Alanna

#280 for girls in 2025, 1,099 births · Last seen for boys in 1989 at #6,229
Given to girls >99.9% of the time

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Peak · girls
2025 · 1,099 births
Debut · girls
9 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
27,012
since 1930

Alanna over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alanna has never cracked the top 200 here.

#1#10#100#1,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201958girlsat 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
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#2801,099—
2024#2901,098—
2023#457677—
2022#566531—
2021#560548—
2020#561523—
2019#530577—
2018#556559—
2017#544568—
2016#561554—
2015#509620—
2014#526587—
2013#501599—
2012#489626—
2011#506580—
2010#520573—
2009#475654—
2008#463683—
2007#466691—
2006#475667—
2005#493619—
2004#471625—
2003#492587—
2002#492565—
2001#506543—
2000#498541—
1999#478544—
1998#507497—
1997#496499—
1996#461543—
1995#508481—
1994#502491—
1993#497499—
1992#503480—
1991#500476—
1990#473520—
1989#604355#6,2297
1988#598334—
1987#659286—
1986#639289—
1985#630297—
1984#639275—
1983#692245—
1982#621289—
1981#612295—
1980#685252—
1979#752215—
1978#818183—
1977#842177—
1976#924140—
1975#878151—
1974#929134—
1973#1,001118—
1972#1,084105—
1971#1,010123—
1970#1,133103—
1969#1,17690—
1968#1,27974—
1967#1,49556—
1966#1,82739—
1965#1,82939—
1964#1,97536—
1963#1,68346—
1962#1,75742—
1961#2,03633—
1960#1,69544—
1959#2,05430—
1958#2,07329—
1957#1,92832—
1956#1,68140—
1955#1,90731—
1954#1,42250—
1953#1,34452—
1952#1,40248—
1951#1,17763—
1950#1,32448—
1949#1,40943—
1948#1,46140—
1947#1,57636—
1946#1,67828—
1945#2,91610—
1944#2,62512—
1943#4,1966—
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First appearance
1930

The first year at least five girls were named Alanna! It came in at #3,055, and was given to 9 baby girls.


Quietest stretch: 1932–1938, when fewer than 5 girls a year got the name.

Where Alanna is popular in 1958

No state had 5 or more girls named Alanna in 1958, so the SSA doesn't publish it for any state.

See more about Alanna
Momentum · girls
Rising
  • 10 spots since 2024 (#290 → #280)
  • 281 spots since 2020 (#561 → #280)
  • 229 spots since 2015 (#509 → #280)
  • Biggest jump: 167 spots in 2024 (#457 → #290)
  • Biggest drop: 71 spots in 1983 (#621 → #692)
Rise & fade · girls
95 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1930
  • Peaked 2025 at #280 (1,099 births)
  • Not yet halved from its peak
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 52 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 52 yrs · run 1974–2025
Share of babies · girls
1 in 1,462
  • Highest: 1 in 1,462 girls born in 2025 were named Alanna (0.07%)
Era · girls
The 2000s
  • 22.9% of all girls named Alanna (6,175) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1930s25#3,055 (1930)#3,142
1940s175#1,409 (1949)#2,266
1950s423#1,177 (1951)#1,631
1960s499#1,176 (1969)#1,675
1970s1,449#752 (1979)#937
1980s2,917#598 (1988)#638
1990s5,030#461 (1996)#493
2000s6,175#463 (2008)#483
2010s5,843#489 (2012)#524
2020s4,476#280 (2025)#452

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.

Alanna in 1958

girls
#2,073
29 births · 1 in 69,366 girls

Top girls' names in 1958

  1. #1Mary55,848
  2. #2Susan45,175
  3. #3Linda41,904
  4. #4Karen38,487
  5. #5Patricia37,961
  6. #6Debra35,521
  7. #7Deborah32,943
  8. #8Cynthia31,014
  9. #9Barbara27,874
  10. #10Donna26,959
  11. #2,073Alanna29
More about 1958

girls

2,011,619 girls got a published name in 1958; 1 in 69,366 of them was named Alanna, which outranked 70.5% of the 7,030 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 18.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alanna
  1. #2,025Wendolyn30
  2. #2,025Willia30
  3. #2,025Wynona30
  4. #2,073Alanna29
  5. #2,073Adelia29
  6. #2,073Alane29
  7. #2,073Arlean29
  8. #2,117Adella28
  9. #2,117Bethel28
  10. #2,117Candida28

Tied with 43 names at #2,073; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1957
Risers
  1. ↑ 1,133Brigitte#1,904 → #771
  2. ↑ 760Samantha#1,754 → #994
  3. ↑ 709Selena#1,388 → #679
  4. ↑ 672Tambra#1,588 → #916
  5. ↑ 570Bridgette#1,274 → #704
Fallers
  1. ↓ 312Sarita#970 → #1,282
  2. ↓ 311Beryl#910 → #1,221
  3. ↓ 309Sherree#827 → #1,136
  4. ↓ 275Winnie#965 → #1,240
  5. ↓ 236Jacalyn#975 → #1,211

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

See the top 100 for 1958 →