Baby Names US
girls' name ★ peaked 2025

Alara

Gender Girl Rank 2025 #652 Trend ↑ Rising 164%
Rank 2025
#652
among girls · ↑412 vs 2024
Babies in 2025
441
named Alara · +88% vs 2024
How common
1 in 3,645
girls born in 2025
Peak year
2025
441 babies
All-time total
2,183
#4,447 all-time among girls
First recorded
1989
in Social Security records

Alara popularity over time

2,183 babies have been named Alara since 1989, according to official Social Security records. Switch measure to see births per year or the yearly rank.

Measure
Births per 1,000 babies of that sex, comparable across eras
0.080.150.230.318801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2025Girls

By decade. Change compares yearly averages, so the current partial decade is on equal footing. Best rank is the name's best yearly rank within the decade.

Decade Girls Per year Change Best rank
1880s – – – –
1890s – – – –
1900s – – – –
1910s – – – –
1920s – – – –
1930s – – – –
1940s – – – –
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1970s – – – –
1980s 6 1 – #10,878
1990s 64 6 +967% #7,117
2000s 295 30 +361% #3,873
2010s 605 61 +105% #1,569
2020s (to 2025) 1,213 202 +234% #652

Where Alara is heading

A five-year projection from the recent trend in births per 1,000 girls (damped so it flattens over time), converted to babies at today's birth totals. The implied rank places that projection in the 2025 field. A projection, not a promise: real trends bend.

Year Projected babies Per 1,000 girls Implied rank
2026 517 0.32 outside top 500
2027 593 0.37 outside top 500
2028 665 0.41 #463
2029 734 0.46 #424
2030 798 0.50 #389

Where Alara is most popular

Girls named Alara per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021–2025. National average: 0.137 per 1,000. Strongest in Florida, Nevada, and Maryland.

Vs national average
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All 50 states and DC, sorted by rate. Counts are girls named Alara born 2021–2025; the per-1,000 rate makes states of different sizes comparable, and the last column shows each state against the national average.

State Girls 2021–2025 Per 1,000 vs national
Florida 119 0.278 +102%
Nevada 11 0.237 +72%
Maryland 22 0.208 +51%
Oklahoma 14 0.190 +38%
New York 75 0.189 +38%
Virginia 31 0.182 +32%
California 151 0.180 +31%
Wisconsin 18 0.175 +27%
New Jersey 31 0.172 +25%
Oregon 10 0.154 +12%
Texas 121 0.150 +9%
Washington 21 0.145 +6%
Pennsylvania 34 0.144 +5%
Massachusetts 17 0.141 ≈ national
Colorado 14 0.125 -9%
Ohio 27 0.114 -17%
Georgia 25 0.110 -20%
Illinois 24 0.105 -24%
North Carolina 23 0.101 -26%
South Carolina 9 0.100 -27%
Michigan 17 0.093 -32%
Kentucky 7 0.082 -40%
Tennessee 12 0.076 -45%
Indiana 9 0.064 -53%
Missouri 7 0.058 -58%
Louisiana 5 0.057 -58%
Arizona 8 0.057 -59%
Minnesota 5 0.046 -66%
Alaska – – –
Alabama – – –
Arkansas – – –
Connecticut – – –
District of Columbia – – –
Delaware – – –
Hawaii – – –
Iowa – – –
Idaho – – –
Kansas – – –
Maine – – –
Mississippi – – –
Montana – – –
North Dakota – – –
Nebraska – – –
New Hampshire – – –
New Mexico – – –
Rhode Island – – –
South Dakota – – –
Utah – – –
Vermont – – –
West Virginia – – –
Wyoming – – –

State counts come from the Social Security Administration's state files, which omit any state-year with fewer than five babies of a name, so small states can undercount slightly.

The story of Alara

Alara is uncommon for girls in the United States, ranked #652 in 2025 with 441 babies given the name. It is currently rising compared with a decade ago.

Since 1989, 2,183 American babies have been named Alara. Its peak came in 2025, when 441 newborns received the name, the signature sound of the 2020s.

The chart above shows the full history: the popularity view (births per 1,000 babies) is the honest comparison across generations, since total US births have changed enormously since 1880. Switch to the rank view to see where Alara stood among all girls' names in any year, or use the compare tool to plot it against other names.

How old are people named Alara?

The median living Alara is about 4 years old; half are between 1 and 12. An estimated 2,200 people named Alara are alive in the United States today.

median 4 020406080100

Estimated from births per year and Social Security period life tables; an approximation of the living age distribution, by age in years.

Alara year by year

Every year since 2001, and five-year steps back to 1880. Rank is within each sex.

Year Girls Girls rank
2025 441 #652
2024 234 #1,064
2023 177 #1,293
2022 144 #1,507
2021 119 #1,730
2020 98 #1,948
2019 136 #1,569
2018 98 #1,997
2017 63 #2,713
2016 38 #3,929
2015 45 #3,479
2014 37 #4,006
2013 37 #4,007
2012 54 #3,098
2011 48 #3,354
2010 49 #3,311
2009 40 #3,873
2008 34 #4,454
2007 35 #4,301
2006 30 #4,690
2005 24 #5,274
2004 30 #4,495
2003 30 #4,312
2002 30 #4,183
2001 22 #5,185
2000 20 #5,498
1995 8 #9,586
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Famous people named Alara

The most globally famous bearers of the name, ranked by fame across Wikipedia editions (Pantheon project, MIT).

  1. 1 Alara of Nubia Alara of Nubia Founder of the Napatan royal dynasty of Kush -900–-765 · Antiquity

Portraits from Wikipedia (Wikimedia Commons).

Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about Alara, drawn from the same Social Security data as the charts above.

How old is the average Alara?

The median living Alara is about 4 years old. Half of all living Alaras are between 1 and 12 years old.

How many people named Alara are alive today?

An estimated 2,200 people named Alara are alive in the United States, based on 2,183 recorded births and Social Security life tables.

How popular is the name Alara in 2025?

Alara ranked #652 among girls' names in the United States in 2025, with 441 babies given the name, according to Social Security Administration data.

How many people are named Alara?

2,183 babies have been named Alara in the United States since 1989, based on Social Security card applications.

When was the name Alara most popular?

Alara peaked in 2025, when 441 newborns received the name.

Is Alara a boy or girl name?

Alara is overwhelmingly a girl's name: 100% of babies with the name.

Is the name Alara rising or falling?

Alara is on the rise, noticeably more popular now than a decade ago.

Will Alara become more popular?

Alara is trending upward. If the recent trend holds, we project roughly 798 girls named Alara in 2030, which would rank around #389. Forecasts assume the current trend continues and become less certain further out.

Who are famous people named Alara?

Well-known people named Alara include Alara of Nubia (politician).

Names like Alara

Names that sound and feel close to Alara: shared sounds, similar era, similar popularity. Each links to its full history.

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