Girls' name · since 1999
Alenah
Alenah has 215 recorded births since 1999 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2017 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #19,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
215 babies have been named Alenah since 1999, making it today's #15841 girls' name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alenah has been recorded 215 times among girls since 1999, currently ranked #15841 nationally and more common than 8% of girls, with its heaviest use in the 2010s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1999 to 2025.
- #19,049 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #15,841 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 215 born since 1999
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alenah ranks #19,049 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #15,841 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 215 born since 1999, peaking in the 2010s.
- #19,049 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #15,841 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 215
- born since 1999
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alenah's 215 recorded births place it above 73.59% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
How Alenah compares
215 38th percentile among 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
Alenah's all-time total is 43% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alenah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 215 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 17 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alenah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alenah's SSA record in two at 2014 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1999, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2017 peak of 17, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alenah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1999–2025
- Peak year (2017)
- 17
- Annual births at peak, across 27 years of records
Alenah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (111 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Alenah's strongest decade.
111 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Alenah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
57 births
- 2010s
2010s
111 births
- 2020s 42
2020s
42 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 111 births (52% of all-time use).
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What to do with Alenah's data
- Alenah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (111 total births) through the 2020s (42) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alenah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2017)
Similar record span (~26 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, 1999–2025 (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 Alenah 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.