NameTides

Alara

Alara was the #652 girls' name in the US in 2025 (441 babies), and #312 in England & Wales and #502 in Canada.

Alara as a girl’s name

  • US
  • England & Wales
  • Scotland
  • Northern Ireland
  • Ireland
  • Canada
Alara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.5218801900192019401960198020002020Northern IrelandEngland & WalesScotlandCanadaIrelandUS
Alara as a girl’s name, US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, CanadaBabies per 1,000 in the published list, 1880–2025, for US, England & Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Ireland, Canada. Gaps mark years with too few babies to be published.00.511.521880192019602000
Babies per 1,000 of the same sex in each published list. Breaks in a line are years with too few babies to be published.
Show the numbers
YearUSEngland & WalesScotlandNorthern IrelandIrelandCanada
2025#652 (441)#312 (139)#359 (9)#161 (11)#544 (6)#502 (61)
2024#1,064 (234)#295 (150)#476 (6)#179 (10)#441 (8)#576 (51)
2023#1,292 (177)#338 (127)#540 (5)#209 (8)—#987 (26)
2022#1,506 (144)#366 (116)#760 (3)#183 (10)—#1,095 (23)
2021#1,730 (119)#491 (86)#558 (5)#350 (4)—#1,185 (21)
2020#1,948 (98)#571 (69)—#281 (5)—#1,557 (14)
2019#1,569 (136)#584 (68)#765 (3)#336 (4)—#1,104 (23)
2018#1,997 (98)#729 (54)———#1,862 (11)
2017#2,713 (63)#785 (50)———#2,179 (9)
2016#3,923 (38)#861 (43)#798 (3)——#3,294 (5)
2015#3,478 (45)#831 (45)#653 (4)———
2014#4,003 (37)#1,204 (28)———#2,185 (9)
2013#4,002 (37)#813 (47)———#2,888 (6)
2012#3,094 (54)#857 (44)#815 (3)——#3,334 (5)
2011#3,350 (48)#1,327 (23)#579 (5)———

The tide so far

  • Peaked in the US in 2025 at #652.
  • Rising over the last five years.
  • First recorded in the US in 1989.

How common is it?

about 1 in 3,600 baby girls in the published US list for 2025.

In a group of 1,000 children born that year, you would expect to meet fewer than 1. How we work this out.

How common, country by country

WhereSexLatest yearShareVerdict
USGirls2025about 1 in 3,600uncommon
England & WalesGirls2025about 1 in 1,800uncommon
ScotlandGirls2025about 1 in 2,000uncommon
Northern IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 660common
IrelandGirls2025about 1 in 3,500uncommon
CanadaGirls2025about 1 in 2,500uncommon

Next year

On its recent trend, Alara is likely to keep rising in the US in 2026: about 1 in 3,200 baby girls. Likely range 1 in 2,300 to 1 in 4,400.

Estimate, not an official figure. How we estimate.

Across the US

Alara by state, 2025Alaska: fewer than 5 babiesAKMaine: fewer than 5 babiesMEWisconsin: #700WIVermont: fewer than 5 babiesVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 babiesNHWashington: #1,046WAIdaho: fewer than 5 babiesIDMontana: fewer than 5 babiesMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesNDMinnesota: #835MNIllinois: #1,014ILMichigan: #735MINew York: #548NYMassachusetts: #761MAOregon: #619ORNevada: #235NVWyoming: fewer than 5 babiesWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 babiesSDIowa: fewer than 5 babiesIAIndiana: #651INOhio: #1,134OHPennsylvania: #595PANew Jersey: #499NJConnecticut: fewer than 5 babiesCTRhode Island: fewer than 5 babiesRICalifornia: #548CAUtah: fewer than 5 babiesUTColorado: #584CONebraska: fewer than 5 babiesNEMissouri: fewer than 5 babiesMOKentucky: #570KYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 babiesWVVirginia: #520VAMaryland: #459MDDelaware: fewer than 5 babiesDEArizona: #748AZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 babiesNMKansas: fewer than 5 babiesKSArkansas: fewer than 5 babiesARTennessee: #888TNNorth Carolina: #834NCSouth Carolina: #519SCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 babiesDCOklahoma: #483OKLouisiana: #776LAMississippi: fewer than 5 babiesMSAlabama: fewer than 5 babiesALGeorgia: #984GAHawaii: fewer than 5 babiesHITexas: #615TXFlorida: #329FL
Alara (girls) rank in each state, 2025. Hatched states recorded fewer than 5 babies.
  • #1–10
  • #11–50
  • #51–100
  • #101–500
  • below #500

Across Canada

ProvinceYearRankBabies
Ontario2024#59021

Alara (girls): rank in each province’s latest list. Only Quebec and Ontario publish full name lists; Ontario’s latest list is a year behind.

Spellings

Official statistics count each spelling separately, so we show them side by side rather than adding them up.

SpellingWhereSexLatest rankBabies
AlaraCanadaGirls#50261
AlaraEngland & WalesGirls#312139
AlaraIrelandGirls#5446
AlaraNorthern IrelandGirls#16111
AlaraScotlandGirls#3599
AlaraUSGirls#652441