Alana
#490 most common girls' name of all time · #905 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1930–2025
Rank among girls
#490
Rank overall
#905 of 105,966
First appeared
1930
Years on the list
93 of 146
All-time
68,295
Since 2016
15,821
Peak year
2007 #143
Best rank
#140 2025
Girls
Boys
peak 2,461/yr
Alana first appears in 1930. 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
| Year | Girls | Boys | Total | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 2,085 | — | 2,085 | #140 |
| 2024 | 2,060 | — | 2,060 | #143 |
| 2023 | 1,618 | — | 1,618 | #185 |
| 2022 | 1,422 | — | 1,422 | #204 |
| 2021 | 1,334 | — | 1,334 | #224 |
| 2020 | 1,403 | — | 1,403 | #206 |
| 2019 | 1,341 | — | 1,341 | #232 |
| 2018 | 1,533 | — | 1,533 | #200 |
| 2017 | 1,449 | — | 1,449 | #212 |
| 2016 | 1,576 | — | 1,576 | #207 |
| 2015 | 1,629 | — | 1,629 | #202 |
| 2014 | 1,675 | — | 1,675 | #197 |
| 2013 | 1,759 | — | 1,759 | #181 |
| 2012 | 1,780 | — | 1,780 | #177 |
| 2011 | 1,702 | — | 1,702 | #185 |
| 2010 | 1,819 | — | 1,819 | #170 |
| 2009 | 1,905 | — | 1,905 | #172 |
| 2008 | 2,037 | — | 2,037 | #166 |
| 2007 | 2,461 | — | 2,461 | #143 |
| 2006 | 2,121 | — | 2,121 | #167 |
| 2005 | 1,974 | — | 1,974 | #170 |
| 2004 | 1,913 | 7 | 1,920 | #179 |
| 2003 | 1,621 | 5 | 1,626 | #203 |
| 2002 | 1,391 | — | 1,391 | #225 |
| 2001 | 1,233 | — | 1,233 | #257 |
| 2000 | 1,279 | — | 1,279 | #253 |
| 1999 | 1,246 | — | 1,246 | #252 |
| 1998 | 1,218 | — | 1,218 | #254 |
| 1997 | 1,038 | — | 1,038 | #281 |
| 1996 | 1,155 | — | 1,155 | #245 |
| 1995 | 900 | — | 900 | #309 |
| 1994 | 798 | — | 798 | #336 |
| 1993 | 773 | — | 773 | #338 |
| 1992 | 671 | — | 671 | #386 |
| 1991 | 701 | — | 701 | #367 |
| 1990 | 720 | — | 720 | #369 |
| 1989 | 666 | 6 | 672 | #379 |
| 1988 | 652 | — | 652 | #370 |
| 1987 | 623 | — | 623 | #376 |
| 1986 | 728 | — | 728 | #333 |
| 1985 | 977 | 8 | 985 | #255 |
| 1984 | 655 | — | 655 | #352 |
| 1983 | 633 | — | 633 | #360 |
| 1982 | 707 | — | 707 | #340 |
| 1981 | 639 | — | 639 | #368 |
| 1980 | 636 | 5 | 641 | #368 |
| 1979 | 606 | — | 606 | #373 |
| 1978 | 441 | — | 441 | #452 |
| 1977 | 365 | — | 365 | #509 |
| 1976 | 370 | — | 370 | #490 |
| 1975 | 442 | — | 442 | #446 |
| 1974 | 337 | — | 337 | #511 |
| 1973 | 278 | — | 278 | #577 |
| 1972 | 227 | — | 227 | #663 |
| 1971 | 203 | — | 203 | #739 |
| 1970 | 250 | — | 250 | #651 |
| 1969 | 211 | — | 211 | #686 |
| 1968 | 211 | — | 211 | #665 |
| 1967 | 220 | — | 220 | #645 |
| 1966 | 200 | — | 200 | #694 |
| 1965 | 191 | — | 191 | #717 |
| 1964 | 215 | — | 215 | #709 |
| 1963 | 199 | — | 199 | #727 |
| 1962 | 156 | — | 156 | #843 |
| 1961 | 159 | — | 159 | #839 |
| 1960 | 127 | — | 127 | #949 |
| 1959 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,071 |
| 1958 | 103 | — | 103 | #1,033 |
| 1957 | 116 | — | 116 | #963 |
| 1956 | 132 | — | 132 | #870 |
| 1955 | 119 | — | 119 | #901 |
| 1954 | 139 | — | 139 | #797 |
| 1953 | 160 | — | 160 | #718 |
| 1952 | 172 | — | 172 | #682 |
| 1951 | 189 | — | 189 | #634 |
| 1950 | 183 | — | 183 | #629 |
| 1949 | 198 | — | 198 | #591 |
| 1948 | 221 | — | 221 | #559 |
| 1947 | 219 | — | 219 | #578 |
| 1946 | 194 | — | 194 | #577 |
| 1945 | 134 | — | 134 | #630 |
| 1944 | 104 | — | 104 | #750 |
| 1943 | 42 | — | 42 | #1,274 |
| 1942 | 17 | — | 17 | #2,198 |
| 1941 | 9 | — | 9 | #3,216 |
| 1940 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,882 |
| 1939 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,803 |
| 1937 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,797 |
| 1934 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,863 |
| 1933 | 7 | — | 7 | #3,736 |
| 1932 | 5 | — | 5 | #5,038 |
| 1931 | 5 | — | 5 | #4,905 |
| 1930 | 12 | — | 12 | #2,689 |