Ala is a rare variant of Alaia that peaked in 1992 and has grown less common since.
Ala is predominantly a girl name. In 2025 it ranked #5,732 for girl births in the United States (and #9,961 across all names), given to 21 babies. Ala was first reported in SSA data in 1889 and peaked in 2017 (24 births).
| Year | U.S. births | U.S. + territories | ♀ Rank | ♂ Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | 21 | #5,732 | — |
| 2024 | 12 | 12 | #8,465 | — |
| 2023 | 14 | 14 | #7,652 | — |
| 2022 | 14 | 14 | #7,642 | — |
| 2021 | 19 | 19 | #6,187 | — |
| 2020 | 16 | 16 | #6,942 | — |
| 2019 | 20 | 20 | #5,992 | — |
| 2018 | 13 | 13 | #8,173 | — |
| 2017 | 24 | 24 | #5,350 | — |
| 2016 | 14 | 14 | #8,008 | — |
| 2015 | 22 | 22 | #5,841 | — |
| 2014 | 17 | 17 | #7,001 | — |
| 2013 | 15 | 15 | #7,759 | — |
| 2012 | 13 | 13 | #8,649 | — |
| 2011 | 14 | 14 | #11,220 | #12,353 |
| 2010 | 10 | 10 | #10,477 | — |
| 2009 | 13 | 13 | #8,910 | — |
| 2008 | 10 | 10 | #10,839 | — |
| 2007 | 17 | 17 | #10,148 | #10,972 |
| 2006 | 8 | 8 | #12,461 | — |
| 2005 | 11 | 11 | #9,479 | — |
| 2004 | 17 | 17 | #9,913 | #8,956 |
| 2003 | 10 | 10 | #9,697 | — |
| 2002 | 9 | 9 | #10,284 | — |
| 2001 | 8 | 8 | #11,059 | — |
| 2000 | 13 | 13 | #7,594 | — |
| 1999 | 17 | 17 | #7,736 | #9,955 |
| 1998 | 17 | 17 | #8,025 | #8,497 |
| 1997 | 17 | — | #9,047 | #6,629 |
| 1996 | 23 | — | #5,774 | #7,154 |
| 1995 | 12 | — | #10,545 | #8,907 |
| 1994 | 16 | — | #10,599 | #5,881 |
| 1993 | 22 | — | #5,960 | #6,837 |
| 1992 | 27 | — | #4,850 | #6,682 |
| 1991 | 23 | — | #5,407 | #7,294 |
| 1990 | 16 | — | #5,553 | — |
| 1989 | 26 | — | #4,855 | #5,631 |
| 1988 | 14 | — | #5,603 | — |
| 1987 | 14 | — | #7,363 | #6,974 |
| 1986 | 10 | — | — | #4,137 |
| 1985 | 16 | — | #8,337 | #4,341 |
| 1984 | 14 | — | #6,823 | #6,338 |
| 1983 | 11 | — | #9,031 | #6,261 |
| 1981 | 5 | — | — | #6,285 |
| 1980 | 6 | — | — | #5,541 |
| 1979 | 12 | — | #9,029 | #5,368 |
| 1975 | 5 | — | #9,081 | — |
| 1971 | 5 | — | #8,343 | — |
| 1959 | 5 | — | #6,251 | — |
| 1958 | 5 | — | — | #3,954 |
| 1951 | 5 | — | #5,417 | — |
| 1950 | 7 | — | #4,322 | — |
| 1949 | 7 | — | #4,239 | — |
| 1938 | 5 | — | #4,349 | — |
| 1936 | 7 | — | #3,380 | — |
| 1935 | 6 | — | #3,745 | — |
| 1932 | 6 | — | #3,905 | — |
| 1929 | 5 | — | #4,576 | — |
| 1928 | 8 | — | #3,439 | — |
| 1927 | 9 | — | #3,286 | — |
| 1926 | 6 | — | #4,311 | — |
| 1925 | 6 | — | #4,431 | — |
| 1924 | 6 | — | #4,438 | — |
| 1923 | 11 | — | #2,919 | — |
| 1922 | 9 | — | #3,381 | — |
| 1921 | 10 | — | #3,166 | — |
| 1920 | 6 | — | #4,406 | — |
| 1919 | 10 | — | #3,007 | — |
| 1918 | 15 | — | #2,289 | — |
| 1917 | 17 | — | #1,997 | — |
| 1916 | 9 | — | #3,036 | — |
| 1915 | 9 | — | #2,904 | — |
| 1914 | 7 | — | #2,882 | — |
| 1913 | 8 | — | #2,333 | — |
| 1912 | 6 | — | #2,639 | — |
| 1911 | 5 | — | #2,470 | — |
| 1910 | 8 | — | #1,774 | — |
| 1908 | 7 | — | #1,677 | — |
| 1907 | 6 | — | #1,825 | — |
| 1889 | 5 | — | #1,281 | — |