Girls' name · since 1930
Alanna
Since 1930, U.S. Social Security records show 27,012 babies named Alanna, peaking in 2025. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #280 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,012
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alanna currently ranks #280 among girls' names in America, with 27,012 babies recorded since 1930.
Alanna has 27,012 recorded births among girls since 1930, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, ranked #280 as of the latest data, more common than 98% of girls, busiest in the 2000s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1930 to 2025.
- #892 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #280 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 27,012 born since 1930
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alanna ranks #892 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #280 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 27,012 born since 1930, peaking in the 2000s.
- #892 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #280 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 27,012
- born since 1930
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alanna's 27,012 recorded births place it above 98.76% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
47 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alanna compares
27,012 Top 6% higher than 94% of 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
Alanna's all-time total is 72x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alanna | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 27,012 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 1,099 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alanna's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alanna splits its recorded history at 1983: 87% of all births land in the more recent half, 13% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1943 (6 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 1,099 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alanna popularity over time - girls
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1930–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 1,099
- Annual births at peak, across 96 years of records
Alanna popularity over time - boys
7 total births recorded since 1989 (Alanna as boys' name)
Alanna by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (6,175 births, 23% of the file).
2000s was Alanna's strongest decade.
6,175 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 23% of all-time use.
Alanna births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1930s 25
1930s
25 births
- 1940s 175
1940s
175 births
- 1950s 423
1950s
423 births
- 1960s 499
1960s
499 births
- 1970s 1,449
1970s
1,449 births
- 1980s
1980s
2,917 births
- 1990s
1990s
5,030 births
- 2000s
2000s
6,175 births
- 2010s
2010s
5,843 births
- 2020s
2020s
4,476 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 6,175 births (23% of all-time use).
How Alanna compares to similarly-sized names
Years in SSA records vs. share of all-time use concentrated in the single peak year, among 15 girls names closest to Alanna's total volume
Alanna by state
Where Alanna concentrates geographically, total births since 1930
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 3,242 | 12.0% |
| #2 | New York | | 2,348 | 8.7% |
| #3 | Texas | | 2,019 | 7.5% |
| #4 | Florida | | 1,759 | 6.5% |
| #5 | Pennsylvania | | 1,160 | 4.3% |
| #6 | Massachusetts | | 1,029 | 3.8% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 937 | 3.5% |
| #8 | Ohio | | 920 | 3.4% |
3,242 of 27,012 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 47 reporting states.
Alanna appears in 47 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alanna's data
- Alanna's usage has stayed within range of its 2000s decade-level peak (6,175 total births) through the 2020s (4,476) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alannas (3,242 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. California names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alanna: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
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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, 1930–2025 (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 Alanna 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.