Alene
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #4,151
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,748since 1883
Alene over time
Rank among girls' names. Alene has never cracked the top 400 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,112 | 80 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #997 | 89 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | — | |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 | — | |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 | — | |
| 1948 | #785 | 120 | — | |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 | — | |
| 1946 | #839 | 97 | — | |
| 1945 | #749 | 100 | — | |
| 1944 | #753 | 103 | — | |
| 1943 | #795 | 95 | — | |
| 1942 | #752 | 101 | — | |
| 1941 | #681 | 106 | — | |
| 1940 | #652 | 114 | — | |
| 1939 | #606 | 124 | — | |
| 1938 | #596 | 134 | — | |
| 1937 | #543 | 151 | — | |
| 1936 | #567 | 133 | — | |
| 1935 | #525 | 150 | — | |
| 1934 | #506 | 160 | — | |
| 1933 | #490 | 168 | — | |
| 1932 | #503 | 170 | — | |
| 1931 | #438 | 218 | — | |
| 1930 | #463 | 210 | — | |
| 1929 | #454 | 210 | — | |
| 1928 | #474 | 207 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #464 | 226 | — | |
| 1926 | #436 | 247 | — | |
| 1925 | #463 | 221 | — | |
| 1924 | #455 | 232 | — | |
| 1923 | #439 | 238 | — | |
| 1922 | #410 | 256 | — | |
| 1921 | #431 | 250 | — | |
| 1920 | #409 | 264 | — | |
| 1919 | #450 | 215 | — | |
| 1918 | #487 | 194 | — | |
| 1917 | #438 | 216 | — | |
| 1916 | #466 | 186 | — | |
| 1915 | #425 | 204 | — | |
| 1914 | #484 | 130 | — | |
| 1913 | #477 | 112 | — | |
| 1912 | #485 | 97 | — | |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 | — | |
| 1910 | #534 | 59 | — | |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 | — | |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Alene! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alene is popular in 1916
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Arkansas#256 · 1 in 1,366
- Tennessee#256 · 1 in 1,777
- Texas#294 · 1 in 1,553
- Kentucky#298 · 1 in 2,186
- South Carolina#337 · 1 in 3,205
Best ever in a state: #156 in Idaho, 1938.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arkansas | #256 | 12 | 1 in 1,366 |
| Tennessee | #256 | 13 | 1 in 1,777 |
| Texas | #294 | 29 | 1 in 1,553 |
| Kentucky | #298 | 11 | 1 in 2,186 |
| South Carolina | #337 | 6 | 1 in 3,205 |
| Georgia | #349 | 10 | 1 in 3,135 |
| Oklahoma | #355 | 7 | 1 in 2,620 |
| Missouri | #356 | 9 | 1 in 3,205 |
| Virginia | #364 | 6 | 1 in 4,045 |
| Alabama | #373 | 8 | 1 in 3,232 |
| North Carolina | #373 | 8 | 1 in 3,817 |
| Mississippi | #379 | 6 | 1 in 3,001 |
| Pennsylvania | #462 | 9 | 1 in 9,918 |
| Illinois | #519 | 7 | 1 in 8,275 |
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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 Alene
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 5,396 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #14,942)
- 5,461 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1894 (#1,023 → #744)
- Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1896 (#703 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1920 at #409 (264 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1899–1950
- Highest: 1 in 4,539 girls born in 1920 were named Alene (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Alene (2,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #920 (1883) | #1,114 |
| 1890s | 117 | #703 (1895) | #967 |
| 1900s | 309 | #541 (1909) | #651 |
| 1910s | 1,466 | #425 (1915) | #483 |
| 1920s | 2,351 | #409 (1920) | #444 |
| 1930s | 1,618 | #438 (1931) | #524 |
| 1940s | 1,044 | #652 (1940) | #773 |
| 1950s | 701 | #927 (1950) | #1,219 |
| 1960s | 385 | #1,487 (1960) | #1,919 |
| 1970s | 168 | #2,938 (1970) | #3,981 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,609 (1980) | #4,571 |
| 1990s | 113 | #4,849 (1992) | #7,881 |
| 2000s | 127 | #6,487 (2000) | #8,609 |
| 2010s | 115 | #7,513 (2010) | #9,399 |
| 2020s | 46 | #8,542 (2022) | #12,029 |
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.
Alene in 1916
Top girls' names in 1916
More about 1916
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1,044,334 girls got a published name in 1916; 1 in 5,615 of them was named Alene, which outranked 91.0% of the 5,161 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.