Alara

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 139 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
139
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Uncommon
among names in use
US popularity
#652
new to the top 1000
UK popularity
#312
139 babies · down from #295

Alara by the numbers

In 2025, 139 babies in England and Wales were named Alara. In the US, 63 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given far more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.

What we can tell you about Alara

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Alara. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alanafair, bright; feminine form of Alan1,432 in the US (2017)
  • Adaravirgin, maiden75 in the US (2017)
  • Alaanobility or elevation28 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ataracrown, wreath49 in the US (2017)
  • Azaraflower or blooming36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Alara

Names that are said the same way as Alara, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Aluraelf ruler; a form of Allura15 in the US (2017)
  • Alora173 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaira48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaura35 in the US (2017)
  • Allura29 in the US (2017)
  • Alorah5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Alara

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