Alanah Girl
How popular is Alanah?
#2,645 girl name in 2025
65 baby girls were named Alanah in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
Alanah popularity over time
| Rank in 2025 | #2,645 for girls (▼ 427 from 2024) |
|---|---|
| Babies in 2025 | 65 girls |
| 10-year trend | Falling fast (-60% babies vs 2015) |
| Earlier ranks | #1,425 in 2015, #2,050 in 2020 |
| Peak year | 2008 (223 girls) |
| Highest rank | #1,136 in 2012 |
| First recorded | 1984 |
| Boys vs girls (last 10 years) | 0% boys, 100% girls |
| Chance a classmate shares it | 0.0% in a class of 25 kids born in 2025 |
Alanah counting every spelling
Social Security counts each spelling as its own name. Adding together the spellings that sound alike, the Alana family of names ranked #81 for girls in 2025 (#87 the year before), with 3,791 babies in all.
| Spelling | Girls in 2025 | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Alana | 2,085 | 55% |
| Alanna | 1,099 | 29% |
| Alannah | 123 | 3% |
| Alanah | 65 | 2% |
| Ailana | 205 | 5% |
| Allana | 50 | 1% |
| Alahna | 26 | 1% |
| Alaynna | 22 | 1% |
| Aylana | 52 | 1% |
| Alainna | 14 | 0% |
| Allanah | 7 | 0% |
| Ahlana | 11 | 0% |
Spellings are grouped by how they sound, using our own rules, so a few groupings may not match how your family says the name.
Where Alanah is most popular
Babies named Alanah per 1,000 girls born in each state, 2021 to 2025. Darker means more common.
- Florida: 0.1 per 1,000 (36 girls)
- Ohio: 0.1 per 1,000 (19 girls)
- Texas: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- California: 0.1 per 1,000 (53 girls)
- North Carolina: 0.1 per 1,000 (14 girls)
Alanah by decade
Girl names about as popular as Alanah
Questions
- Is Alanah a boy or girl name?
- Alanah is mostly a girl name. Over the last 10 years, 100% of babies named Alanah were girls.
- How popular is the name Alanah?
- 65 baby girls were named Alanah in the US in 2025, making it the 2645th most popular girl name.
- When was Alanah most popular?
- Alanah peaked in 2008, when 223 girls were given the name. Its highest rank was #1,136 in 2012.
- How many people are named Alanah?
- 4,226 babies have been named Alanah in the US since 1880. We estimate about 4,192 of them are alive in 2026, with a median age of 16.
- Where is Alanah most popular?
- From 2021 to 2025, Alanah was most common in Florida, at 0.1 of every 1,000 girls born there.
Source: Social Security Administration baby name data, 1880 to 2025 (names given to at least 5 babies of a sex in a year). Living-people and median-age figures are our estimates using US life tables. How we calculate.