Alana
#140 for girls in 2025, 2,085 births · Last seen for boys in 2004 at #8,927
Given to girls >99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 2025 · 2,085 births
- Debut · girls
- 12 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 68,264since 1930
Alana over time
Rank among girls' names. Alana has never cracked the top 100 here.
Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.
Show data table
| Year | girls | boys | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| rank | births | rank | births | |
| 2025 | #140 | 2,085 | — | |
| 2024 | #143 | 2,060 | — | |
| 2023 | #185 | 1,618 | — | |
| 2022 | #204 | 1,422 | — | |
| 2021 | #224 | 1,334 | — | |
| 2020 | #206 | 1,403 | — | |
| 2019 | #232 | 1,341 | — | |
| 2018 | #200 | 1,533 | — | |
| 2017 | #212 | 1,449 | — | |
| 2016 | #207 | 1,576 | — | |
| 2015 | #202 | 1,629 | — | |
| 2014 | #197 | 1,675 | — | |
| 2013 | #181 | 1,759 | — | |
| 2012 | #176 | 1,780 | — | |
| 2011 | #185 | 1,702 | — | |
| 2010 | #170 | 1,819 | — | |
| 2009 | #172 | 1,905 | — | |
| 2008 | #166 | 2,037 | — | |
| 2007 | #143 | 2,461 | — | |
| 2006 | #167 | 2,121 | — | |
| 2005 | #170 | 1,974 | — | |
| 2004 | #178 | 1,913 | #8,927 | 7 |
| 2003 | #203 | 1,621 | #10,894 | 5 |
| 2002 | #225 | 1,391 | — | |
| 2001 | #257 | 1,233 | — | |
| 2000 | #253 | 1,279 | — | |
| 1999 | #252 | 1,246 | — | |
| 1998 | #254 | 1,218 | — | |
| 1997 | #281 | 1,038 | — | |
| 1996 | #245 | 1,155 | — | |
| 1995 | #308 | 900 | — | |
| 1994 | #335 | 798 | — | |
| 1993 | #338 | 773 | — | |
| 1992 | #385 | 671 | — | |
| 1991 | #367 | 701 | — | |
| 1990 | #369 | 720 | — | |
| 1989 | #379 | 666 | #6,941 | 6 |
| 1988 | #370 | 652 | — | |
| 1987 | #376 | 623 | — | |
| 1986 | #333 | 728 | — | |
| 1985 | #255 | 977 | #4,698 | 8 |
| 1984 | #352 | 655 | — | |
| 1983 | #359 | 633 | — | |
| 1982 | #340 | 707 | — | |
| 1981 | #367 | 639 | — | |
| 1980 | #368 | 636 | #6,250 | 5 |
| 1979 | #373 | 606 | — | |
| 1978 | #451 | 441 | — | |
| 1977 | #507 | 365 | — | |
| 1976 | #490 | 370 | — | |
| 1975 | #446 | 442 | — | |
| 1974 | #511 | 337 | — | |
| 1973 | #576 | 278 | — | |
| 1972 | #661 | 227 | — | |
| 1971 | #738 | 203 | — | |
| 1970 | #651 | 250 | — | |
| 1969 | #685 | 211 | — | |
| 1968 | #664 | 211 | — | |
| 1967 | #643 | 220 | — | |
| 1966 | #691 | 200 | — | |
| 1965 | #717 | 191 | — | |
| 1964 | #707 | 215 | — | |
| 1963 | #725 | 199 | — | |
| 1962 | #842 | 156 | — | |
| 1961 | #835 | 159 | — | |
| 1960 | #946 | 127 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,066 | 100 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,028 | 103 | — | |
| 1957 | #958 | 116 | — | |
| 1956 | #869 | 132 | — | |
| 1955 | #899 | 119 | — | |
| 1954 | #796 | 139 | — | |
| 1953 | #718 | 160 | — | |
| 1952 | #678 | 172 | — | |
| 1951 | #630 | 189 | — | |
| 1950 | #625 | 183 | — | |
| 1949 | #591 | 198 | — | |
| 1948 | #557 | 221 | — | |
| 1947 | #577 | 219 | — | |
| 1946 | #573 | 194 | — | |
| 1945 | #628 | 134 | — | |
| 1944 | #747 | 104 | — | |
| 1943 | #1,251 | 42 | — | |
| 1942 | #2,117 | 17 | — | |
| 1941 | #3,030 | 9 | — | |
| 1940 | #4,349 | 5 | — | |
| 1939 | #4,250 | 5 | — | |
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| 1937 | #4,255 | 5 | — | |
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| 1934 | #4,286 | 5 | — | |
| 1933 | #3,406 | 7 | — | |
| 1932 | #4,411 | 5 | — | |
| 1931 | #4,331 | 5 | — | |
| 1930 | #2,552 | 12 | — | |
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The first year at least five girls were named Alana! It came in at #2,552, and was given to 12 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1934–1940, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
Where Alana is popular in 2012
- Rank in state
- Top 10
- 11–50
- 51–100
- 101–500
- 501+
- Not published
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- Hawaii#14 · 1 in 125
- Mississippi#96 · 1 in 409
- North Carolina#110 · 1 in 536
- South Carolina#113 · 1 in 484
- Delaware#116 · 1 in 332
Best ever in a state: #14 in Hawaii, 2012.
