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
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,085 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 68,264since 1930
Alana over time
Rank among girls' names. Alana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #140 | 2,085 | — | |
| 2024 | #143 | 2,060 | — | |
| 2023 | #185 | 1,618 | — | |
| 2022 | #204 | 1,422 | — | |
| 2021 | #224 | 1,334 | — | |
| 2020 | #206 | 1,403 | — | |
| 2019 | #232 | 1,341 | — | |
| 2018 | #200 | 1,533 | — | |
| 2017 | #212 | 1,449 | — | |
| 2016 | #207 | 1,576 | — | |
| 2015 | #202 | 1,629 | — | |
| 2014 | #197 | 1,675 | — | |
| 2013 | #181 | 1,759 | — | |
| 2012 | #176 | 1,780 | — | |
| 2011 | #185 | 1,702 | — | |
| 2010 | #170 | 1,819 | — | |
| 2009 | #172 | 1,905 | — | |
| 2008 | #166 | 2,037 | — | |
| 2007 | #143 | 2,461 | — | |
| 2006 | #167 | 2,121 | — | |
| 2005 | #170 | 1,974 | — | |
| 2004 | #178 | 1,913 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #203 | 1,621 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #225 | 1,391 | — | |
| 2001 | #257 | 1,233 | — | |
| 2000 | #253 | 1,279 | — | |
| 1999 | #252 | 1,246 | — | |
| 1998 | #254 | 1,218 | — | |
| 1997 | #281 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1996 | #245 | 1,155 | — | |
| 1995 | #308 | 900 | — | |
| 1994 | #335 | 798 | — | |
| 1993 | #338 | 773 | — | |
| 1992 | #385 | 671 | — | |
| 1991 | #367 | 701 | — | |
| 1990 | #369 | 720 | — | |
| 1989 | #379 | 666 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #370 | 652 | — | |
| 1987 | #376 | 623 | — | |
| 1986 | #333 | 728 | — | |
| 1985 | #255 | 977 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #352 | 655 | — | |
| 1983 | #359 | 633 | — | |
| 1982 | #340 | 707 | — | |
| 1981 | #367 | 639 | — | |
| 1980 | #368 | 636 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #373 | 606 | — | |
| 1978 | #451 | 441 | — | |
| 1977 | #507 | 365 | — | |
| 1976 | #490 | 370 | — | |
| 1975 | #446 | 442 | — | |
| 1974 | #511 | 337 | — | |
| 1973 | #576 | 278 | — | |
| 1972 | #661 | 227 | — | |
| 1971 | #738 | 203 | — | |
| 1970 | #651 | 250 | — | |
| 1969 | #685 | 211 | — | |
| 1968 | #664 | 211 | — | |
| 1967 | #643 | 220 | — | |
| 1966 | #691 | 200 | — | |
| 1965 | #717 | 191 | — | |
| 1964 | #707 | 215 | — | |
| 1963 | #725 | 199 | — | |
| 1962 | #842 | 156 | — | |
| 1961 | #835 | 159 | — | |
| 1960 | #946 | 127 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 | — | |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1956 | #869 | 132 | — | |
| 1955 | #899 | 119 | — | |
| 1954 | #796 | 139 | — | |
| 1953 | #718 | 160 | — | |
| 1952 | #678 | 172 | — | |
| 1951 | #630 | 189 | — | |
| 1950 | #625 | 183 | — | |
| 1949 | #591 | 198 | — | |
| 1948 | #557 | 221 | — | |
| 1947 | #577 | 219 | — | |
| 1946 | #573 | 194 | — | |
| 1945 | #628 | 134 | — | |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
| 1938 | — | — | ||
| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
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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 1980
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Wyoming#164 · 1 in 642
- Nevada#164 · 1 in 695
- Massachusetts#207 · 1 in 1,202
- Connecticut#230 · 1 in 1,354
- Florida#248 · 1 in 1,475
Best ever in a state: #14 in Hawaii, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nevada | #164 | 6 | 1 in 695 |
| Wyoming | #164 | 5 | 1 in 642 |
| Massachusetts | #207 | 26 | 1 in 1,202 |
| Connecticut | #230 | 11 | 1 in 1,354 |
| Florida | #248 | 35 | 1 in 1,475 |
| Pennsylvania | #259 | 41 | 1 in 1,682 |
| West Virginia | #262 | 7 | 1 in 1,710 |
| New York | #265 | 65 | 1 in 1,536 |
| Michigan | #280 | 33 | 1 in 1,826 |
| Oregon | #287 | 10 | 1 in 1,730 |
| North Carolina | #306 | 16 | 1 in 2,078 |
| New Jersey | #309 | 19 | 1 in 1,958 |
| Arizona | #324 | 11 | 1 in 1,753 |
| Utah | #342 | 8 | 1 in 2,057 |
| Indiana | #345 | 15 | 1 in 2,466 |
| Minnesota | #355 | 10 | 1 in 2,914 |
| New Mexico | #364 | 5 | 1 in 1,866 |
| California | #367 | 81 | 1 in 2,144 |
| Ohio | #378 | 24 | 1 in 3,055 |
| Kentucky | #385 | 8 | 1 in 3,108 |
| Illinois | #390 | 29 | 1 in 2,665 |
| Wisconsin | #390 | 9 | 1 in 3,499 |
| Alabama | #395 | 9 | 1 in 2,555 |
| Maryland | #397 | 7 | 1 in 2,884 |
| Georgia | #409 | 13 | 1 in 2,714 |
| Tennessee | #416 | 9 | 1 in 3,159 |
| Washington | #471 | 8 | 1 in 3,355 |
| Louisiana | #480 | 10 | 1 in 3,071 |
| Texas | #480 | 37 | 1 in 3,240 |
| Colorado | #483 | 6 | 1 in 3,283 |
| South Carolina | #505 | 5 | 1 in 3,580 |
| Virginia | #516 | 7 | 1 in 4,259 |
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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
- 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)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 2025 at #140 (2,085 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1960–2025
- Highest: 1 in 771 girls born in 2025 were named Alana (0.13%)
- 26.3% of all girls named Alana (17,935) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 44 | #2,552 (1930) | #3,927 |
| 1940s | 1,143 | #557 (1948) | #1,442 |
| 1950s | 1,413 | #625 (1950) | #827 |
| 1960s | 1,889 | #643 (1967) | #746 |
| 1970s | 3,519 | #373 (1979) | #540 |
| 1980s | 6,916 | #255 (1985) | #350 |
| 1990s | 9,220 | #245 (1996) | #313 |
| 2000s | 17,935 | #143 (2007) | #193 |
| 2010s | 16,263 | #170 (2010) | #196 |
| 2020s | 9,922 | #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 1980
Top girls' names in 1980
Top boys' names in 1980
More about 1980
girls
1,660,307 girls got a published name in 1980; 1 in 2,611 of them was named Alana, which outranked 97.0% of the 12,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 17.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.
boys
1,783,951 boys got a published name in 1980; 1 in 356,790 of them was named Alana, which outranked 14.3% of the 7,293 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 1,043 names at #6,250; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.