Girls' name · since 1992
Alaney
Since 1992, U.S. Social Security records show 86 babies named Alaney, peaking in 2009. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #28,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,622 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alaney currently ranks #15622 among girls' names in America, with 86 babies recorded since 1992.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaney has been recorded 86 times among girls since 1992, currently ranked #15622 nationally and more common than 10% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2000s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1992 to 2025.
- #28,772 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,622 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 86 born since 1992
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alaney ranks #28,772 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,622 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 86 born since 1992, peaking in the 2000s.
- #28,772 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,622 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 86
- born since 1992
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alaney's 86 recorded births place it above 60.04% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alaney compares
86 22nd percentile among 17,297 names currently given to girls
Based on all-time total births among currently-ranked girls names. Names with fewer occurrences are grouped into wider buckets on the right.
Source U.S. Social Security Administration, national baby name data
How the numbers stack up
Alaney's all-time total is 77% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alaney | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 86 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 10 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alaney's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alaney's SSA record in two at 2009 and the more recent half accounts for 51% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 49%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1992, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 10, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alaney popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1992–2025
- Peak year (2009)
- 10
- Annual births at peak, across 34 years of records
Alaney by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (37 births, 43% of the file).
2000s was Alaney's strongest decade.
37 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alaney births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s
1990s
15 births
- 2000s
2000s
37 births
- 2010s
2010s
22 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 37 births (43% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alaney's data
- Alaney's decade-level peak was the 2000s (37 total births); usage has since declined to 12 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alaney: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~33 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, 1992–2025 (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 Alaney 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.