Alea

femaleStatistical record

What official birth registration shows about Alea: which national registrars published it, in which years, and how its recorded position changed.

No researched meaning, origin or pronunciation yet — what that means.

Alea: Recorded since 2002, its highest recorded position is #1,206, and it stood at #1,819 in 2024.

1registrar recorded it
22times a registrar ranked it
23years from first to last
#1206highest recorded position
3groupings it qualifies for

England and Wales · Girls

Rising

among girls in England and Wales · 2002–2024

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England and Wales · Girls rank by year
Year	Rank
2002	#2868
2004	#2802
2005	#3382
2006	#4157
2007	#2233
2008	#3005
2009	#2326
2010	#3156
2011	#2636
2012	#3681
2013	#2460
2014	#2314
2015	#2705
2016	#2547
2017	#2706
2018	#2187
2019	#1497
2020	#1352
2021	#1286
2022	#1685
2023	#1206
2024	#1819

VerifiedSource: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales.Confidence: high.

See all England and Wales names · Source: Office for National Statistics — Baby Names in England and Wales

What the data shows

RisingEngland and Wales · Girls

Recorded in official data among girls in England and Wales in 22 of the 23 years from 2002 to 2024.

Official data for England and Wales, 2002–2024 · Office for National Statistics. Data sources

Popularity journey

First recorded2002
First recorded at #2868 among girls in England and Wales in 2002 — the earliest year that source publishes this name, not necessarily the earliest it was used.
England and Wales · Girls
Highest recorded2002–2024
Highest recorded position: #1206 among girls in England and Wales, in 2023 (recorded 2002–2024).
England and Wales · Girls
Most recent2024
Most recently recorded at #1819 among girls in England and Wales, in 2024.
England and Wales · Girls

Alea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Births registered with the name in each decade of this one list, with the number of years the list covers in that decade. Bars are scaled on births a year, which is the figure that compares between decades — a decade the list only partly covers has a smaller total without being a quieter decade. Figures belong to this registrar alone and do not carry to another.

Births registered with Alea in England and Wales · Girls, by decade, with years covered and the average per year
Decade	Births registered	Years covered	A year
2000s	47	7 of 10	7
2010s	103	10 of 10	10
2020sbusiest	108	5 of 10	22

Across England and Wales · Girls, the 2020s were its busiest decade — the 5 years of it this list covers, averaging 22 births a year.

See the names England and Waleshas recorded the most births with →

Alea appears in

Groupings this name qualifies for under their own stated rules, from the same official statistics shown above.

Popularity data

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1206 in England and Wales in 2023.

Alea's recorded popularity observations by year, region and administrative category, including rank, registered births, source confidence and when each region's data was last reviewed.
Year	Region	Category	Rank	Births registered	Confidence	Status
2024	England and Wales	female	#1819	16	High	Verified
2023	England and Wales	female	#1206	27	High	Verified
2022	England and Wales	female	#1685	17	High	Verified
2021	England and Wales	female	#1286	25	High	Verified
2020	England and Wales	female	#1352	23	High	Verified
2019	England and Wales	female	#1497	20	High	Verified
2018	England and Wales	female	#2187	12	High	Verified
2017	England and Wales	female	#2706	9	High	Verified
2016	England and Wales	female	#2547	10	High	Verified
2015	England and Wales	female	#2705	9	High	Verified
2014	England and Wales	female	#2314	11	High	Verified
2013	England and Wales	female	#2460	10	High	Verified
2012	England and Wales	female	#3681	6	High	Verified
2011	England and Wales	female	#2636	9	High	Verified
2010	England and Wales	female	#3156	7	High	Verified
2009	England and Wales	female	#2326	10	High	Verified
2008	England and Wales	female	#3005	7	High	Verified
2007	England and Wales	female	#2233	10	High	Verified
2006	England and Wales	female	#4157	4	High	Verified
2005	England and Wales	female	#3382	5	High	Verified
2004	England and Wales	female	#2802	6	High	Verified
2002	England and Wales	female	#2868	5	High	Verified

England and Wales hub — collected by Office for National Statistics

See methodology and data sources for how popularity data is collected and what "confidence" means.

What the record shows

Recorded by 1 registrar between 2002 and 2024, ranked in 22 years of that period.

Its highest recorded position is #1,206, first reached in 2023.

