Girls' name · since 1968
Alnisa
Since 1968, U.S. Social Security records show 280 babies named Alnisa, peaking in 1975. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #16,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 280
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Alnisa sits outside today's top ranks for girls, with 280 recorded since 1968.
Alnisa has 280 recorded births among girls since 1968, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 1970s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1968 to 2008.
- #16,487 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 280 born since 1968
- 1970s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alnisa ranks #16,487 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 280 born since 1968, peaking in the 1970s.
- #16,487 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 280
- born since 1968
- 1970s
- peak decade
Alnisa's 280 recorded births place it above 77.16% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 1 jurisdictions, led by New Jersey.
Alnisa's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alnisa's SSA record in two at 1983 and the more recent half accounts for 45% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 55%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1990, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 1975 peak of 22, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alnisa popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1968–2008
- Peak year (1975)
- 22
- Annual births at peak, across 41 years of records
Alnisa by decade
1970s is the heaviest window (119 births, 43% of the file).
1970s was Alnisa's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 43% of all-time use.
Alnisa births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1960s 14
1960s
14 births
- 1970s
1970s
119 births
- 1980s
1980s
91 births
- 1990s
1990s
50 births
- 2000s 6
2000s
6 births
What this shows Peak: 1970s at 119 births (43% of all-time use).
Alnisa by state
Where Alnisa concentrates geographically, total births since 1968
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | New Jersey | | 205 | 73.2% |
205 of 280 births nationwide.
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- Alnisa's decade-level peak was the 1970s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 6 in the 2000s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- New Jersey records the most Alnisas (205 births) -- see the full state breakdown if geography matters to your decision. New Jersey names
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alnisa: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1975)
Similar record span (~40 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, 1968–2008 (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 Alnisa 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.