Show every state
| State | Rank | Births | Share |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hawaii | #14 | 27 | 1 in 125 |
| Mississippi | #96 | 26 | 1 in 409 |
| North Carolina | #110 | 82 | 1 in 536 |
| South Carolina | #113 | 36 | 1 in 484 |
| Delaware | #116 | 8 | 1 in 332 |
| Florida | #117 | 139 | 1 in 573 |
| New Jersey | #120 | 65 | 1 in 562 |
| Connecticut | #135 | 22 | 1 in 532 |
| Massachusetts | #136 | 46 | 1 in 553 |
| Virginia | #137 | 62 | 1 in 587 |
| New York | #138 | 134 | 1 in 689 |
| Ohio | #140 | 84 | 1 in 614 |
| Georgia | #141 | 75 | 1 in 631 |
| Alaska | #145 | 6 | 1 in 384 |
| Maryland | #153 | 37 | 1 in 651 |
| Michigan | #158 | 57 | 1 in 722 |
| Rhode Island | #162 | 6 | 1 in 497 |
| Wisconsin | #178 | 32 | 1 in 720 |
| Pennsylvania | #181 | 67 | 1 in 787 |
| New Mexico | #183 | 11 | 1 in 644 |
| Iowa | #198 | 17 | 1 in 737 |
| Arkansas | #201 | 15 | 1 in 759 |
| California | #202 | 208 | 1 in 1,005 |
| Alabama | #207 | 22 | 1 in 839 |
| Tennessee | #209 | 32 | 1 in 933 |
| Missouri | #213 | 30 | 1 in 897 |
| Illinois | #214 | 60 | 1 in 979 |
| Nevada | #217 | 12 | 1 in 860 |
| New Hampshire | #218 | 5 | 1 in 744 |
| Minnesota | #221 | 25 | 1 in 961 |
| Kentucky | #233 | 19 | 1 in 955 |
| Washington | #235 | 31 | 1 in 982 |
| Colorado | #236 | 23 | 1 in 974 |
| Kansas | #239 | 14 | 1 in 940 |
| Arizona | #243 | 29 | 1 in 1,068 |
| Texas | #247 | 128 | 1 in 1,237 |
| Indiana | #258 | 28 | 1 in 1,073 |
| West Virginia | #279 | 6 | 1 in 1,101 |
| Nebraska | #310 | 7 | 1 in 1,107 |
| Louisiana | #311 | 15 | 1 in 1,313 |
| Oklahoma | #447 | 9 | 1 in 1,831 |
| District of Columbia | — | — | — |
| Idaho | — | — | — |
| Maine | — | — | — |
| Montana | — | — | — |
| North Dakota | — | — | — |
| Oregon | — | — | — |
| South Dakota | — | — | — |
| Utah | — | — | — |
| Vermont | — | — | — |
| Wyoming | — | — | — |
Ranks are within each state; “1 in N” is out of the girls born there that year. The SSA only publishes a name in a state when 5 or more babies of one sex got it.
See more about Alana
- 3 spots since 2024 (#143 → #140)
- 66 spots since 2020 (#206 → #140)
- 62 spots since 2015 (#202 → #140)
- Biggest jump: 504 spots in 1944 (#1,251 → #747)
- Biggest drop: 103 spots in 1955 (#796 → #899)
- Debuted 1930
- Peaked 2025 at #140 (2,085 births)
- Not yet halved from its peak
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 80 yrs · run 1960–2025
- Highest: 1 in 771 girls born in 2025 were named Alana (0.13%)
- 26.3% of all girls named Alana (17,935) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1930s | 44 | #2,552 (1930) | #3,927 |
| 1940s | 1,143 | #557 (1948) | #1,442 |
| 1950s | 1,413 | #625 (1950) | #827 |
| 1960s | 1,889 | #643 (1967) | #746 |
| 1970s | 3,519 | #373 (1979) | #540 |
| 1980s | 6,916 | #255 (1985) | #350 |
| 1990s | 9,220 | #245 (1996) | #313 |
| 2000s | 17,935 | #143 (2007) | #193 |
| 2010s | 16,263 | #170 (2010) | #196 |
| 2020s | 9,922 | #140 (2025) | #184 |
All figures count published births only (names given to at least 5 girls in a year). Registrations before 1937 are incomplete, so early shares and totals run low.
Alana in 2012
Top girls' names in 2012
More about 2012
girls
1,761,053 girls got a published name in 2012; 1 in 989 of them was named Alana, which outranked 99.1% of the 19,534 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 8.8% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).