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

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Peak · girls
1920 · 264 births
Debut · girls
5 births
In top 100 · girls
never
of 146 years
Total births · girls
8,748
since 1883

Alene over time

girls

Rank among girls' names. Alene has never cracked the top 400 here.

#1#10#100#1,000#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201937peak #409, 1920girls
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Gaps mean fewer than 5 babies received the name that year, so the SSA doesn't publish it.

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Yeargirlsboys
rankbirthsrankbirths
2025#14,9425
2024#13,4776
2023#13,4626
2022#8,54212
2021#12,2067
2020#9,54610
2019#9,73610
2018#8,14613
2017#9,94310
2016#10,11310
2015#9,48111
2014#11,9318
2013#10,23510
2012#9,10912
2011#7,78315
2010#7,51316
2009#9,37912
2008#10,08411
2007#8,52014
2006#11,4179
2005#8,33013
2004#7,82814
2003#8,50512
2002#7,81613
2001#7,72413
2000#6,48716
1999#8,22311
1998#8,01611
1997#9,8028
1996#8,13210
1995#7,04112
1994#10,5697
1993#8,7199
1992#4,84920
1991#6,58813
1990#6,86712
1989#5,04917
1988#5,89513
1987#4,66017
1986#3,75722
1985#4,45517
1984#4,31817
1983#4,68615
1982#4,02519
1981#5,25413
1980#3,60922
1979#4,42016
1978#4,24216
1977#4,94213
1976#3,40720
1975#4,14115
1974#5,36010
1973#3,78716
1972#3,06221
1971#3,50818
1970#2,93823
1969#2,39629
1968#2,20530
1967#1,92137
1966#1,79640
1965#2,03133
1964#1,78143
1963#2,06133
1962#1,67246
1961#1,83839
1960#1,48755
1959#1,53750
1958#1,48152
1957#1,49151
1956#1,24969
1955#1,11280
1954#1,16473
1953#1,08279
1952#99789
1951#1,15166
1950#92792
1949#879100
1948#785120
1947#842108
1946#83997
1945#749100
1944#753103
1943#79595
1942#752101
1941#681106
1940#652114
1939#606124
1938#596134
1937#543151
1936#567133
1935#525150
1934#506160
1933#490168
1932#503170
1931#438218
1930#463210
1929#454210
1928#474207#4,1515
1927#464226
1926#436247
1925#463221
1924#455232
1923#439238
1922#410256
1921#431250
1920#409264
1919#450215
1918#487194
1917#438216
1916#466186
1915#425204
1914#484130
1913#477112
1912#48597
1911#58553
1910#53459
1909#54149
1908#64935
1907#58839
1906#60235
1905#64230
1904#65328
1903#65426
1902#64826
1901#77118
1900#76023
1899#90613
1898#1,04711
1897#78616
1896#1,04710
1895#70320
1894#74416
1893#1,0239
1892#1,4505
1891#1,0937
1890#87210
1889#1,1476
1888#1,2765
1887
1886
1885
1884
1883#9205
1882
1881
1880
First appearance
1883

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.

Where Alene is popular in 1937

  • Rank in state
  • Top 10
  • 11–50
  • 51–100
  • 101–500
  • 501+
  • Not published
Alaska: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedAKMaine: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMEVermont: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedVTNew Hampshire: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNHWashington: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedWAIdaho: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedIDMontana: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMTNorth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNDMinnesota: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMNIllinois: #591 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 10,387 girlsILWisconsin: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedWIMichigan: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMINew York: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNYMassachusetts: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMARhode Island: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedRIOregon: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedORNevada: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNVWyoming: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedWYSouth Dakota: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedSDIowa: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedIAIndiana: #356 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 4,000 girlsINOhio: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedOHPennsylvania: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedPANew Jersey: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNJConnecticut: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedCTCalifornia: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedCAUtah: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedUTColorado: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedCONebraska: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNEMissouri: #434 for girls · 5 births · 1 in 5,188 girlsMOKentucky: #242 for girls · 16 births · 1 in 1,634 girlsKYWest Virginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedWVVirginia: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedVAMaryland: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMDDelaware: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedDEArizona: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedAZNew Mexico: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedNMKansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedKSArkansas: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedARTennessee: #281 for girls · 12 births · 1 in 2,209 girlsTNNorth Carolina: #309 for girls · 14 births · 1 in 2,608 girlsNCSouth Carolina: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedSCDistrict of Columbia: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedDCOklahoma: #388 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 3,247 girlsOKLouisiana: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedLAMississippi: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedMSAlabama: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedALGeorgia: #345 for girls · 10 births · 1 in 3,033 girlsGAHawaii: fewer than 5 girls named Alene, so not publishedHITexas: #585 for girls · 11 births · 1 in 5,079 girlsTXFlorida: #315 for girls · 6 births · 1 in 2,165 girlsFL

