Alanis — #2071 US girls' name
3,321 babies named Alanis in U.S. Social Security records since 1995, with the highest year being 2013. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 88% of names given to girls today.
35% of everyone ever named Alanis was born in this single decade.
182 babies were named Alanis in 2013 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alanis
The Social Security Administration has registered 3,321 babies named Alanis between 1995 and 2024, spanning 30 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alanis currently holds the #2071 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2013, when 182 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alanis performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 1,148 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Alanis shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in California, which accounts for 440 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by Florida and New York. In total, SSA state-level files list Alanis in 22 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alanis 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 3,321 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.
Alanis at a glance
Outside the top 1,000Peak year
Current rank
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Alanis popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–1995
- Peak year (2013)
- 182
- Annual births at peak — across 30 years of records
Currently ranks #2071 among girls.
3,321 total births across 30 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2013 with 182 births in a single year.
Alanis by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 1,148 births that decade — 35% of Alanis's all-time total
Alanis decade highlights
- Peak decade 1,148 births
- Runner-up 1,066 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alanis's strongest decade
1,148 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 35% of all-time use.
Alanis by state
Where Alanis concentrates geographically — total births since 1995
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 440 | 13.2% |
| #2 | Florida | | 438 | 13.2% |
| #3 | New York | | 341 | 10.3% |
| #4 | Texas | | 317 | 9.5% |
| #5 | New Jersey | | 115 | 3.5% |
| #6 | Illinois | | 84 | 2.5% |
| #7 | North Carolina | | 48 | 1.4% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 46 | 1.4% |
440 of 3,321 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 22 reporting states.
Top 5 states
- California 13.2% of nationwide
- Florida 13.2% of nationwide
- New York 10.3% of nationwide
- Texas 9.5% of nationwide
- New Jersey 3.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 22 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
California accounts for 13.2% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
Alanis appears in 22 states. Explore state details →
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 1995–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.