Girls' name · since 1994
Alinah
Alinah has 679 recorded births since 1994 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2015 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #9,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,999 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 679
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Yes -- Alinah is the #6999 most popular girls' name in the U.S. today, with 679 recorded since 1994.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alinah has been recorded 679 times among girls since 1994, currently ranked #6999 nationally and more common than 60% 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 1994 to 2025.
- #9,693 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #6,999 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 679 born since 1994
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alinah ranks #9,693 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #6,999 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 679 born since 1994, peaking in the 2010s.
- #9,693 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #6,999 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 679
- born since 1994
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alinah's 679 recorded births place it above 86.58% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 4 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alinah compares
679 Top 39% higher than 61% 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
Alinah's all-time total is 81% above the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alinah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 679 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 50 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alinah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alinah's full recorded timeline at 2013, 62% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 38% in the earlier half -- usage has skewed toward the present, not a one-decade spike. Its quietest year on record was 1994, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 2015 peak of 50 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alinah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1994–2025
- Peak year (2015)
- 50
- Annual births at peak, across 32 years of records
Alinah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (369 births, 54% of the file).
2010s was Alinah's strongest decade.
369 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 54% of all-time use.
Alinah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
148 births
- 2010s
2010s
369 births
- 2020s
2020s
157 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 369 births (54% of all-time use).
How Alinah 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 Alinah's total volume
Alinah by state
Where Alinah concentrates geographically, total births since 1994
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 211 | 31.1% |
| #2 | Texas | | 69 | 10.2% |
| #3 | Florida | | 5 | 0.7% |
| #4 | New York | | 5 | 0.7% |
211 of 679 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 4 reporting states.
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What to do with Alinah's data
- Alinah's usage has stayed within range of its 2010s decade-level peak (369 total births) through the 2020s (157) -- a comparatively stable name, not a fading trend.
- California records the most Alinahs (211 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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Related Names
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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alinah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2015)
Similar record span (~31 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, 1994–2025 (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 Alinah 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.