girl's name

Alla

  • Gender Girl
  • Syllables 2
  • Letters 4
  • Popularity Rare
  • Births on record 1,294

Alla is a girl's name with 2 syllables. In 2025 it was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

  • Peaked in 1927, when 25 babies were given the name.
  • Its usage has held steady over the past decade.
  • Today about 1 in 663,130 babies in the United States is given this name.
  • 2 syllables, with the stress on syllable 1.

Alla over time

Births per decade in the United States, 1880s to 2020s. The striped bar is the 2020s, still in progress — it covers 2020 to 2025, not a full ten years.

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Births named Alla by decade in the United States
Decade Births
1880s 31
1890s 64
1900s 80
1910s 154
1920s 208
1930s 151
1940s 72
1950s 43
1960s 10
1980s 28
1990s 112
2000s 138
2010s 76
2020s (to 2025) 35

How popular is Alla?

In 2025, Alla was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Where Alla is used

Canada #2,638 5 in 1999
England & Wales #5,264 4 in 2011
France #6,233 5 in 2024
United States #15,610 5 in 2025

The bar shows how near the top of each country's list the name sits, on a scale where #1 fills the row and #1,000 is a sliver. The figures beside it are the real rank and the babies recorded that year.

US figures omit any name given to fewer than five babies in a year, so the rarest names are absent from the source rather than absent from use. Data & sources.

Names that peaked alongside Alla

These names rose and fell in the same era, which is why they tend to sound like they belong together.

Parents who like Alla also like

Names whose popularity has risen and fallen in step with Alla over the last century — the same taste, a different name.

Sibling names for Alla

Names from the same era that won't rhyme or share an initial with Alla — the two things that make a sibling set grate.

Common questions about Alla

How popular is the name Alla?

In 2025, Alla was given to 5 babies in the United States. It is a rare choice.

Is Alla a girl's or a boy's name?

Alla is given almost entirely to girls in birth records.

How many syllables are in Alla?

Alla has 2 syllables.

When was Alla most popular?

Alla peaked in 1927, when 25 babies were given the name. Its usage has held steady over the past decade.

Is Alla a good name?

That is not something records can settle, but they can tell you what you would be choosing. Alla currently ranks #15,610 in the United States. Its usage has held steady over the past decade. Everything else — how it sounds with your surname, who it reminds you of — is yours.