Alanah
#2,754 most common girls' name of all time · #4,703 across all names · 0% male / 100% female · used 1984–2025
Rank among girls
#2,754
Rank overall
#4,703 of 105,966
First appeared
1984
Years on the list
42 of 146
All-time
4,226
Since 2016
1,089
Peak year
2008 #1,155
Best rank
#1,145 2012
Girls
Boys
peak 223/yr
Alanah first appears in 1984. 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 | 65 | — | 65 | #2,674 |
| 2024 | 85 | — | 85 | #2,225 |
| 2023 | 91 | — | 91 | #2,118 |
| 2022 | 101 | — | 101 | #1,958 |
| 2021 | 130 | — | 130 | #1,621 |
| 2020 | 90 | — | 90 | #2,060 |
| 2019 | 100 | — | 100 | #1,953 |
| 2018 | 115 | — | 115 | #1,783 |
| 2017 | 155 | — | 155 | #1,455 |
| 2016 | 157 | — | 157 | #1,470 |
| 2015 | 162 | — | 162 | #1,432 |
| 2014 | 181 | — | 181 | #1,311 |
| 2013 | 196 | — | 196 | #1,232 |
| 2012 | 216 | — | 216 | #1,145 |
| 2011 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,259 |
| 2010 | 190 | — | 190 | #1,262 |
| 2009 | 174 | — | 174 | #1,371 |
| 2008 | 223 | — | 223 | #1,155 |
| 2007 | 205 | — | 205 | #1,222 |
| 2006 | 171 | — | 171 | #1,356 |
| 2005 | 164 | — | 164 | #1,338 |
| 2004 | 138 | — | 138 | #1,468 |
| 2003 | 95 | — | 95 | #1,923 |
| 2002 | 102 | — | 102 | #1,779 |
| 2001 | 88 | — | 88 | #1,964 |
| 2000 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,138 |
| 1999 | 76 | — | 76 | #2,047 |
| 1998 | 58 | — | 58 | #2,422 |
| 1997 | 63 | — | 63 | #2,197 |
| 1996 | 66 | — | 66 | #2,104 |
| 1995 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,971 |
| 1994 | 40 | — | 40 | #2,980 |
| 1993 | 43 | — | 43 | #2,820 |
| 1992 | 38 | — | 38 | #3,087 |
| 1991 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,840 |
| 1990 | 42 | — | 42 | #2,796 |
| 1989 | 17 | — | 17 | #5,266 |
| 1988 | 15 | — | 15 | #5,583 |
| 1987 | 6 | — | 6 | #11,022 |
| 1986 | 8 | — | 8 | #8,457 |
| 1985 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,515 |
| 1984 | 6 | — | 6 | #10,296 |