Girls' name · since 1996
Alanni
960 babies named Alanni in U.S. Social Security records since 1996, with the highest year being 2025. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
- #7,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,977 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 960
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alanni is the #1977 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 960 recorded since 1996.
Social Security Administration records show Alanni recorded 960 times among girls since 1996, holding rank #1977 nationally today, ahead of 89% of girls, peaking in the 2020s. This profile derives year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1996 to 2025.
- #7,721 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,977 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 960 born since 1996
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alanni ranks #7,721 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,977 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 960 born since 1996, peaking in the 2020s.
- #7,721 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,977 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 960
- born since 1996
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alanni's 960 recorded births place it above 89.31% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
8 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alanni compares
960 Top 33% higher than 67% 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
Alanni's all-time total is 155% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alanni | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 960 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 98 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alanni's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alanni splits its recorded history at 2013: 82% of all births land in the more recent half, 18% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 1996 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 98 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alanni popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1996–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 98
- Annual births at peak, across 30 years of records
Alanni by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (516 births, 54% of the file).
2020s was Alanni's strongest decade.
516 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Alanni births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s 97
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
342 births
- 2020s
2020s
516 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 516 births (54% of all-time use).
How Alanni 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 Alanni's total volume
Alanni by state
Where Alanni concentrates geographically, total births since 1996
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 115 | 12.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 91 | 9.5% |
| #3 | Florida | | 56 | 5.8% |
| #4 | New York | | 31 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 24 | 2.5% |
| #6 | Georgia | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #7 | Louisiana | | 5 | 0.5% |
| #8 | New Jersey | | 5 | 0.5% |
115 of 960 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 8 reporting states.
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- California records the most Alannis (115 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alanni: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~29 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, 1996–2025 (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 Alanni 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.