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.

Alene

#1,778 most common girls' name of all time · #3,049 across all names · <1% male / >99% female · used 1883–2025

Rank among girls
#1,778
Rank overall
#3,049 of 105,966
First appeared
1883
Years on the list
139 of 146
All-time
8,753
Since 2016
89
Peak year
1920 #409
Best rank
#409 1920
Girls Boys peak 264/yr
1900192019401960198020002020

Alene first appears in 1883. 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 5 — 5 #14,998
2024 6 — 6 #13,519
2023 6 — 6 #13,511
2022 12 — 12 #8,559
2021 7 — 7 #12,241
2020 10 — 10 #9,574
2019 10 — 10 #9,766
2018 13 — 13 #8,162
2017 10 — 10 #9,965
2016 10 — 10 #10,137
2015 11 — 11 #9,503
2014 8 — 8 #11,955
2013 10 — 10 #10,255
2012 12 — 12 #9,132
2011 15 — 15 #7,798
2010 16 — 16 #7,528
2009 12 — 12 #9,393
2008 11 — 11 #10,100
2007 14 — 14 #8,532
2006 9 — 9 #11,443
2005 13 — 13 #8,348
2004 14 — 14 #7,851
2003 12 — 12 #8,521
2002 13 — 13 #7,831
2001 13 — 13 #7,749
2000 16 — 16 #6,506
1999 11 — 11 #8,248
1998 11 — 11 #8,037
1997 8 — 8 #9,846
1996 10 — 10 #8,163
1995 12 — 12 #7,070
1994 7 — 7 #10,612
1993 9 — 9 #8,750
1992 20 — 20 #4,865
1991 13 — 13 #6,610
1990 12 — 12 #6,882
1989 17 — 17 #5,069
1988 13 — 13 #5,912
1987 17 — 17 #4,681
1986 22 — 22 #3,773
1985 17 — 17 #4,475
1984 17 — 17 #4,331
1983 15 — 15 #4,697
1982 19 — 19 #4,038
1981 13 — 13 #5,287
1980 22 — 22 #3,622
1979 16 — 16 #4,438
1978 16 — 16 #4,259
1977 13 — 13 #4,959
1976 20 — 20 #3,421
1975 15 — 15 #4,168
1974 10 — 10 #5,392
1973 16 — 16 #3,803
1972 21 — 21 #3,079
1971 18 — 18 #3,527
1970 23 — 23 #2,952
1969 29 — 29 #2,406
1968 30 — 30 #2,213
1967 37 — 37 #1,927
1966 40 — 40 #1,798
1965 33 — 33 #2,036
1964 43 — 43 #1,788
1963 33 — 33 #2,071
1962 46 — 46 #1,673
1961 39 — 39 #1,849
1960 55 — 55 #1,491
1959 50 — 50 #1,539
1958 52 — 52 #1,483
1957 51 — 51 #1,496
1956 69 — 69 #1,252
1955 80 — 80 #1,114
1954 73 — 73 #1,167
1953 79 — 79 #1,086
1952 89 — 89 #997
1951 66 — 66 #1,153
1950 92 — 92 #927
1949 100 — 100 #882
1948 120 — 120 #787
1947 108 — 108 #844
1946 97 — 97 #839
1945 100 — 100 #753
1944 103 — 103 #756
1943 95 — 95 #797
1942 101 — 101 #756
1941 106 — 106 #685
1940 114 — 114 #654
1939 124 — 124 #607
1938 134 — 134 #597
1937 151 — 151 #543
1936 133 — 133 #569
1935 150 — 150 #526
1934 160 — 160 #508
1933 168 — 168 #490
1932 170 — 170 #503
1931 218 — 218 #438
1930 210 — 210 #463
1929 210 — 210 #454
1928 207 5 212 #476
1927 226 — 226 #465
1926 247 — 247 #436
1925 221 — 221 #463
1924 232 — 232 #456
1923 238 — 238 #439
1922 256 — 256 #412
1921 250 — 250 #431
1920 264 — 264 #409
1919 215 — 215 #450
1918 194 — 194 #488
1917 216 — 216 #438
1916 186 — 186 #467
1915 204 — 204 #426
1914 130 — 130 #487
1913 112 — 112 #480
1912 97 — 97 #487
1911 53 — 53 #588
1910 59 — 59 #535
1909 49 — 49 #549
1908 35 — 35 #660
1907 39 — 39 #597
1906 35 — 35 #609
1905 30 — 30 #654
1904 28 — 28 #664
1903 26 — 26 #662
1902 26 — 26 #659
1901 18 — 18 #790
1900 23 — 23 #773
1899 13 — 13 #927
1898 11 — 11 #1,074
1897 16 — 16 #817
1896 10 — 10 #1,098
1895 20 — 20 #720
1894 16 — 16 #774
1893 9 — 9 #1,070
1892 5 — 5 #1,509
1891 7 — 7 #1,152
1890 10 — 10 #919
1889 6 — 6 #1,219
1888 5 — 5 #1,335
1883 5 — 5 #1,005