Alyanah — #9996 US girls' name
173 babies named Alyanah in U.S. Social Security records since 2005, with the highest year being 2012. Year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state-level rankings drawn from federal birth data.
More common than 43% of names given to girls today.
61% of everyone ever named Alyanah was born in this single decade.
17 babies were named Alyanah in 2012 — its busiest year on record.
What the Data Says About Alyanah
The Social Security Administration has registered 173 babies named Alyanah between 2005 and 2024, spanning 20 consecutive years of U.S. birth records. As a girl's name, Alyanah currently holds the #9996 rank among girls for 2024. The name reached its historical peak in 2012, when 17 babies received it in a single year.
Decade-level aggregation shows that Alyanah performed strongest in the 2010s, accumulating 105 births during that ten-year window. Across the 3 decades of recorded activity, Alyanah shows notable generational variation in parental adoption. Geographically, the name is most concentrated in Texas, which accounts for 5 births — the largest state-level total in the dataset — followed by . In total, SSA state-level files list Alyanah in 1 of the 51 U.S. reporting jurisdictions.
No etymological entry is currently available for Alyanah in our reference dataset. These figures derive from SSA's annual national and state-level name files, which include any name appearing at least five times in a given year or state-year; names below that threshold are suppressed for privacy and therefore excluded from the totals shown here. The 173 total represents a lower bound — actual usage may be higher in years or states where the count fell below the disclosure floor. This page is provided for informational and research purposes only and does not constitute personal, legal, or naming advice.
Alyanah at a glance
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Current rank
Active since
Alyanah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2024–2005
- Peak year (2012)
- 17
- Annual births at peak — across 20 years of records
Currently ranks #9996 among girls.
173 total births across 20 years of SSA records. Peaked in 2012 with 17 births in a single year.
Alyanah by decade
Total births in each ten-year window — peak vs trough at a glance
- Peak decade
- 2010s
- 105 births that decade — 61% of Alyanah's all-time total
Alyanah decade highlights
- Peak decade 105 births
- Runner-up 44 births
- Modern era share 2010s + 2020s
- Decades tracked with recorded births
2010s was Alyanah's strongest decade
105 babies received the name during that ten-year window — about 61% of all-time use.
Alyanah by state
Where Alyanah concentrates geographically — total births since 2005
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | Texas | | 5 | 2.9% |
5 of 173 births nationwide.
Top 5 states
- Texas 2.9% of nationwide
Recorded in 1 of 51 SSA jurisdictions
Texas accounts for 2.9% of all recorded births nationwide — a relatively diffuse profile for this name.
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Data Sources
Data as of 2024. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration (SSA).
Primary: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names from Social Security Card Applications — National Data, 2005–2024 (ssa.gov/oact/babynames). National-level data includes all names with 5 or more occurrences in a given year.
State-level: Source: U.S. Social Security Administration, Baby Names — State-Level Files (namesbystate.zip). Includes all names with 5 or more occurrences per state per year; rarer names are excluded for privacy.