010s | 784 | #1,817 |
| 2020s | 355 | #2,510 |
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Questions
- Is Alea a boy or girl name?
- Alea is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alea were girls.
- How popular is the name Alea?
- 56 baby girls were named Alea in the US in 2025, making it the 2957th most popular girl name.
- When was Alea most popular?
- Alea peaked in 2000, when 156 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,227 in 1999.
- How many people are named Alea?
- 4,085 babies have been named Alea in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,027 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 24.
- Where is Alea most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alea was most common in Hawaii, at 0.4 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.