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#10,000rank188019001920194019601980200020201950peak #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.

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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 1950

girls
#927
92 births · 1 in 18,620 girls

Top girls' names in 1950

  1. #1Linda80,433
  2. #2Mary65,481
  3. #3Patricia47,944
  4. #4Barbara41,556
  5. #5Susan38,017
  6. #6Nancy29,617
  7. #7Deborah29,063
  8. #8Sandra28,896
  9. #9Carol26,163
  10. #10Kathleen25,706
  11. #927Alene92
More about 1950

girls

1,713,054 girls got a published name in 1950; 1 in 18,620 of them was named Alene, which outranked 84.8% of the 6,109 girls' names that year. The ten most popular names covered 24.1% of girls (24.6% in 1880, 7.0% in 2025).

Ranked beside Alene
  1. #924Cristina93
  2. #924Juliann93
  3. #924Pennie93
  4. #927Alene92
  5. #927Enid92
  6. #927Glynda92
  7. #927Karolyn92
  8. #937Clarissa91
  9. #937Geri91
  10. #937Marianna91

Tied with 9 names at #927; 3 shown. Tied names share a rank, as in SSA's lists.

Biggest movers since 1949
Risers
  1. 1,242Mindy#2,013#771
  2. 649Geralyn#1,627#978
  3. 636Kyle#1,512#876
  4. 416Debrah#1,109#693
  5. 405Debbra#1,353#948
Fallers
  1. 241Luana#823#1,064
  2. 231Christene#930#1,161
  3. 216Pearline#785#1,001
  4. 210Ingrid#518#728
  5. 201Dayle#982#1,183

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

See the top 100 for 1950