Girls' name · since 1974
Alanea
Since 1974, U.S. Social Security records show 109 babies named Alanea, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #26,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
109 girls have been named Alanea since 1974, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
Social Security Administration records show Alanea recorded 109 times among girls since 1974, though it doesn't currently rank among the most-used girls names, peaking in the 2010s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1974 to 2015.
- #26,123 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 109 born since 1974
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alanea ranks #26,123 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 109 born since 1974, peaking in the 2010s.
- #26,123 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 109
- born since 1974
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alanea's 109 recorded births place it above 63.75% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alanea's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alanea's full recorded timeline at 2008, 59% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 41% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1974, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alanea popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1974–2015
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 42 years of records
Alanea by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (47 births, 43% of the file).
2010s was Alanea's strongest decade.
47 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alanea births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 16
1990s
16 births
- 2000s
2000s
41 births
- 2010s
2010s
47 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 47 births (43% of all-time use).
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alanea: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~41 yrs)
Peak year is the single SSA year with the most births for that name; record span is first-to-latest year in the national files, not a recommendation or shared origin claim.
Data Sources
Data as of August 2026. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
According to the Social Security Administration, this profile draws directly from the agency's public-use baby-name files (updated June 2026). See our methodology for the full extraction, aggregation, and privacy-suppression rules.
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications, National Data, 1974–2015 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames).
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names, State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip).
Name Almanac is rendered directly from the Social Security Administration's public baby-name files, no number is typed in by an editor. This profile for Alanea draws directly on SSA national and state-level files, no figure is typed in by an editor. See our editorial standards & corrections policy, the methodology behind these numbers, or report a data error. Data current as of August 2026.