Alene
#14,942 for girls in 2025, 5 births · Last seen for boys in 1928 at #4,151
Given to girls 99.9% of the time
- Peak · girls
- 1920 · 264 births
- Debut · girls
- 5 births
- In top 100 · girls
- neverof 146 years
- Total births · girls
- 8,748since 1883
Alene over time
Rank among girls' names. Alene has never cracked the top 400 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 | #14,942 | 5 | — | |
| 2024 | #13,477 | 6 | — | |
| 2023 | #13,462 | 6 | — | |
| 2022 | #8,542 | 12 | — | |
| 2021 | #12,206 | 7 | — | |
| 2020 | #9,546 | 10 | — | |
| 2019 | #9,736 | 10 | — | |
| 2018 | #8,146 | 13 | — | |
| 2017 | #9,943 | 10 | — | |
| 2016 | #10,113 | 10 | — | |
| 2015 | #9,481 | 11 | — | |
| 2014 | #11,931 | 8 | — | |
| 2013 | #10,235 | 10 | — | |
| 2012 | #9,109 | 12 | — | |
| 2011 | #7,783 | 15 | — | |
| 2010 | #7,513 | 16 | — | |
| 2009 | #9,379 | 12 | — | |
| 2008 | #10,084 | 11 | — | |
| 2007 | #8,520 | 14 | — | |
| 2006 | #11,417 | 9 | — | |
| 2005 | #8,330 | 13 | — | |
| 2004 | #7,828 | 14 | — | |
| 2003 | #8,505 | 12 | — | |
| 2002 | #7,816 | 13 | — | |
| 2001 | #7,724 | 13 | — | |
| 2000 | #6,487 | 16 | — | |
| 1999 | #8,223 | 11 | — | |
| 1998 | #8,016 | 11 | — | |
| 1997 | #9,802 | 8 | — | |
| 1996 | #8,132 | 10 | — | |
| 1995 | #7,041 | 12 | — | |
| 1994 | #10,569 | 7 | — | |
| 1993 | #8,719 | 9 | — | |
| 1992 | #4,849 | 20 | — | |
| 1991 | #6,588 | 13 | — | |
| 1990 | #6,867 | 12 | — | |
| 1989 | #5,049 | 17 | — | |
| 1988 | #5,895 | 13 | — | |
| 1987 | #4,660 | 17 | — | |
| 1986 | #3,757 | 22 | — | |
| 1985 | #4,455 | 17 | — | |
| 1984 | #4,318 | 17 | — | |
| 1983 | #4,686 | 15 | — | |
| 1982 | #4,025 | 19 | — | |
| 1981 | #5,254 | 13 | — | |
| 1980 | #3,609 | 22 | — | |
| 1979 | #4,420 | 16 | — | |
| 1978 | #4,242 | 16 | — | |
| 1977 | #4,942 | 13 | — | |
| 1976 | #3,407 | 20 | — | |
| 1975 | #4,141 | 15 | — | |
| 1974 | #5,360 | 10 | — | |
| 1973 | #3,787 | 16 | — | |
| 1972 | #3,062 | 21 | — | |
| 1971 | #3,508 | 18 | — | |
| 1970 | #2,938 | 23 | — | |
| 1969 | #2,396 | 29 | — | |
| 1968 | #2,205 | 30 | — | |
| 1967 | #1,921 | 37 | — | |
| 1966 | #1,796 | 40 | — | |
| 1965 | #2,031 | 33 | — | |
| 1964 | #1,781 | 43 | — | |
| 1963 | #2,061 | 33 | — | |
| 1962 | #1,672 | 46 | — | |
| 1961 | #1,838 | 39 | — | |
| 1960 | #1,487 | 55 | — | |
| 1959 | #1,537 | 50 | — | |
| 1958 | #1,481 | 52 | — | |
| 1957 | #1,491 | 51 | — | |
| 1956 | #1,249 | 69 | — | |
| 1955 | #1,112 | 80 | — | |
| 1954 | #1,164 | 73 | — | |
| 1953 | #1,082 | 79 | — | |
| 1952 | #997 | 89 | — | |
| 1951 | #1,151 | 66 | — | |
| 1950 | #927 | 92 | — | |
| 1949 | #879 | 100 | — | |
| 1948 | #785 | 120 | — | |
| 1947 | #842 | 108 | — | |
| 1946 | #839 | 97 | — | |
| 1945 | #749 | 100 | — | |
| 1944 | #753 | 103 | — | |
| 1943 | #795 | 95 | — | |
| 1942 | #752 | 101 | — | |
| 1941 | #681 | 106 | — | |
| 1940 | #652 | 114 | — | |
| 1939 | #606 | 124 | — | |
| 1938 | #596 | 134 | — | |
| 1937 | #543 | 151 | — | |
| 1936 | #567 | 133 | — | |
| 1935 | #525 | 150 | — | |
| 1934 | #506 | 160 | — | |
| 1933 | #490 | 168 | — | |
| 1932 | #503 | 170 | — | |
| 1931 | #438 | 218 | — | |
| 1930 | #463 | 210 | — | |
| 1929 | #454 | 210 | — | |
| 1928 | #474 | 207 | #4,151 | 5 |
| 1927 | #464 | 226 | — | |
| 1926 | #436 | 247 | — | |
| 1925 | #463 | 221 | — | |
| 1924 | #455 | 232 | — | |
| 1923 | #439 | 238 | — | |
