Girls' name · since 1998
Alonah
Alonah has 356 recorded births since 1998 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2009 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #14,504 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alonah is not among the current top-ranked girls names; 356 have been recorded since 1998.
Alonah has 356 recorded births among girls since 1998, per the U.S. Social Security Administration, though it falls outside today's most-used girls names, busiest in the 2010s -- see the year-by-year trends, decade totals, and state-level distribution below, all drawn directly from SSA birth-registration files spanning 1998 to 2023.
- #14,504 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- 356 born since 1998
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alonah ranks #14,504 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first). 356 born since 1998, peaking in the 2010s.
- #14,504 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- 356
- born since 1998
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alonah's 356 recorded births place it above 79.92% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
No state rows cleared SSA’s public reporting threshold for this name.
Alonah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Divide Alonah's SSA record in two at 2012 and the more recent half accounts for 53% of all births, the earlier half the remaining 47%, a genuinely balanced usage pattern. Its calmest year was 1998, with only 5 births recorded -- set against the 2009 peak of 26, that's the full swing in one name's fortunes.
Alonah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 1998–2023
- Peak year (2009)
- 26
- Annual births at peak, across 26 years of records
Alonah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (186 births, 52% of the file).
2010s was Alonah's strongest decade.
186 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 52% of all-time use.
Alonah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 1990s 5
1990s
5 births
- 2000s
2000s
125 births
- 2010s
2010s
186 births
- 2020s 40
2020s
40 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 186 births (52% of all-time use).
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- Alonah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (186 total births); usage has since declined to 40 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
Figures reflect SSA-reported births only; see the methodology above for the privacy-suppression floor.
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Two nationwide peer axes for Alonah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2009)
Similar record span (~25 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, 1998–2023 (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 Alonah 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.