Girls' name · since 1915
Alnora
Since 1915, U.S. Social Security records show 23 babies named Alnora, peaking in 1920. See the year-by-year trend, decade totals, and state rankings below, sourced from federal birth data.
- #43,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
23 girls have been named Alnora since 1915, though it isn't currently a top-ranked name.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alnora has been recorded 23 times among girls since 1915, though it is not among the currently most-used girls names, with its heaviest use in the 1920s. This profile covers year-by-year birth trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution, all derived directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1915 to 1923.
- #43,917 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 23 born since 1915
- 1920s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alnora ranks #43,917 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 23 born since 1915, peaking in the 1920s.
- #43,917 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 23
- born since 1915
- 1920s
- peak decade
Alnora's 23 recorded births place it above 38.51% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alnora's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Splitting Alnora's full recorded timeline at 1920, 52% of its total births fall in the more recent half of the record versus 48% in the earlier half -- a fairly even split across the full record. Its quietest year on record was 1915, with just 5 recorded births -- worth weighing against the 1920 peak of 7 to see the full range of the name's swing in popularity.
Alnora popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1915–1923
- Peak year (1920)
- 7
- Annual births at peak, across 9 years of records
No longer in the modern top-1000, last recorded 1923.
23 total births across 9 years of SSA records. Peaked in 1920 with 7 births in a single year.
Alnora by decade
1920s is the heaviest window (12 births, 52% of the file).
1920s was Alnora's strongest decade.
12 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Alnora births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1910s
1910s
11 births
- 1920s
1920s
12 births
What this shows Peak: 1920s at 12 births (52% of all-time use).
Alnora decade highlights
- Peak decade 12 births
- Runner-up 11 births
- Decades tracked with recorded births
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alnora: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~1920)
Similar record span (~8 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, 1915–1923 (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 Alnora 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.
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