Every name given to a US baby since 1880, ranked year by year — straight from Social Security Administration birth records. 105,966 names · 375,362,447 births · public domain.

Alaina

#585 most common girls' name of all time · #1,091 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1946–2025

Rank among girls
#585
Rank overall
#1,091 of 105,966
First appeared
1946
Years on the list
78 of 146
All-time
50,584
Since 2016
15,137
Peak year
2011 #156
Best rank
#156 2011
Girls Boys peak 1,999/yr
1960198020002020

Alaina first appears in 1946. That's the first year it was given to at least 5 US babies, which is the threshold below which the SSA withholds a name.

Year by year

YearGirlsBoysTotalRank
2025 1,366 1,366 #224
2024 1,448 1,448 #212
2023 1,364 1,364 #219
2022 1,432 1,432 #202
2021 1,500 1,500 #201
2020 1,488 1,488 #197
2019 1,578 1,578 #186
2018 1,522 1,522 #202
2017 1,669 1,669 #182
2016 1,770 1,770 #184
2015 1,820 1,820 #176
2014 1,748 1,748 #189
2013 1,758 1,758 #182
2012 1,933 1,933 #163
2011 1,999 1,999 #156
2010 1,500 1,500 #206
2009 1,318 1,318 #251
2008 1,504 1,504 #224
2007 1,538 1,538 #229
2006 1,361 1,361 #250
2005 1,282 1,282 #254
2004 1,209 1,209 #269
2003 1,126 1,126 #277
2002 1,002 1,002 #309
2001 1,006 1,006 #314
2000 1,004 1,004 #317
1999 877 877 #341
1998 689 689 #398
1997 640 640 #409
1996 692 692 #384
1995 665 665 #395
1994 662 662 #383
1993 607 607 #411
1992 575 575 #436
1991 523 523 #469
1990 567 567 #441
1989 533 6 539 #456
1988 480 480 #476
1987 442 442 #490
1986 451 451 #477
1985 406 406 #500
1984 359 359 #536
1983 403 403 #488
1982 458 458 #461
1981 465 465 #462
1980 407 407 #501
1979 195 195 #812
1978 146 146 #956
1977 93 93 #1,281
1976 52 52 #1,812
1975 82 82 #1,328
1974 93 93 #1,202
1973 49 49 #1,780
1972 55 55 #1,645
1971 62 62 #1,571
1970 74 74 #1,416
1969 57 57 #1,586
1968 65 65 #1,404
1967 62 62 #1,410
1966 39 39 #1,855
1965 48 48 #1,633
1964 49 49 #1,664
1963 23 23 #2,601
1962 37 37 #1,911
1961 22 22 #2,661
1960 13 13 #3,639
1959 21 21 #2,580
1958 15 15 #3,201
1957 11 11 #3,869
1956 9 9 #4,385
1955 11 11 #3,743
1954 8 8 #4,570
1953 7 7 #4,926
1951 5 5 #5,993
1950 5 5 #5,900
1949 7 7 #4,614
1947 11 11 #3,443
1946 6 6 #4,883