girls:
1.4k births since 1981
#4317 (24th percentile)
boys:
450 births since 1979
#4136 (10th percentile)
overall:
1.9k births since 1979
#5896 (24th percentile)
The name Alaa is the #5,896 most popular name of all time in the U.S. on a gender-neutral basis, with a total of 1,864 recorded births since 1979. This represents the 23.8% percentile of name popularity (more popular than 23.8% of all names). For girls, it ranks #4,317 (24.5% percentile) for all time with 1,414 births since 1981. For boys, it ranks #4,136 (9.8% percentile) for all time with 450 births since 1979.
Alaa first appeared in U.S. birth records in 1979 (1979 for boys and 1981 for girls).
The name Alaa has been given predominantly to girls, with 75.9% of all recorded births being female. In 2023, 84.4% of babies named Alaa were girls. Interestingly, until around 1982, the name was more popular for boys (52.2% boys from 1979 to 1981), but since then it has been more commonly used for girls (76.2% girls from 1982 to 2023).
For girls, Alaa reached its peak popularity in 2017, achieving the 5.9% percentile (ranked #893) with 32 births per million. The name was most common in 2017, with 32 births per million (ranked 5.9% percentile). Since reaching a high point in 2019, the popularity of this name for girls has been declining. Currently, Alaa ranks #914 for girls (3.5% percentile) with 22 births per million, which is 67.3% of its peak share of births.
For boys, Alaa reached its peak popularity in 1994, achieving the 2.5% percentile (ranked #757) with 12 births per million. The name was most common in 1994, with 12 births per million (ranked 2.5% percentile). Since reaching a high point around 2020, the popularity of this name for boys has been declining. Currently, Alaa ranks #909 for boys (0.2% percentile) with 4 births per million, which is 32.5% of its peak share of births.
This chart shows the total number of births per million babies in each year for the name "Alaa".
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Our model has identified 4 different pronunciations for the name Alaa. Click the play button under each pronunciation to hear it spoken aloud.
Our model is 48.6% confident that Alaa is pronounced as uh-LAH, which has 2 syllables. The next most likely pronunciation is AH-lah, at 27.0% confidence, with 2 syllables.
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