Alanah — #2220 US girls' name

What the Data Says About Alanah

The Social Security Administration has registered 4,159 babies named Alanah between 1984 and 2024, spanning 41 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alanah currently holds the #2220 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2008, when 223 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alanah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,660 births during that ten-year window. Across the 5 decades of recorded activity, Alanah shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 523 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Texas and Florida. In total, SSA state-level files list Alanah in 26 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alanah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 4,159 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.