Ala
Girl · AH-la · Germanic
Ala is a girls' name of Germanic origin. In 2025 it ranked 3,776th for girls in the UK (6 babies) and 5,721st for girls in the US (21 babies).
What does Ala mean?
Germanic: Polish pet form of Alicja or Alina; also Arabic Alaa 'blessings'
'Ala ma kota' ('Ala has a cat') is the famous first sentence of a classic Polish reading primer.
- Say it
- AH-la
Is Ala a girl's or a boy's name?
Ala is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 girls in the UK and 21 girls in the US. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Ala in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #3,776among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 46,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 80% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 6 girls in the UK were named Ala, making it the 3,776th most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 4,744th. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.
2025 had more girls named Ala than any year since 2015.
Half of all the girls named Ala in the UK since 1996 were born between 2008 and 2017, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 3,704th in England and Wales.
Ala in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #3,776 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,870 |
| 2021 | 1 | #7,491 |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 1 | #7,346 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 9 | #2,855 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 7 | #3,338 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 4 | #4,795 |
| 2008 | 6 | #3,589 |
| 2007 | 1 | #7,017 |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 4 | #4,150 |
| 2004 | 1 | #6,173 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 6 | #2,691 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
How popular is Ala in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,721among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 21about 1 in 77,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 4% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 21 girls in the US were named Ala, making it the 5,721st most popular name for girls. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 6,919th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 24 girls. It first appears in the records in 1889.
2025 had more girls named Ala than any year since 2017.
Half of all the girls named Ala in the US since 1880 were born between 1936 and 2014, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ala in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 21 | #5,721 |
| 2024 | 12 | #8,438 |
| 2023 | 14 | #7,635 |
| 2022 | 14 | #7,626 |
| 2021 | 19 | #6,170 |
| 2020 | 16 | #6,919 |
| 2019 | 20 | #5,982 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,142 |
| 2017 | 24 | #5,336 |
| 2016 | 14 | #7,985 |
| 2015 | 22 | #5,831 |
| 2014 | 17 | #6,985 |
| 2013 | 15 | #7,744 |
| 2012 | 13 | #8,628 |
| 2011 | 9 | #11,175 |
| 2010 | 10 | #10,446 |
| 2009 | 13 | #8,884 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 11 | #10,125 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 11 | #9,447 |
| 2004 | 10 | #9,887 |
| 2003 | 10 | #9,666 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 13 | #7,574 |
| 1999 | 12 | #7,710 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,011 |
| 1997 | 9 | #9,012 |
| 1996 | 16 | #5,766 |
| 1995 | 7 | #10,509 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,563 |
| 1993 | 15 | #5,949 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,842 |
| 1991 | 17 | #5,393 |
| 1990 | 16 | #5,544 |
| 1989 | 18 | #4,842 |
| 1988 | 14 | #5,593 |
| 1987 | 9 | #7,348 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 7 | #8,315 |
| 1984 | 9 | #6,808 |
| 1983 | 6 | #9,013 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 0 | – |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 5 | #9,065 |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 5 | #8,322 |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 0 | – |
| 1968 | 0 | – |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 0 | – |
| 1960 | 0 | – |
| 1959 | 5 | #6,244 |
| 1958 | 0 | – |
| 1957 | 0 | – |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 0 | – |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 0 | – |
| 1952 | 0 | – |
| 1951 | 5 | #5,413 |
| 1950 | 7 | #4,313 |
| 1949 | 7 | #4,234 |
| 1948 | 0 | – |
| 1947 | 0 | – |
| 1946 | 0 | – |
| 1945 | 0 | – |
| 1944 | 0 | – |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 0 | – |
| 1941 | 0 | – |
| 1940 | 0 | – |
| 1939 | 0 | – |
| 1938 | 5 | #4,340 |
| 1937 | 0 | – |
| 1936 | 7 | #3,374 |
| 1935 | 6 | #3,740 |
| 1934 | 0 | – |
| 1933 | 0 | – |
| 1932 | 6 | #3,899 |
| 1931 | 0 | – |
| 1930 | 0 | – |
| 1929 | 5 | #4,568 |
| 1928 | 8 | #3,434 |
| 1927 | 9 | #3,282 |
| 1926 | 6 | #4,304 |
| 1925 | 6 | #4,425 |
| 1924 | 6 | #4,432 |
| 1923 | 11 | #2,916 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,377 |
| 1921 | 10 | #3,163 |
| 1920 | 6 | #4,396 |
| 1919 | 10 | #3,003 |
| 1918 | 15 | #2,288 |
| 1917 | 17 | #1,995 |
| 1916 | 9 | #3,029 |
| 1915 | 9 | #2,899 |
| 1914 | 7 | #2,875 |
| 1913 | 8 | #2,330 |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,632 |
| 1911 | 5 | #2,463 |
| 1910 | 8 | #1,773 |
| 1909 | 0 | – |
| 1908 | 7 | #1,676 |
| 1907 | 6 | #1,820 |
| 1906 | 0 | – |
| 1905 | 0 | – |
| 1904 | 0 | – |
| 1903 | 0 | – |
| 1902 | 0 | – |
| 1901 | 0 | – |
| 1900 | 0 | – |
| 1899 | 0 | – |
| 1898 | 0 | – |
| 1897 | 0 | – |
| 1896 | 0 | – |
| 1895 | 0 | – |
| 1894 | 0 | – |
| 1893 | 0 | – |
| 1892 | 0 | – |
| 1891 | 0 | – |
| 1890 | 0 | – |
| 1889 | 5 | #1,278 |
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