Albana — girls' name
76 babies named Albana in U.S. Social Security records since 1989, with the highest year being 1998. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
The verdict
76 girls have been named Albana since 1989, peaking in the 1990s, last recorded in 2015.
- 76
- total births
- 1989–2015
- years on record
- 1990s
- peak decade
- 46%
- born in that decade
46% of everyone ever named Albana was born in this single decade.
9 babies were named Albana in 1998 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Albana
The Social Security Administration has registered 76 babies named Albana between 1989 and 2015, spanning 27 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Albana currently falls outside the top 1,000 girls' names for 2015. The name reached its historical peak in 1998, when 9 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Albana performed strongest in the 1990s, accumulating 35 births during that ten-year window. Across the 4 decades of recorded activity, Albana shows a clear decline from its mid-century high. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in New York, which accounts for 11 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Albana in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Albana 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 76 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.
Albana at a glance
Last recorded 2015Peak year
Current rank
Active since
Albana popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2015–1989
- Peak year (1998)
- 9
- Annual births at peak — across 27 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000 — last recorded 2015.
76 total births across 27 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1998 with 9 births in a single year.
Albana by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 1990s
- 35 births that decade — 46% of Albana's all-time total
Albana decade highlights
- Peak decade 35 births
- Runner-up 26 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
1990s was Albana's strongest decade
35 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 46% of all-time use.
Albana by state
Where Albana concentrates geographically — total births since 1989
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New York | | 11 | 14.5% |
11 of 76 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- New York 14.5% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
New York accounts for 14.5% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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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, 1989–2015 (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.