Alene
Alene was given to 5 girls in 2025, #15,037 among girls’ names; 8,753 Americans have been recorded with it since 1883 (Social Security Administration, published May 2026).
An estimated 2,570 Americans named Alene and born in the U.S. are alive in 2026 (29% of everyone recorded); the median is 71 years old and half are between 52 and 81.
Girls and boys together; gaps are years SSA did not record (fewer than 5 births).
Births of Alene by year: SSA national baby-name file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
How popular is Alene?
#15,037 among girls’ names, 2025
Alene fell from #9,508 in 2015 to #15,037 in 2025 among girls’ names; its share of girls born fell from 6.2 to 3.1 per million.
264 babies in 1920, the peak
Alene peaked in 1920, when 264 girls were given it, #409 among girls’ names. The 5 births of 2025 are 2% of that peak.
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 5 | #15,037 | under 0.01 |
| 2024 | 6 | #13,552 | under 0.01 |
| 2023 | 6 | #13,534 | under 0.01 |
| 2022 | 12 | #8,560 | 0.01 |
| 2021 | 7 | #12,266 | under 0.01 |
| 2020 | 10 | #9,579 | 0.01 |
| 2019 | 10 | #9,757 | 0.01 |
| 2018 | 13 | #8,174 | 0.01 |
| 2017 | 10 | #9,980 | 0.01 |
| 2016 | 10 | #10,142 | 0.01 |
Every recorded year (139)
| Year | Births | Rank | Per 1,000 girls |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 11 | #9,508 | 0.01 |
| 2014 | 8 | #11,976 | under 0.01 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,283 | 0.01 |
| 2012 | 12 | #9,134 | 0.01 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,797 | 0.01 |
| 2010 | 16 | #7,535 | 0.01 |
| 2009 | 12 | #9,394 | 0.01 |
| 2008 | 11 | #10,107 | 0.01 |
| 2007 | 14 | #8,535 | 0.01 |
| 2006 | 9 | #11,459 | under 0.01 |
| 2005 | 13 | #8,349 | 0.01 |
| 2004 | 14 | #7,840 | 0.01 |
| 2003 | 12 | #8,534 | 0.01 |
| 2002 | 13 | #7,832 | 0.01 |
| 2001 | 13 | #7,739 | 0.01 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,490 | 0.01 |
| 1999 | 11 | #8,237 | 0.01 |
| 1998 | 11 | #8,021 | 0.01 |
| 1997 | 8 | #9,835 | under 0.01 |
| 1996 | 10 | #8,161 | 0.01 |
| 1995 | 12 | #7,055 | 0.01 |
| 1994 | 7 | #10,600 | under 0.01 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,733 | under 0.01 |
| 1992 | 20 | #4,845 | 0.01 |
| 1991 | 13 | #6,592 | 0.01 |
| 1990 | 12 | #6,875 | 0.01 |
| 1989 | 17 | #5,046 | 0.01 |
| 1988 | 13 | #5,898 | 0.01 |
| 1987 | 17 | #4,660 | 0.01 |
| 1986 | 22 | #3,758 | 0.01 |
| 1985 | 17 | #4,456 | 0.01 |
| 1984 | 17 | #4,321 | 0.01 |
| 1983 | 15 | #4,688 | 0.01 |
| 1982 | 19 | #4,026 | 0.01 |
| 1981 | 13 | #5,259 | 0.01 |
| 1980 | 22 | #3,613 | 0.01 |
| 1979 | 16 | #4,424 | 0.01 |
| 1978 | 16 | #4,248 | 0.01 |
| 1977 | 13 | #4,946 | 0.01 |
| 1976 | 20 | #3,408 | 0.01 |