Its largest count from any one registrar is 27 births, registered in England and Wales in 2023.

Its record falls into 2 separate stretches, with a longest absence of 1 year.

Every figure here is counted from the seven official registrars Namewise holds. A position is only ever a place within the list that published it, and a record that thins or stops is a fact about what registrars printed — never about how many children received the name.

3decades with a ranked yearRecorded in 3 decades →
21 yearslongest unbroken run of ranked years20 to 29 unbroken years →
2separate stretches the record falls into2 separate stretches →
1 yearlongest absence inside the recorded periodA single year missing →
#1,819position in 2024, its most recent recorded year
27births registered in its largest year, 202325 to 49 births →

Where to go next

Records with a comparable body of evidence, so the catalogue can be read outward from this one. Each group states the rule it was selected by.

Next in the catalogue

The records either side of this one alphabetically.

Alden · #1143, 23y
Aldo · #304, 26y
Aleah · #276, 29y
Alec · #249, 42y

A comparable record

Records held by the same 1 registrar, over a similar number of ranked years, whose highest position is closest to this one. A similar body of evidence — never a claim that the names themselves are alike.

Arayah · #1206, 17y
Kayra · #1206, 23y
Hooria · #1204, 20y
Akif · #1202, 27y

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Records whose earliest ranking in Namewise's registrar data also falls between 2000 and 2009.

Arayah · #1206, 17y
Kayra · #1206, 23y
Hooria · #1204, 20y
Boe · #1210, 22y

Alea and the names beside it

Two names in the same published list are measured on the same scale, in the same year, by the same registrar — so these are positions that genuinely passed each other, not a similarity judgement. Drawn from the 2,573 names with a recorded popularity standing (common, familiar, uncommon), so a name outside that set could have passed Alea without appearing here.

Alea moved ahead of

Kirsten Compare
In 2018 they stood at #2187 and #1977 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2019 that had become #1497 and #5591.
Yvonne Compare
In 2017 they stood at #2706 and #2090 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2018 that had become #2187 and #5666.
Kristine Compare
In 2012 they stood at #3681 and #2969 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2013 that had become #2460 and #5742.
Josefine Compare
In 2006 they stood at #4157 and #4157 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2007 that had become #2233 and #5201.

Moved ahead of Alea

Blake Compare
In 2011 they stood at #2636 and #2893 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2012 that had become #3681 and #1893.
Frida Compare
In 2003 they stood at #2868 and #3409 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2004 that had become #2802 and #1836.
Harper Compare
In 2004 they stood at #2802 and #3725 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2005 that had become #3382 and #2682.
Ezra Compare
In 2013 they stood at #2460 and #5742 in England and Wales · Girls; by 2014 that had become #2314 and #1628.

Moved the opposite way to Alea

Kristin Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Alea went from #2868 to #1206 while Kristin went from #2868 to #5687.
Tracey Compare
Between 2002 and 2023 in England and Wales · Girls, Alea went from #2868 to #1206 while Tracey went from #1530 to #5687.
Carol Compare
Between 2002 and 2021 in England and Wales · Girls, Alea went from #2868 to #1286 while Carol went from #1530 to #3519.
Hayden Compare
Between 2005 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alea went from #3382 to #1819 while Hayden went from #3970 to #5891.

Moved the same way as Alea

Rory Compare
Between 2010 and 2024 in England and Wales · Girls, Alea went from #3156 to #1819 and Rory from #5707 to #1603.

What's not yet available

Meaning
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Pronunciation
Nicknames and spelling variants

Absence from this list does not mean the name isn't genuinely meaningful or widely used — only that Namewise hasn't sourced and reviewed that content yet. Absence from a specific year or geography above does not prove zero use there either; official statistics only publish names above a minimum threshold.

Recorded in official data for England and Wales from 2002 to 2024. Highest recorded position: #1206 in England and Wales in 2023. Source data last verified 2026-07-21.

Alea

Alea at a glance

What the data shows

Popularity journey

Alea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alea appears in

Popularity data

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Also first recorded in the 2000s

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Alea at a glance

Alea by decade in England and Wales · Girls

Alea appears in

What the record shows

Where to go next

Next in the catalogue

A comparable record

Also first recorded in the 2000s

Alea and the names beside it

Alea moved ahead of

Moved ahead of Alea

Moved the opposite way to Alea

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