Alana

#140 for girls in 2025, 2,085 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 2,085 births
Debut · girls
12 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
68,264
since 1930

Alana over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alana has never cracked the top 100 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201970girlsat peak
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
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2025#1402,085—
2024#1432,060—
2023#1851,618—
2022#2041,422—
2021#2241,334—
2020#2061,403—
2019#2321,341—
2018#2001,533—
2017#2121,449—
2016#2071,576—
2015#2021,629—
2014#1971,675—
2013#1811,759—
2012#1761,780—
2011#1851,702—
2010#1701,819—
2009#1721,905—
2008#1662,037—
2007#1432,461—
2006#1672,121—
2005#1701,974—
2004#1781,913#8,9277
2003#2031,621#10,8945
2002#2251,391—
2001#2571,233—
2000#2531,279—
1999#2521,246—
1998#2541,218—
1997#2811,038—
1996#2451,155—
1995#308900—
1994#335798—
1993#338773—
1992#385671—
1991#367701—
1990#369720—
1989#379666#6,9416
1988#370652—
1987#376623—
1986#333728—
1985#255977#4,6988
1984#352655—
1983#359633—
1982#340707—
1981#367639—
1980#368636#6,2505
1979#373606—
1978#451441—
1977#507365—
1976#490370—
1975#446442—
1974#511337—
1973#576278—
1972#661227—
1971#738203—
1970#651250—
1969#685211—
1968#664211—
1967#643220—
1966#691200—
1965#717191—
1964#707215—
1963#725199—
1962#842156—
1961#835159—
1960#946127—
1959#1,066100—
1958#1,028103—
1957#958116—
1956#869132—
1955#899119—
1954#796139—
1953#718160—
1952#678172—
1951#630189—
1950#625183—
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1948#557221—
1947#577219—
1946#573194—
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1942#2,11717—
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1940#4,3495—
1939#4,2505—
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five girls were named Alana! It came in at #2,552, and was given to 12 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1934–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.

Where Alana is popular in 1970

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNHWashington: #573 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 4,924 girlsWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedMNIllinois: #650 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,749 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedWIMichigan: #777 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 10,583 girlsMINew York: #598 for girls · 26 births · 1 in 5,439 girlsNYMassachusetts: #475 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,281 girlsMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedIAIndiana: #487 for girls · 9 births · 1 in 4,785 girlsINOhio: #575 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 6,858 girlsOHPennsylvania: #819 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 12,277 girlsPANew Jersey: #726 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 8,372 girlsNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedCTCalifornia: #596 for girls · 34 births · 1 in 4,824 girlsCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNEMissouri: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedMOKentucky: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedWVVirginia: #604 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 6,879 girlsVAMaryland: #468 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,203 girlsMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedARTennessee: #485 for girls · 7 births · 1 in 4,499 girlsTNNorth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedDCOklahoma: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedOKLouisiana: #630 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 5,068 girlsLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedALGeorgia: #741 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 8,083 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alana, so not publishedHITexas: #801 for girls · 13 births · 1 in 8,014 girlsTXFlorida: #645 for girls · 8 births · 1 in 5,951 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Maryland#468 · 1 in 4,203
  2. Massachusetts#475 · 1 in 5,281
  3. Tennessee#485 · 1 in 4,499
  4. Indiana#487 · 1 in 4,785
  5. Washington#573 · 1 in 4,924

Best ever in a state: #14 in Hawaii, 2012.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Maryland#46861 in 4,203
Massachusetts#47581 in 5,281
Tennessee#48571 in 4,499
Indiana#48791 in 4,785
Washington#57351 in 4,924
Ohio#575131 in 6,858
California#596341 in 4,824
New York#598261 in 5,439
Virginia#60451 in 6,879
Louisiana#63061 in 5,068
Florida#64581 in 5,951
Illinois#650131 in 6,749
New Jersey#72661 in 8,372
Georgia#74151 in 8,083
Michigan#77771 in 10,583
Texas#801131 in 8,014
Pennsylvania#81971 in 12,277
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Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.

See more about Alana
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 3 spots since 2024 (#143 → #140)
  • 66 spots since 2020 (#206 → #140)
  • 62 spots since 2015 (#202 → #140)
  • Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1944 (#1,251 → #747)
  • Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1955 (#796 → #899)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 2025 at #140 (2,085 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 80 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1960–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 771
  • Highest: 1 in 771 girls born in 2025 were named Alana (0.13%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 26.3% of all girls named Alana (17,935) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s44#2,552 (1930)#3,927
1940s1,143#557 (1948)#1,442
1950s1,413#625 (1950)#827
1960s1,889#643 (1967)#746
1970s3,519#373 (1979)#540
1980s6,916#255 (1985)#350
1990s9,220#245 (1996)#313
2000s17,935#143 (2007)#193
2010s16,263#170 (2010)#196
2020s9,922#140 (2025)#184

All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.

Alana in 1970

girls
#651
250 births · 1 in 6,993 girls

Top girls' names in 1970

  1. #1Jennifer46,150
  2. #2Lisa38,967
  3. #3Kimberly34,130
  4. #4Michelle34,047
  5. #5Amy25,212
  6. #6Angela24,929
  7. #7Melissa23,735
  8. #8Tammy19,587
  9. #9Mary19,204
  10. #10Tracy18,464
  11. #651Alana250
More about 1970

girls

1,748,144 girls got a published name in 1970; 1 in 6,993 of them was named Alana, which outranked 93.0% of the 9,355 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 16.3% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alana
  1. #648Ivy254
  2. #649Coleen253
  3. #650Lucia252
  4. #651Alana250
  5. #651Casandra250
  6. #651Chanda250
  7. #654Tawnya249
  8. #655Candi248
  9. #656Gabriela247

Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1969
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,541Tanisha#2,515 → #974
  2. ↑ 1,194India#1,955 → #761
  3. ↑ 695Shay#1,648 → #953
  4. ↑ 685Terra#1,303 → #618
  5. ↑ 669Dyan#1,648 → #979
Fallers
  1. ↓ 385Cinnamon#698 → #1,083
  2. ↓ 306Kaye#932 → #1,238
  3. ↓ 303Luanne#990 → #1,293
  4. ↓ 273Laureen#845 → #1,118
  5. ↓ 273Lesia#965 → #1,238

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1970 →