Girls' name · since 1892
Alina
Alina has 45,387 recorded births since 1892 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2025 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #130 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,387
- born since 1892
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alina currently ranks #130 among girls' names in America, with 45,387 babies recorded since 1892.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alina has been recorded 45,387 times among girls since 1892, currently ranked #130 nationally and more common than 99.2% 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 1892 to 2025.
- #634 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #130 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 45,387 born since 1892
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alina ranks #634 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #130 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 45,387 born since 1892, peaking in the 2010s.
- #634 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #130 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 45,387
- born since 1892
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alina's 45,387 recorded births place it above 99.12% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
49 jurisdictions carry state-level records, led by California.
How Alina compares
45,387 Top 4% higher than 96% 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
Alina's all-time total is 121x the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alina | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 45,387 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 2,204 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alina's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alina's full recorded timeline at 1980, 96% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 4% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1892, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2025 peak of 2,204 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alina popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1892–2025
- Peak year (2025)
- 2,204
- Annual births at peak, across 134 years of records
Alina by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (15,599 births, 34% of the file).
2010s was Alina's strongest decade.
15,599 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 34% of all-time use.
Alina births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1890s 16
1890s
16 births
- 1910s 18
1910s
18 births
- 1920s 33
1920s
33 births
- 1930s 7
1930s
7 births
- 1940s 43
1940s
43 births
- 1950s 100
1950s
100 births
- 1960s 491
1960s
491 births
- 1970s 1,185
1970s
1,185 births
- 1980s 1,851
1980s
1,851 births
- 1990s 4,302
1990s
4,302 births
- 2000s
2000s
9,604 births
- 2010s
2010s
15,599 births
- 2020s
2020s
12,138 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 15,599 births (34% of all-time use).
How Alina 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 Alina's total volume
Alina by state
Where Alina concentrates geographically, total births since 1892
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 12,027 | 26.5% |
| #2 | Texas | | 5,014 | 11.0% |
| #3 | New York | | 3,315 | 7.3% |
| #4 | Florida | | 3,031 | 6.7% |
| #5 | Illinois | | 2,032 | 4.5% |
| #6 | Washington | | 1,352 | 3.0% |
| #7 | New Jersey | | 1,316 | 2.9% |
| #8 | Arizona | | 1,249 | 2.8% |
12,027 of 45,387 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 49 reporting states.
Alina appears in 49 states. Explore state details →
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What to do with Alina's data
- Alina's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (15,599 total births) through the 2020s (12,138) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alinas (12,027 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alina: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2025)
Similar record span (~133 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, 1892–2025 (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 Alina 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.