How Many People Are Named Alara?
An estimated 1,727 people in the United States have the first name Alara. It is almost exclusively a female name. The average bearer is 10 years old, and Alara peaked in popularity in 2024 with 234 births that year.
Below you will find a full statistical profile of Alara as a first name in the United States, including gender data, a year-by-year popularity timeline going back to 1880, a decade breakdown, and state-by-state birth registrations. You can also check how many people share the full name Alara paired with any surname.
Key Insights
- Alara is a modern name. With an average bearer age of just 10, it has gained most of its popularity in recent years.
Estimated Living Americans
1,727
About 1 in 198,468 people in the U.S.
Rarity
Rare
Predicted Gender
Female
100.0% confidence
Average Age
10
years old
Peak Year
2024
234 births
Total Registered
1,742
since 1880
Gender Distribution for Alara
Alara is almost exclusively a female name. Out of 1,742 total births registered, 100.0% were female.
Alara as a female name
Ranked #1,059 in 2024
234 female births in 2024
Peak: 2024 (234 births)
Alara: Popularity Over Time
SSA records for Alara span from the 1980s to the 2020s, covering 5 decades of naming data. The most popular decade for this name was the 2020s, when 772 babies were registered. Alara remains highly popular today, with recent registration numbers near its historical peak.
Alara by Decade
How has Alara tracked across different eras? The table below groups all SSA birth registrations into 10-year periods, with separate male and female counts. The colored bar shows each decade's share relative to the peak.
Alara by State
Birth registrations for Alara span all 21 states and territories in the SSA database. The highest counts are in California, Texas, Florida. The lowest are in Tennessee, Oregon, Colorado. On average, about 34 Alaras were registered per state.
Alara + Last Name Combinations
How many people share a full name with Alara as the first name? Click a combination below to see the estimate, or search any pairing.
Names Similar to Alara
Other first names starting with A with a similar number of bearers.
Alara: Questions and Answers
How many people in the U.S. are named Alara?
We estimate approximately 1,727 people named Alara are alive in the United States today. This is based on SSA birth records from 1880 to 2024, adjusted for mortality using CDC life tables. About 1 in 198,468 Americans share this first name.
Is Alara a common name?
Alara is classified as "Rare" and is more popular than 93.1% of all first names in the SSA database. A total of 1,742 births have been registered with this name since 1880.
When was Alara most popular?
Alara reached peak popularity in 2024, when 234 babies were given this name. The average age of a living person named Alara is approximately 10 years old, reflecting when the name was most commonly given.
Is Alara a female name?
Alara is predominantly female. 100.0% of people with this name are female. See the gender breakdown above for full details.
How many Alara Smiths are there?
To find how many people share a specific full name, we combine first name and surname frequencies. Try: Alara Smith, Alara Johnson, Alara Williams. You can also search any combination on our homepage.
Where does this data come from?
Our estimates use Social Security Administration birth records (1880 to 2024), adjusted for survival using CDC 2023 life tables broken down by sex. The U.S. population figure (342,754,338) is from the Census Bureau's July 2025 estimate. Full methodology.
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