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Top states · girls
  1. Kentucky#242 · 1 in 1,634
  2. Tennessee#281 · 1 in 2,209
  3. North Carolina#309 · 1 in 2,608
  4. Florida#315 · 1 in 2,165
  5. Georgia#345 · 1 in 3,033

Best ever in a state: #156 in Idaho, 1938.

Show every state
StateRankBirthsShare
Kentucky#242161 in 1,634
Tennessee#281121 in 2,209
North Carolina#309141 in 2,608
Florida#31561 in 2,165
Georgia#345101 in 3,033
Indiana#35661 in 4,000
Oklahoma#38861 in 3,247
Missouri#43451 in 5,188
Texas#585111 in 5,079
Illinois#59151 in 10,387
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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 Alene
Momentum · girls
Falling
  • 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)
Rise & fade · girls
37 yrs to peak
  • Debuted 1883
  • Peaked 1920 at #409 (264 births)
  • Births halved by 1939, 19 yrs later
Top of the charts · girls
Top 1,000 for 58 yrs
  • Top 10: never
  • Top 100: never
  • Top 1,000: 58 yrs · run 1899–1950
Share of babies · girls
1 in 4,539
  • 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%)
Era · girls
The 1920s
  • 26.9% of all girls named Alene (2,351) were born in this decade
Show by decade
DecadeBirthsBest rankAvg rank
1880s16#920 (1883)#1,114
1890s117#703 (1895)#967
1900s309#541 (1909)#651
1910s1,466#425 (1915)#483
1920s2,351#409 (1920)#444
1930s1,618#438 (1931)#524
1940s1,044#652 (1940)#773
1950s701#927 (1950)#1,219
1960s385#1,487 (1960)#1,919
1970s168#2,938 (1970)#3,981
1980s172#3,609 (1980)#4,571
1990s113#4,849 (1992)#7,881
2000s127#6,487 (2000)#8,609
2010s115#7,513 (2010)#9,399
2020s46#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 1937

girls
#543
151 births · 1 in 7,047 girls

Top girls' names in 1937

  1. #1Mary55,641
  2. #2Barbara34,917
  3. #3Patricia26,838
  4. #4Shirley26,823
  5. #5Betty25,337
  6. #6Carol17,336
  7. #7Nancy17,074
  8. #8Dorothy16,572
  9. #9Joan15,301
  10. #10Margaret15,144
  11. #543Alene151
More about 1937

girls

1,064,033 girls got a published name in 1937; 1 in 7,047 of them was named Alene, which outranked 89.0% of the 4,930 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 23.6% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alene
  1. #540Donnie152
  2. #540Meredith152
  3. #540Velda152
  4. #543Alene151
  5. #544Dana150
  6. #544Jeanie150
  7. #544Madeleine150
Biggest movers since 1936
Risers
  1. 3,217Noreta#4,181#964
  2. 2,845Noretta#3,701#856
  3. 2,351Leilani#3,103#752
  4. 1,407Deann#2,263#856
  5. 1,209Norita#1,741#532
Fallers
  1. 438Dorla#951#1,389
  2. 331Vilma#951#1,282
  3. 303Imelda#979#1,282
  4. 297Lulu#695#992
  5. 292Lyda#840#1,132

Among names in the top 1,000 of either year.

See the top 100 for 1937