| 1975 | 15 | #4,141 | 0.01 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,367 | 0.01 |
| 1973 | 16 | #3,787 | 0.01 |
| 1972 | 21 | #3,064 | 0.01 |
| 1971 | 18 | #3,508 | 0.01 |
| 1970 | 23 | #2,939 | 0.01 |
| 1969 | 29 | #2,396 | 0.02 |
| 1968 | 30 | #2,205 | 0.02 |
| 1967 | 37 | #1,921 | 0.02 |
| 1966 | 40 | #1,797 | 0.02 |
| 1965 | 33 | #2,031 | 0.02 |
| 1964 | 43 | #1,781 | 0.02 |
| 1963 | 33 | #2,060 | 0.02 |
| 1962 | 46 | #1,671 | 0.02 |
| 1961 | 39 | #1,837 | 0.02 |
| 1960 | 55 | #1,486 | 0.03 |
| 1959 | 50 | #1,536 | 0.02 |
| 1958 | 52 | #1,480 | 0.03 |
| 1957 | 51 | #1,491 | 0.02 |
| 1956 | 69 | #1,248 | 0.03 |
| 1955 | 80 | #1,111 | 0.04 |
| 1954 | 73 | #1,163 | 0.04 |
| 1953 | 79 | #1,081 | 0.04 |
| 1952 | 89 | #996 | 0.05 |
| 1951 | 66 | #1,150 | 0.04 |
| 1950 | 92 | #926 | 0.05 |
| 1949 | 100 | #878 | 0.06 |
| 1948 | 120 | #784 | 0.07 |
| 1947 | 108 | #841 | 0.06 |
| 1946 | 97 | #838 | 0.06 |
| 1945 | 100 | #749 | 0.08 |
| 1944 | 103 | #753 | 0.08 |
| 1943 | 95 | #795 | 0.07 |
| 1942 | 101 | #752 | 0.07 |
| 1941 | 106 | #681 | 0.09 |
| 1940 | 114 | #652 | 0.10 |
| 1939 | 124 | #606 | 0.11 |
| 1938 | 134 | #596 | 0.12 |
| 1937 | 151 | #543 | 0.14 |
| 1936 | 133 | #567 | 0.13 |
| 1935 | 150 | #525 | 0.14 |
| 1934 | 160 | #506 | 0.15 |
| 1933 | 168 | #490 | 0.17 |
| 1932 | 170 | #503 | 0.16 |
| 1931 | 218 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1930 | 210 | #463 | 0.19 |
| 1929 | 210 | #454 | 0.19 |
| 1928 | 207 | #474 | 0.18 |
| 1927 | 226 | #464 | 0.19 |
| 1926 | 247 | #436 | 0.21 |
| 1925 | 221 | #463 | 0.18 |
| 1924 | 232 | #455 | 0.19 |
| 1923 | 238 | #439 | 0.20 |
| 1922 | 256 | #410 | 0.21 |
| 1921 | 250 | #431 | 0.20 |
| 1920 | 264 | #409 | 0.22 |
| 1919 | 215 | #450 | 0.19 |
| 1918 | 194 | #487 | 0.17 |
| 1917 | 216 | #438 | 0.20 |
| 1916 | 186 | #466 | 0.18 |
| 1915 | 204 | #425 | 0.21 |
| 1914 | 130 | #484 | 0.17 |
| 1913 | 112 | #477 | 0.18 |
| 1912 | 97 | #485 | 0.17 |
| 1911 | 53 | #585 | 0.13 |
| 1910 | 59 | #534 | 0.15 |
| 1909 | 49 | #542 | 0.14 |
| 1908 | 35 | #651 | 0.10 |
| 1907 | 39 | #588 | 0.12 |
| 1906 | 35 | #602 | 0.12 |
| 1905 | 30 | #642 | 0.10 |
| 1904 | 28 | #653 | 0.10 |
| 1903 | 26 | #655 | 0.10 |
| 1902 | 26 | #649 | 0.10 |
| 1901 | 18 | #772 | 0.08 |
| 1900 | 23 | #760 | 0.08 |
| 1899 | 13 | #907 | 0.06 |
| 1898 | 11 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1897 | 16 | #789 | 0.07 |
| 1896 | 10 | #1,049 | 0.04 |
| 1895 | 20 | #703 | 0.09 |
| 1894 | 16 | #747 | 0.07 |
| 1893 | 9 | #1,027 | 0.04 |
| 1892 | 5 | #1,453 | 0.02 |
| 1891 | 7 | #1,095 | 0.04 |
| 1890 | 10 | #872 | 0.05 |
| 1889 | 6 | #1,148 | 0.03 |
| 1888 | 5 | #1,283 | 0.03 |
| 1883 | 5 | #921 | 0.04 |
Ranks and shares: girls’ names in each year’s SSA file; share of all girls SSA recorded that year.
