Girls' name · since 1975
Alanya
Since 1975, U.S. Social Security records show 167 babies named Alanya, peaking in 2008. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #21,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alanya is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 167 have been recorded since 1975.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alanya has been recorded 167 times among girls since 1975, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, 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 1975 to 2024.
- #21,652 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 167 born since 1975
- 2000s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alanya ranks #21,652 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 167 born since 1975, peaking in the 2000s.
- #21,652 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 167
- born since 1975
- 2000s
- peak decade
Alanya's 167 recorded births place it above 70% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alanya's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alanya's full recorded timeline at 2009, 46% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 54% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1975, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2008 peak of 12 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alanya popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1975–2024
- Peak year (2008)
- 12
- Annual births at peak, across 50 years of records
Alanya by decade
2000s is the heaviest window (85 births, 51% of the file).
2000s was Alanya's strongest decade.
85 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 51% of all-time use.
Alanya births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1970s 5
1970s
5 births
- 1990s 6
1990s
6 births
- 2000s
2000s
85 births
- 2010s
2010s
59 births
- 2020s 12
2020s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 2000s at 85 births (51% of all-time use).
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- Alanya's decade-level peak was the 2000s (85 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 Alanya: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2008)
Similar record span (~49 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, 1975–2024 (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 Alanya 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.