Girls' name · since 2001
Alynah
Alynah has 247 recorded births since 2001 in federal Social Security data, most heavily in 2007 -- full year-by-year trend, decade aggregates, and state rankings follow.
- #17,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alynah currently ranks #10544 among girls' names in America, with 247 babies recorded since 2001.
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alynah has been recorded 247 times among girls since 2001, currently ranked #10544 nationally and more common than 39% 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 2001 to 2025.
- #17,692 of 72,339 all-time among girls
- #10,544 of 17,297 2025 SSA year
- 247 born since 2001
- 2010s peak decade
Data updated Aug 2026
The verdict
According to the U.S. Social Security Administration, Alynah ranks #17,692 of 72,339 girls' names by all-time recorded births (highest first) and #10,544 of 17,297 among girls' names in 2025. 247 born since 2001, peaking in the 2010s.
- #17,692 of 72,339
- all-time among girls
- #10,544 of 17,297
- 2025 SSA year
- 247
- born since 2001
- 2010s
- peak decade
Alynah's 247 recorded births place it above 75.48% of the 72,339 girls names in the full SSA archive.
The state file records this name in 2 jurisdictions, led by California.
How Alynah compares
247 41st percentile among 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
Alynah's all-time total is 34% below the median girls name, and Olivia still leads by a wide margin.
| Metric | Alynah | Median girls name (Kyann) | #1 girls name (Olivia) |
|---|---|---|---|
| All-time total births | 247 | 376 | 567,345 |
| Peak-year births | 27 | 21 | 19,840 |
Alynah's usage pattern, beyond the headline number
Alynah splits its recorded history at 2014: 38% of all births land in the more recent half, 62% in the earlier half, leaning more toward its earlier era than today's. The single quietest year was 2001 (5 births) -- compare that against the 2007 peak of 27 for a sense of just how much the name's popularity has swung.
Alynah popularity over time
Annual U.S. births registered with the Social Security Administration · 2001–2025
- Peak year (2007)
- 27
- Annual births at peak, across 25 years of records
Alynah by decade
2010s is the heaviest window (119 births, 48% of the file).
2010s was Alynah's strongest decade.
119 babies received the name during that ten-year window, about 48% of all-time use.
Alynah births by decade
Total births in each ten-year window
- 2000s
2000s
97 births
- 2010s
2010s
119 births
- 2020s 31
2020s
31 births
What this shows Peak: 2010s at 119 births (48% of all-time use).
Alynah by state
Where Alynah concentrates geographically, total births since 2001
| Rank | State | Visual share | Births | Share of total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| #1 | California | | 37 | 15.0% |
| #2 | Texas | | 6 | 2.4% |
37 of 247 births nationwide. Compared to a flat distribution across 2 reporting states.
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What to do with Alynah's data
- Alynah's decade-level peak was the 2010s (119 total births); usage has since declined to 31 in the 2020s -- if you're weighing a "classic revival" angle, the trend line argues against it.
- California records the most Alynahs (37 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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Nationwide names with similar peak year or record span
Two nationwide peer axes for Alynah: closest SSA peak year, and closest first→latest record span. Distinct from the spelling and current-rank neighborhoods above.
Similar peak year (~2007)
Similar record span (~24 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, 2001–2025 (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 Alynah 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.