Is Alene a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Alene has been given almost only to girls: 5 boys in 139 years of records.
Girls and boys named Alene: the SSA national file counts each sex separately.
How many people are named Alene, and how old are they?
2,570 alive in 2026, estimated
That is 29% of the 8,753 Americans ever recorded as Alene. The median Alene alive today is 71 years old; half are between 52 and 81.
The 2020 Census counted 3,044 people named Alene (3,019 women and girls, 25 men and boys). SSA’s births carried forward to Census day, April 1, 2020, predict 3,257 born in the U.S. The Census count is 7% below that prediction.
Alive today, by age
Alive today, by generation
| Generation | Born | Alive |
|---|---|---|
| Silent Generation | 1928-1945 | 663 |
| Baby Boomers | 1946-1964 | 1,010 |
| Generation X | 1965-1980 | 330 |
| Millennials | 1981-1996 | 226 |
| Generation Z | 1997-2012 | 198 |
| Generation Alpha | 2013-2025 | 117 |
An estimate, not a count. SSA’s files count people born in the United States who received a Social Security number, so anyone born abroad is not in them; before 1937 most people got a number as adults, and their survival is counted from that age.
Living estimate: SSA births carried forward with the survival rates in SSA’s cohort life tables (2024 Trustees Report) for each birth year and sex. How the estimate is made. Count: Census Bureau, first names in the 2020 Census (released April 14, 2026; names reported 100 or more times, with the Bureau’s disclosure-avoidance adjustment).
Where are babies named Alene born?
The states with the most babies named Alene are Texas, Kentucky and North Carolina, with 34% of its births recorded by state since 1910; Kentucky is not among the ten states with the most births.
| State | Since 1910 | Rank, girls | vs. national |
|---|---|---|---|
| Texas | 600 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Kentucky | 575 | not ranked | 2.7× |
| North Carolina | 520 | not ranked | 1.8× |
| Tennessee | 349 | not ranked | 1.6× |
| Georgia | 342 | not ranked | 1.3× |
| Oklahoma | 341 | not ranked | 2.1× |
| Alabama | 252 | not ranked | 1.1× |
| Arkansas | 250 | not ranked | 1.7× |
| California | 233 | not ranked | 0.6× |
| Missouri | 232 | not ranked | 1.0× |
Where Alene is more common than its national share predicts
Relative to its national share, Alene is most over-represented in Kentucky: since 1910 it was given 2.7 times as often there as its national share each year would predict.
States: SSA state file, 1910-2025, published May 8, 2026; births count girls and boys together, and the rank is among girls’ names in the state in 2025. The file leaves out any state and year with fewer than 5 babies of the name, so small states are undercounted; each ratio compares the state’s births of Alene with the births its national share predicts year by year, for states with at least 100 births of the name.
Names spelled alike
Of these 8 names spelled alike, given to 193,334 babies since 1880, Alene is the eighth most given (4.5% of them). In 2025 it was given to 5 of their 7,028 babies (<1%), again the eighth most given.
Spelled alike: names in the SSA national file with the same pattern of letters and sounds and at most two letters apart, and Wiktionary’s listed forms; births since 1880 and in 2025, and each name’s peak year, from the SSA national file, published May 8, 2026. Some are separate names, not spellings of one.
Names that rose and fell in the same decades as Alene
Names whose births rose and fell across the same decades, measured on each decade’s share of births.
Similar histories: each decade’s share of births, from the SSA national file, 1880-2025, published May 8, 2026. SSA’s notes on the data.
More about Alene and names like it
- Compare Alene and AlanaBirths, ranks, peak and the living estimate side by side.
- The most given names of the 1920sAlene peaked in 1920.
- Texas’s most given namesThe state where SSA recorded the most babies named Alene since 1910.
- The top names of 1920The year the most babies were named Alene.
- The names of the Baby BoomersMost people named Alene alive today were born 1946-1964.
- Names starting with AMost given first.