Girls' name · since 1997
Alany
Alany has 886 recorded births since 1997 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #8,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,743 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 886
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
886 babies have been named Alany since 1997, making it today's #1743 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alany has been recorded 886 times among girls since 1997, currently ranked #1743 nationally and more common than 90% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2020s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1997 to 2025.
- #8,160 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #1,743 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 886 born since 1997
- 2020s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alany ranks #8,160 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #1,743 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 886 born since 1997, peaking in the 2020s.
- #8,160 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #1,743 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 886
- born since 1997
- 2020s
- peak decade
Alany's 886 recorded births place it above 88.71% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
10 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alany compares
886 Top 34% higher than 66% 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
Alany's all-time total is 136% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alany | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 886 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 117 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alany's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alany splits its recorded history at 2012: 74% of all births land in the more recent half, 26% in the earlier half, a lean toward present-day use rather than a passing spike. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2025 peak of 117 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alany popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1997–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 117
- Annual births at peak, across 29 years of records
Alany by decade
2020s is the heaviest window (371 births, 42% of the file).
2020s was Alany's strongest decade.
371 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 42% of all-time use.
Alany births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 12
1990s
12 births
- 2000s
2000s
170 births
- 2010s
2010s
333 births
- 2020s
2020s
371 births
What this shows Peak: 2020s at 371 births (42% of all-time use).
How Alany 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 Alany's total volume
Alany by state
Where Alany concentrates geographically, total births since 1997
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 140 | 15.8% |
| #2 | Texas | | 95 | 10.7% |
| #3 | Florida | | 42 | 4.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 28 | 3.2% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 24 | 2.7% |
| #6 | Colorado | | 10 | 1.1% |
| #7 | Georgia | | 6 | 0.7% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 5 | 0.6% |
140 of 886 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 10 reporting states.
Alany appears in 10 states. Explore state details →
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- California records the most Alanys (140 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 Alany: 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, 1997–2025 (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 Alany 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.