| 1922 | #410 | 256 | — | |
| 1921 | #431 | 250 | — | |
| 1920 | #409 | 264 | — | |
| 1919 | #450 | 215 | — | |
| 1918 | #487 | 194 | — | |
| 1917 | #438 | 216 | — | |
| 1916 | #466 | 186 | — | |
| 1915 | #425 | 204 | — | |
| 1914 | #484 | 130 | — | |
| 1913 | #477 | 112 | — | |
| 1912 | #485 | 97 | — | |
| 1911 | #585 | 53 | — | |
| 1910 | #534 | 59 | — | |
| 1909 | #541 | 49 | — | |
| 1908 | #649 | 35 | — | |
| 1907 | #588 | 39 | — | |
| 1906 | #602 | 35 | — | |
| 1905 | #642 | 30 | — | |
| 1904 | #653 | 28 | — | |
| 1903 | #654 | 26 | — | |
| 1902 | #648 | 26 | — | |
| 1901 | #771 | 18 | — | |
| 1900 | #760 | 23 | — | |
| 1899 | #906 | 13 | — | |
| 1898 | #1,047 | 11 | — | |
| 1897 | #786 | 16 | — | |
| 1896 | #1,047 | 10 | — | |
| 1895 | #703 | 20 | — | |
| 1894 | #744 | 16 | — | |
| 1893 | #1,023 | 9 | — | |
| 1892 | #1,450 | 5 | — | |
| 1891 | #1,093 | 7 | — | |
| 1890 | #872 | 10 | — | |
| 1889 | #1,147 | 6 | — | |
| 1888 | #1,276 | 5 | — | |
| 1887 | — | — | ||
| 1886 | — | — | ||
| 1885 | — | — | ||
| 1884 | — | — | ||
| 1883 | #920 | 5 | — | |
| 1882 | — | — | ||
| 1881 | — | — | ||
| 1880 | — | — | ||
The first year at least five girls were named Alene! It came in at #920, and was given to 5 baby girls.
Quietest stretch: 1883–1888, when fewer than 6 girls a year got the name.
See more about Alene
- 1,465 spots since 2024 (#13,477 → #14,942)
- 5,396 spots since 2020 (#9,546 → #14,942)
- 5,461 spots since 2015 (#9,481 → #14,942)
- Biggest jump: 279 spots in 1894 (#1,023 → #744)
- Biggest drop: 344 spots in 1896 (#703 → #1,047)
- Debuted 1883
- Peaked 1920 at #409 (264 births)
- Births halved by 1939, 19 yrs later
- Top 10: never
- Top 100: never
- Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1899–1950
- Highest: 1 in 4,539 girls born in 1920 were named Alene (0.02%)
- Latest: 1 in 321,453 girls born in 2025 (0.00%)
- 26.9% of all girls named Alene (2,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
| Decade | Births | Best rank | Avg rank |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 16 | #920 (1883) | #1,114 |
| 1890s | 117 | #703 (1895) | #967 |
| 1900s | 309 | #541 (1909) | #651 |
| 1910s | 1,466 | #425 (1915) | #483 |
| 1920s | 2,351 | #409 (1920) | #444 |
| 1930s | 1,618 | #438 (1931) | #524 |
| 1940s | 1,044 | #652 (1940) | #773 |
| 1950s | 701 | #927 (1950) | #1,219 |
| 1960s | 385 | #1,487 (1960) | #1,919 |
| 1970s | 168 | #2,938 (1970) | #3,981 |
| 1980s | 172 | #3,609 (1980) | #4,571 |
| 1990s | 113 | #4,849 (1992) | #7,881 |
| 2000s | 127 | #6,487 (2000) | #8,609 |
| 2010s | 115 | #7,513 (2010) | #9,399 |
| 2020s | 46 | #8,542 (2022) | #12,029 |
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.
Alene in 1928
Top girls' names in 1928
Top boys' names in 1928
More about 1928
girls
1,153,318 girls got a published name in 1928; 1 in 5,572 of them was named Alene, which outranked 91.3% of the 5,440 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 22.4% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).
boys
1,107,613 boys got a published name in 1928; 1 in 221,523 of them was named Alene, which outranked 12.1% of the 4,723 boys' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 33.2% of boys (44.2% in 1880, 8.0% in 2025).
Tied with 572 names at #4,151; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.
Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.