Alanda — girls' name

What the Data Says About Alanda

The Social Security Administration has registered 731 babies named Alanda between 1946 and 2012, spanning 67 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alanda currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2012. The name reached its historical peak in 1976, when 34 babies received it in a single year.

Decade-level aggregation shows that Alanda performed strongest in the 1970s, accumulating 217 births during that ten-year window. Across the 8 decades of recorded activity, Alanda shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Illinois, which accounts for 6 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alanda in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.

No etymological entry is currently available for Alanda 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 731 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.